New York: Arthur A. Levine, 1998. 5th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Grandpre, Mary. Name and phone number, inside front cover, slight spine tilt. Light edge, corner wear to dust jacket.
New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. First US Edition/4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. A very early printing (4th) with no series number to top of spine, Publishers Weekly review to rear panel, raised type to Harry Potter on the title, and purple boards with red spine cloth with gilt. Bump to top rear corner and small split at top front corner. Solid binding and clean interior. Unclipped jacket($16.95) in quite nice shape with limited edgewear.
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.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998 First American edition - 8th printing. 8vo Red cloth stamped in gilt on spine and purple boards with diamond design blindstamped. ROWLING at top of spine and jacket. The numeral 1 does not appear on spine of book or the dust jacket. Blurb on back panel of dust jacket quotes Publisher's Weekly. Clean. Tightly bound. Some slight shelf wear to cover along bottom edge otherwise appears as new. Great jacket condition with $16.95 price has some slight wear at corners. This is not the book club issue which has black boards, early trade printings have purple paper boards and red cloth spines. near Fine/ near Fine..
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Fourth printing of the First Edition (with number line on copyright page "5 7 9 10 8 6 4 8 9/9 0/0 01 02" with "Printed in the US 23 below. First American edition, October 1998" )/ First Edition (stated) of Book One of J.K. Rowling's now classic Harry Potter series. This copy has all the points of the TRUE FIRST US EDITION. Book is bound with red cloth spine with gold lettering and has the diamond pattern purple paper over boards. There is no volume number on the spine. The book has green end papers. The second Issue dust jacket has the original $16.95 price and there is no volume number on the jacket's spine (later printings stated the book number) . The blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket is from Pubisher's Weekly (the first issue had The Guardian review). The back cover of the DJ has 2 bar codes at the bottom, with the numbers 51695 above the smaller one. The "Harry Potter" in gold lettering on the front panel of the jacket is raised and there is no date on the title page. Child's marking with green marker on rear endpapers. Finger smudge at top right corner of page 113 which carries to foredge. Small area of discoloration at very bottom of spine cloth. Dust jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 412288
NY: Scholastic, 1998. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1998 Scholastic 1st (and possibly Book Club) Edition, 1st printing with a full number line. It is in F/F condition. Compared to the first printings, this is distinctly different in the following ways: 1. It has purple/black boards, not embossed boards 2. "JK Rowling" (not just Rowling) is at the top of the spine. 3. Similar to true 1st editions of the book, there is no number "1" inside a herald-like border on the spine of either the HB or the DJ. 4. On the copyright page is the full number line. 5. Unlike most book club editions, the DJ is priced at $17.95. The original price of the true first edition is $16.95 6. The DJ is flat-printed, not embossed as in the first pressings. Nonetheless, it appears to be a rare, early, unread edition and, therefore, a great value.
Scholastic, 1998. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Fourth U.S. printing, hardcover. In purple boards with an embossed diamond pattern and a red cloth spine, with the number line "5 7 9 10 8 6 4 8 9/9 0/0 01 02". Below the number line is "Printed in the U.S.A. 23", and below that is "First American edition, October 1998.". The dust jacket has a price of $16.95, a ight yellow bar code field with two bar codes in it (the smaller bar code has "51695"), no "YEAR 1" badge and "J. K. Rowling" to head of spine. Mild shelfwear else solid, square and unmarked. Unclipped DJ protected with mylar cover. 8vo, 309 pp., bookseller #001973. 500
Scholastic Press, 1998. 309 pages, red boards with gilt on spine, corners and head-heel of spine are bumped, DJ is pictorial, no number of series on spine, does not have numberline, no price on flap--not price clipped. Possible first American printing--with Arthur Levine Publishing through Schollastic by permission of Bloomsbury Publishing.. (unknown). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Grandpre, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Book Club Edition. Both book and jacket are in near fine condition with very mild wear. Year 1 printed on spine, with no price present on jacket. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0590353403 . Red cloth over purple boards (with diamond pattern). No 'No. 1' or 'J K' on spine or jacket, 3rd printing. Corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright attractive copy of this early printing. ; First in the immensely popular series. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 309 pages; "Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon. . .
Scholastic Press, 1998. 4 book boxed set, corners and head-heel of spine are bumped, DJ's are pictorial with series # on upper spine. #1 has dark green endpapers and purple boards with red 1/4 binding 42nd printing / #2 is 0-439-06486-4 (1999) 42nd printing with red endpapers and blue boards with green 1/4 binding / #3 is 0-439-13635-0 (1999) 38th printing with red endpapers and green boards with purple 1/4 binding / #4 is 0-439-13959-7 (2000) 9th printing with purple endpapers and maroon boards with black 1/4 binding. Box is nicked on corners otherwise very good. Books are tight and clean with little wear. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Grandpre, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Scholastic. Collectible - Good. Condition: Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. This is a First American Edition, Second Printing of the first Harry Potter book. 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 number line on the copyright page. No number on dustjacket spine and a blurb by The Guardian on the back of dustjacket. $16.95 price on flap. Red cloth spine over purple patterned boards. Condition is Good in a Good+ dustjacket. Book has rubbing and wear to corners and edges with minor soiling to covers. Previous owner bookplate on front endpage and signature on half title. Soiling to top edge of text. Solid binding. Jacket is a little worn but is clean and bright with a closed tear at top rear corner and no other rips or tears. Mylar. Photos upon request.
New York: Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Mary Grand Pre. This 1998 Scholastic 1st Edition, 4th Printing (# line to 4 and First American Edition statement present) is a very early printing. It also does not have the number "1" on the spine of either the hardback or the dustjacket. It still retains the J.K. Rowling at the top of the spine (which was changed to just "Rowling" with the 5th printing) Condition: It is in VeryGood+/Fine condition. The hardback has is just a bit of color fading on the bottom left edge of the front and bottom spine end. There are bumps on two front corners. The dustjacket is not price clipped and has no real wear at all but for a 5 mm repaired tear on the lower front flap fold. An excellent copy at a fraction of the price of a first printing! *****Brenbooks specializes in 1st Edition books made into films.*****
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