1997. Written by Joanne ‘JK’ Rowling. Cover art by Thomas Taylor. UK hardback with dust cover. 1st Edition / 4th Impression. Number Code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4. Published by Bloomsbury, UK. Condition: A excellent lightly-read example. The usual condition notes for this issue: browning but mostly limited to page edges. Protective dust jacket slightly sun-faded along spine. Some spots of biro along pages edges.
A lovely copy of the fourth printing of the UK Bloomsbury first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Phillip Errington, in his book JK Rowling - A Bibliography 1997-2013 [p.4] states that the third, fourth and fifth printings had a publication figure of only 500 hardback copies each. This issue comes with a non-priced dust jacket which is quite unusual and only noted for the fourth printing.
In 2021, a new auction record was set by a first impression hardback of the Philosopher’s Stone (500 printed), achieving £356,000 ($421,000). In turn, values of second impressions are achieving 5 figures sums.
The fourth printing is virtually identical to the first with a few minor exceptions eg. on p. 53, Harry's shopping list originally contained "1 wand" twice; this duplicate was removed after the first printing. From the 3rd edition, a dust cover was included at which point there was a change to the text in the black band at the bottom of the cover - Originally a quote from Wendy Cooling, it was changed to “Winner of the 1997 Smarties Gold Award”.
It took 5 years between 1990 and 1995, for Jo Rowling to write her debut novel 'Harry Potter and the The Philosopher's Stone'. it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Published in June 1997 by Bloomsbury, the book was an instant success, immediately winning 'The Smarties Gold award', which is voted for by children. Success followed quickly in the US where it was released in 1998. Since then it has been translated into 73 languages and made into a feature film as have its 6 sequels.
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1997. Written by Joanne ‘JK’ Rowling. Cover art by Thomas Taylor. UK hardback with dust cover. 1st Edition / 4th Impression. Number Code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4. Published by Bloomsbury, UK. Condition: A excellent lightly-read example. The usual condition notes for this issue: browning but mostly limited to page edges. Protective dust jacket slightly sun-faded along spine. Some spots of biro along pages edges.
A lovely copy of the fourth printing of the UK Bloomsbury first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Phillip Errington, in his book JK Rowling - A Bibliography 1997-2013 [p.4] states that the third, fourth and fifth printings had a publication figure of only 500 hardback copies each. This issue comes with a non-priced dust jacket which is quite unusual and only noted for the fourth printing.
In 2021, a new auction record was set by a first impression hardback of the Philosopher’s Stone (500 printed), achieving £356,000 ($421,000). In turn, values of second impressions are achieving 5 figures sums.
The fourth printing is virtually identical to the first with a few minor exceptions eg. on p. 53, Harry's shopping list originally contained "1 wand" twice; this duplicate was removed after the first printing. From the 3rd edition, a dust cover was included at which point there was a change to the text in the black band at the bottom of the cover - Originally a quote from Wendy Cooling, it was changed to “Winner of the 1997 Smarties Gold Award”.
It took 5 years between 1990 and 1995, for Jo Rowling to write her debut novel 'Harry Potter and the The Philosopher's Stone'. it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Published in June 1997 by Bloomsbury, the book was an instant success, immediately winning 'The Smarties Gold award', which is voted for by children. Success followed quickly in the US where it was released in 1998. Since then it has been translated into 73 languages and made into a feature film as have its 6 sequels.
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