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Scholastic, 1998. 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.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Octavo in purple-brown DJ, gilt to spine, vi, 309 pages, b&w illustrations; 24 cm. Price of $17.95 to sleeve. Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Contents: The Boy Who Lived -- The Vanishing Glass -- The Letters from No One -- The Keeper of the Keys -- Diagon Alley -- The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters -- The Sorting Hat -- The Potions Master -- The Midnight Duel -- Halloween -- Quidditch -- The Mirror of Erised -- Nicolas Flamel -- Norbert The Norwegian Ridgeback -- The Forbidden Forest -- Through the Trapdoor -- The Man with Two Faces. Wizards -- Juvenile fiction. DJ is about very good (-); small closed tears at rear folds and foot of spine, bookshop sticker on back, else clean and bright; an about near fine copy with exceedingly light rubbing to edges; corners gently bumped but pages bright, clean and tightly bound

Apparent first book club edition with full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on copyright page, $17.95 on front flap, Publisher's Weekly review on rear panel and no number on spine. In black boards with burgundy spine (No year number) and gilt to type. A few mild marks to boards. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket in beautiful shape.

First book club printing (number string down to 1) of the first Harry Potter book. Bound in quarter maroon paper (not cloth) over black boards, jacket title in dull ochre, not embossed gold; 'year 1' & Publishers Weekly blurb present. An economical substitute for those without thousands of dollars to spend on the true first. Spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear panel, else near fine. Size: Octavo

Very Good+/Very Good+ Condition. Dust jacket has very minimal wear and is in a protective Brodart Cover. Purple boards with embossed diamond pattern over red cloth spine. Spine's gilt title is bright. Very minimal wear to the corners of the boards. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscription. First American Edition, 14th printing. ; Height: 9.1 Inches, Length: 6.1 Inches, Weight: 1.55 Pounds, Width: 1.3 Inc; 309 pages First American Edition; Fourteenth Printing.

** 1ST PRINTING OF 1ST BOOKCLUB EDITION ** VERY GOOD HARDCOVER IN FINE DUSTJACKET ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** SOUND AND SOLID ** COMPLETE AND INTACT ** Published by Scholastic Press, 1st Book Club Edition, 1st Printing, with 309 pages. Full number line starting with "1" on the copyright page (see our photos). This edition is at least as scarce as is the 1st Printing of the publisher's edition. Unpriced dustjacket, book's pages stack thinner than the publisher's edition though there are the same number of pages. The book itself has no major flaws, but does show brief, minor signs of use (including very occasional light smudges to the exterior page edges). The dustjacket is very nearly flawless (slight signs of use at the spine ends, otherwise jacket looks like new). Book is otherwise quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm and tight in its binding, no pages loose, missing, folded, or torn. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. Internally, the book is essentially flawless, pages appear pretty much like new, and all text is crisp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in the book. The dustjacket is perfectly clean and stain-free, complete and intact, no tears, no chips, no pieces missing, no folds or creases (slight signs of use at the jacket spine ends). Buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. DB75.

1st Book Club Edition from 1998. It qualifies as a bona fide 1st Edition because the publisher did not display "1" on the top of the spine of the book and the dust jacket. Condition: Fine/Fine The Fine HB Is a uniform bright red and is intact. There are expected minor folds at the spine end overhangs. The Fine DJ has two .2 cm professionally repaired tears at the spine ends and minor rubbing along some of the edges and upper and lower folds. Adapted by Steve Kloves into the 2001 Chris Columbus-directed film, and the first film in the series.

Hardcover quarto in color illustrated DJ. vi, 309 pages: b/w illustrations; 24 cm. Jacket price of $17.95 printed to flap. A tight, clean and desirabe copy; appears to have been read with care. Near fine to fine(-) in a fine(-) jacket with small stained label to rear (see photos), now in archival mylar Stated 1st American edition, 24th printing.