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New York: A.A. Levine Books, 1998. First American edition; 28th printing. Hardcover. Extremely mild wear to corners, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to front board and fore-edges, loose binding to spine head hinge, bright pages in tight binding, extremely mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, binding slightly rolled; else overall Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ.. 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.

New York: Scholastic, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Mary Grandpre. Octavo, 309 pages, black. boards, appears unread; in a mylar dj protector. The First Printing, with complete number line, in a revised state of the dust jacket with a variant of no price on the front flap, and with the numeral '1' at top of spine, and a new review from Publishers Weekly of dj. Also, the text on the lower dj flap tells of J. K. Rowling's hard times and prizes. Scholastic used the artwork of a single illustrator across the series: Mary Grandpre. To [Arthur A.] Levine this is part of the image and branding of the series. He noted ' ... I have always said this is a classic book. This is a book that you remember when you're thirty-five and you remember when you were ten. And that was the book that changed your life. There's continuity there - when you see that on your shelf you think, wow this is that book ...' ." - [ Errington A4(c) note - reporting 35,000 copies in the first printing]. NOTE: the first american illustrated deluxe edition, in deluxe hardback, appeared in November, 2015 - see Errington A4(i).

New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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.

First Editions/First Printings; All books in Fine/Fine condition with all first issue points. A stunning set of the the first US editions of the now timeless classic; of course, basis for the extraordinary films starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, etc., etc. The first US editions, particularly the first 3 volumes, are very scarce in F/F condition; the whole set in pristine condition rare indeed. "Sorcerer's Stone" shows only slight rubbing to the spine ends, else as new and unread; "Chamber of Secrets" only a gentle push to the lower spine end, else as new and unread; "Prisoner of Azkaban" also just a slight push to the spine foot, else as new and unread; other 4 volumes as new and unread, barely ever opened. An absolutely incredible set; a bucket list item for the Harry Potter fan! No book remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; all in protective Mylar sleeves and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.