New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Full sized book club edition with full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 so likely printed from first edition plates. In black boards with burgundy spine (No year number) and gilt to type. Light ding to bottom rear corner and some light wear to spine ends. Shallow vertical crease to first 20 pages or so. Clean interior and tight binding. No price on textured jacket which has 'Year 1"" to spine, no embossing to title and Publishers Weekly blurb to rear cover.
Arthur A. Levine, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Later printing, near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a hint of wear. 309 pages. Still a pleasing copy of this first book in the popular series.
Hardcover. Harry Potter spent ten long years living with Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, an aunt and uncle whose outrageous favoritism of their perfectly awful son Dudley leads to some of the most inspired dark comedy since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But fortunately for Harry, he's about to be granted a scholarship to a unique boarding school called THE HOGWORTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, where he will become a school hero at the game of Quidditch (a kind of aerial soccer played high above the ground on broomsticks), he will make some wonderful friends, and, unfortunately, a few terrible enemies. For although he seems to be getting your run-of-the-mill boarding school experience (well, ok, even that's pretty darn out of the ordinary), Harry Potter has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. A destiny that others would kill to keep him from. What did Harry Potter know about magic? He was stuck with the decidedly un-magical Dursleys, who hated him. He slept in a closet and ate their leftovers. But an owl messenger changes all that, with an invitation to attend the Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches, where it turns out Harry is already famous. . . Full color. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
New York: Levine/Scholastic, 1998. New York: Levine/Scholastic, 1998. Reprint of first edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 309 pp. No writing inside; hinges sound. Very clean. Top of dust jacket tender at spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Grandpre, Mary. 8vo.
About the book: Hardcover with jacket. 7th Printing. Both book and jacket are in very good condition. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.
11th printing. This book and dust jacket have most of the points of a true First Edition, other than the number line, which is 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9/9 0/0 01 02. The next line says "Printed in the U.S.A. 37". The last line is "First American edition, October 1998". The boards have a purple diamond-embossed (quilted) pattern, with a red cloth spine. The spine has no number and says "Rowling". The dust jacket flap price is $16.95. The barcode includes the number 51695. The spine says "Rowling" and has no "Year 1" logo. The words "Harry Potter" are in raised gold letters. The back panel has a blurb by Publisher's Weekly. The spine is slanted and softened at the ends. Previous owner's name is written on the front pastedown. In a sound binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket is softened at the spine ends and has small spots of wear at the corners. There is some underside dampstain at the spine tail, not visible on the outside. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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