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THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1997. THIS IS A LATER PRINTING. 33RD PRINTING. A TRUE BLOOMSBURY EDITION, NOT THE 'TED SMART' VARIANT. ILLUSTRATED BOARDS. NO DUST JACKET. MODERATE WEAR/BENDING ON BOARD TURNING POINTS BOTTOM OF FRONT BOARD HAS 'TRIPLE SMARTIES GOLD AWARD WINNER' IN WHITE PRINT AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND. COPYRIGHTED J.K. ROWLING ON THE PUBLISHING DETAILS PAGE, WITH THE WARNER BROS 2000 COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON THE SAME PAGE. Older Dumbledore on back cover. Slight wear on board edges. Lightly tanned pages. Flat creasing on page 25-26(affects text but does not prevent it from being read). Pen stroke marks on side edges of a few pages(text not affected). Creasing on bottom corners of some pages. Otherwise Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Erased pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Location: STC105 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Bloomsbury, UK, 2000. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. From at least 2000 with original covers. Price of GBP 11.99 on flap Twenty Sixth Edition. Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Text body is clean & unmarked. Binding tight, spine fine. Moderate uniform browning. Dust Jacket slightly sun faded. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Minor marks and wear to book. Jacket protected in non-adhesive plastic wrap. ISBN: 0747532699. ISBN/EAN: 9780747532699.. 9780747532699

------------( later printing of the First Raincoast Edition ) ----hardcover, about 5.25w x 8h inches, a visually Near Fine example but there is browning to the paper and foxing to the edges of the text block, small marks and small stains on the front blank endpaper, in a Fair to POOR dustjacket which looks quite nice in the mylar protector BUT ( AND IT'S a BIG BUT!!) there is considerable STAINING to the verso of the jacket (and in fact I would recommend you throwing the jacket away but that's your choice!! --- has a paper backing so the stain and "ick" is covered and is not in contact with the actual book) , a bit of age toning to paper, ---no writing in the book, ---number line shows this as the 6th printing but it is actually the 5th Canadian printing as the true Canadian First had a number line that started with a 2, this early edition contains two errors: Line 1, page 8 has "highchair" instead of "high chair"; and on page 53 in the list of "Other Equipment" needed for Hogwart's School, " 1 wand " is listed twice ---errors that were corrected in later printings, the upper portion of the spine and the rear panel show the young magician ( NOT Dumbledore ), copyright page states Joanne not "J.K.Rowling", --this early edition shows Bloomsbury on the title and copyright page BUT has Raincoast only on the lower spine tip of the book and the rear panel shows Raincoast and $19.95 beside the UK ISBN barcode, ---as well this has a Bloomsbury ISBN on the copyright page---, this early edition (6th printing) lists Chamber of Secrets only as other books by JKR while the 7th printings and later list more titles, --- -the 7th printing was also the first time RC used their own ISBN and not the Bloomsbury ISBN so this is the last CDN issue with the Bloomsbury ISBN, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo, ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.25w x 8h Inches

224 p. Intended for a juvenile audience.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used:Good.

Twenty-ninth impression of the true first edition with just 29 at the bottom of the printer's page. Also stated 'Harry Potter, names, characters and related inidcia are copyright and trademark Warner Bros., 2000 TM' - indicating a publication date of 2000 or later. Also with three further titles including "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" listed as 'also available' - "The Goblet of Fire" was published in 2000. ***Near fine in pictorial colour illustrated boards. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp. No other bumps or creases to the boards. Page block edges clean. Very slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. No reading creases. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright - just lightly tanned as usual. No creases or tears. The colours of the book are extremely bright and unfaded. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £10.99 on the front flap. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper just very slightly creased. No other creases, chips or tears. The colours to the spine of the dustwrapper are virtually unfaded, which is very unusual - there is usually quite a lot of fading to the red and the purple colours. ***223 pages. 206mm x 136mm. ***A twenty-ninth impression of the true first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", in near fine bright condition, with a near fine unfaded dustwrapper. Being such a popular children's book, copies in such near fine condition from this period are becoming quite hard to find now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

-------------( later Printing of the 1st UK Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, this appears to be a BRITISH export edition as there is no price on the front flap (definitely NOT a Book Club Edition ), older Dumbledore on spine and rear panel of jacket, J. K. Rowling named on copyright page (not Joanne), only one listing for "1 wand" on page 53, page 8 has "high chair" not highchair, a very nice copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.25w x 8h Inches

THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1997. THIS IS A LATER PRINTING. 28TH PRINTING. A TRUE BLOOMSBURY EDITION, NOT THE 'TED SMART' VARIANT. ILLUSTRATED BOARDS, WITH THE SAME COVER ART AS THE DUST JACKET. BOTTOM OF DJ AND FRONT BOARD HAVE 'TRIPLE SMARTIES GOLD AWARD WINNER' IN WHITE PRINT AGAINST A BLACK BACKGROUND. COPYRIGHTED J.K. ROWLING ON THE PUBLISHING DETAILS PAGE, WITH THE WARNER BROS 2000 COPYRIGHT NOTICE ON THE SAME PAGE. Slight wear on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Top corner fold/crease on page 39. Page edges are lightly tanned. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.