ROWLING | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition

ROWLING, J.K.

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

8vo, FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK ISSUE ("10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on publisher's imprint page, "1 wand" repeated on page 53 and "Philospher's Stone" on lower cover), original pictorial boards

ONE OF THE 500 COPIES OF THE FIRST HARDBACK ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK, albeit one of the copies from a lending library that bears witness to the initial popularity of the book.

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Errington, Rowling A1(a)