About this Item
First American edition - 8th printing. 8vo Red cloth stamped in gilt on spine and purple boards with diamond design blindstamped. Some slight shelf wear to cover along bottom edge otherwise appears as new. The numeral 1 does not appear on spine of book or the dust jacket. Clean. Tightly bound. Great jacket condition with $16.95 price has some slight wear at corners. Blurb on back panel of dust jacket quotes Publisher's Weekly. This is not the book club issue which has black boards, early trade printings have purple paper boards and red cloth spines. near Fine/ near Fine. Seller Inventory # 026496
Bibliographic Details
Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, New York
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: GrandPré, Mary
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
A mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig... and that's where the real adventure--humorous, haunting, and suspenseful--begins. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, continues to win major awards in England. So far it has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. version of the Newbery Medal. This magical, gripping, brilliant book--a future classic to be sure--will leave kids clamoring for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (Ages 8 to 13) --Karin Snelson
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