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New York: Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 1998. First American Edition; Twelfth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 309 pages.

New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ Book Club Edition dust jacket. First American Edition stated. 2 inch closed tear on rear panel top corner. ; 309 pages.

New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 1998. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First printing of the first American edition. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and diamond pattern purple boards, with gilt spine lettering. Teal end papers. 309 pages. Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. The spine ends are slightly crimped, else Fine. No names or marks. The illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has a 1.125" closed tear at top corner of front panel by fold flap, else Fine. With first printing points for both book and dust-jacket: Spine lacking "Year 1", and copyright page stating "J. K. Rowling"; and full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02", "Printed in the U.S.A. 23", and "First American edition, October 1998". Dust-jacket has Guardian blurb at top of rear panel, with two bar codes, and number 51696 above smaller bar code, at bottom of rear panel. A crisp, unmarked, collectable copy of the first printing of the First American edition, in first issue dust-jacket. A one owner copy.

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, 1998. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name, date on front pastedown. 1/4 inch open tear at top of both flap folds. Fair amount rubbing and creaseing along panel corners. Faint staining along spine and rear panel boards. ; 6.1 X 1.3 X 9.1 inches; 320 pages.

Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. 1st Edition ARC 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mary GrandPré, cover art.. This book in pictorial wraps is the Advance Reader's Edition / Uncorrected Proof of the First US Hardcover Edition. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 number line. This is the author's first book.