J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997, first edition

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997

FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK ISSUE ("10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on publisher's imprint page and "1 wand" repeated on p. 53), 8vo (197 x 128mm.), original pictorial boards, traces of an erased pencil inscription on half-title, minor nick to fore-edge of title, binding very slightly rubbed at extremities

ONE OF 500 OF THE FIRST HARDBACK ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF HARRY POTTER. A FINE COPY, without the usual library markings.

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