Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J. K Rowling, born 1965

$14,500 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Harry Potter FIRST EDITION, first paperback impression. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp.223 1 . Publisher's card covers illustrated by Thomas Taylor, and priced at £4.99. Toned to edges, as usual. Some handling to extremities, and a light crease to top corner of front cover, otherwise seemingly unread. Spine sunned. Near fine. One of just 5,150 paperback copies of the first impression, published on the same day as the impossibly rare

• Binding: Paperback

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