Boards resist opening past 50 degrees -- as-new unread. Book Club edition of the author's first book (American translation, incorporating 78 textual changes -- dust bins become garbage cans, etc.) in earliest known state. Title infamously changed from British "Philosopher's Stone" om the theory young Americans would not buy anything which they feared might deal with "philosophy." Boards are red, not purple & black. Numeral 1 and initials "J.K." ABSENT from spine of both book & jacket; no statement of edition; no number line. "Publisher's Weekly" blurb to rear panel; number 15635 (not 51695) in white rectangle to bottom of jacket rear panel. Later Book Club issues abound, this earlier version does not. 309 pp. Reduced from $100.
New York: Scholastic, 2011. 80th printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; one corner bumped, covers very clean, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped, very clean, minimal edge wear. Chil. Stax.
Scholastic Press, 1998. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 21st printing of the first American edition. A very good copy in jacket, text clean and unmarked. No year number on jacket spine (though it is present on the binding).
21st printing of the first American edition. A very good copy in jacket, text clean and unmarked. No year number on jacket spine (though it is present on the binding).
First edition, Later printing. Not inscribed, Not remaindered, Not ex Library, Not Book club. Dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Fine
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 multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.
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