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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON FIRST," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 53rd.* Date of Publication: 1997 * Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated paper covered boards showing the Hogwart's Express, black, white & yellow titles to spine and face only. Triple Smarties Gold Award Winner banner at foot of front cover, No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. Minimal shelf wear. VG++.* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head of spine. (Now in clear un-attached archival jacket). VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No annotations or inscriptions. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal age darkening to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None apart from Hogwarts armorial to title page. * Pages: 223 pp. text.* Description: Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash.'. He is bullied by them and by his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose!* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus, with NO MAJOR FAULTS in a VG++ dust jacket. (Now in clear un-attached protective film cover).*

GC plus. Bloomsbury Publishing,1997. First edition-49 printing (50 40). Illustrations by Thomas Taylor. Printed by Clays. Pictorial hardback (small nicks and dent on the edges of the cover and spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover. Nice and clean pages with two marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, previous owner's name written on the dedication page. The book is in VGC but without the Dj cover. Triple Smarties Gold Award displayed on the edges of the front cover. Older Professor Albus Dumbledore at the back of the cover. 223pp.Book Description: Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they? This is Jo's first book and she has already written seven outlines for Harry's further adventures at Hogwarts.

Raincoast, 1997. 1st Edition Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. Sixth Printing. Both book and jacket are in very good condition. Title page has "Bloomsbury" logo at the bottom, whereas both the jacket and exterior of book list Raincoast as the publisher. Additional photos available upon request.

Raincoast, 1997. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. 4th Canadian Printing. Numberline starts with a five. Supposedly Raincoast's first printing started with the number two in its numberline, not the traditional one like so many other publishers. Both book and jacket are in near fine condition. A well looked after copy. Additional photos available upon request.

Canadian 1st Edition, 3rd Printing. In Very Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket (not price clipped). Dust jacket has the original wizard on the back (not older Dumbledore). Other contained issue points specific only to earlier editions (and fixed in later) are "1 wand" repeated twice on the supply list on page 53 and 'highchair' as all one word on page 8. Numberline runs 10 to 4 (The first Canadian printing was issued with a numberline starting at 2 hence this is the 3rd printing with the numberline to 4).

VGC. Bloomsbury Publishing,1997. First edition-23rd printing (30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23) Joanne Rowling is displayed on copyright page. Illustrations by Thomas Taylor. Printed by Clays. Pictorial hardback (small nick on the edges of the cover) with Dj (slightly faded on the spine, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover, a couple of small marks inside the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, slightly yellow on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. Triple Smarties Gold Award Winner displayed on the edges of the front cover. Older Professor Albus Dumbledore at the back of the cover. 223pp. price un-clipped. A collectable early printing.

Canadian 1st Edition, 3rd Printing. In Very Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket (not price clipped). Dust jacket has the original wizard on the back (not older Dumbledore). Other contained issue points specific only to earlier editions (and fixed in later) are "1 wand" repeated twice on the supply list on page 53 and 'highchair' as all one word on page 8. Numberline runs 10 to 4 (The first Canadian printing was issued with a numberline starting at 2 hence this is the 3rd printing with the numberline to 4).

Canadian 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. In Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket (not price clipped). Dust jacket has the original wizard on the back (not older Dumbledore). Other contained issue points specific only to earlier editions (and fixed in later) are "1 wand" repeated twice on the supply list on page 53 and 'highchair' as all one word on page 8. Numberline runs 10 to 3 (The first Canadian printing was issued with a numberline starting at 2 hence this is the 2nd printing with the numberline to 3).

Canadian 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. In Good, mylar-wrapped dust jacket (not price clipped). Dust jacket has the original wizard on the back (not older Dumbledore). Other contained issue points specific only to earlier editions (and fixed in later) are "1 wand" repeated twice on the supply list on page 53 and 'highchair' as all one word on page 8. Numberline runs 10 to 3 (The first Canadian printing was issued with a numberline starting at 2 hence this is the 2nd printing with the numberline to 3).