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Scholastic Press, October 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. This is a true American First edition. The copyright page has the full number line '1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 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.' Boards are purple with an embossed diamond pattern, and a red cloth spine. The dust jacket has a $16.95 price on the upper corner of the front flap. The dust jacket back has a cream/light yellow bar code field with two bar codes in it, and the smaller bar code says '51695'. The dust jacket back also has a single quote from the Guardian saying 'Harry Potter could assume the near-legendary status of Ronald Dahl's Charlie, of chocolate factory fame.' Later issue dust jackets have a substitute quote from Publishers Weekly. The top spine of both the book and the dust jacket lists 'J.K. ROWLING' and lacks the 'YEAR 1' badge, and the gold lettering is raised on the spine of the dust jacket. Also includes as a bonus a True American First Edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The copyright page has the full number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4'. Below the number line is 'Printed in the U.S.A. 37', and below that is 'First American edition, June 1999.' Boards are blue with an embossed diamond pattern, and a green cloth spine. The dust jacket has $17.95 price on the upper corner of the front flap. The dust jacket back has a diagonal bar code field on the left side, and the small bar code within has the number '51795'. The spine on both the book and dust jacket lack the YEAR 2 badge that was introduced later, and silver lettering is raised on the spine of the dust jacket. This book, however, has a water damaged dust jacket visible on the inside of the jacket only. Some of the blue and green has run on the jacket. The bottom of the book also has some water damage. See pictures.

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First printing with the full number line. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Signed by Rowling on the half-title page. Good in a Very Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($16.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter red cloth with purple patterned paper on the boards, bumped at the corners, rubbed at the edges. Bound with a forward lean and some reading wear, stains at the edges, a half-moon stain at the far edge of the first thirty pages. The first US printing of the first book in Rowling's best-selling series.