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Scholastic, 1998. 11th printing. This book and dust jacket have most of the points of a true First Edition, other than the number line, which is 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9/9 0/0 01 02. The next line says "Printed in the U.S.A. 37". The last line is "First American edition, October 1998". The boards have a purple diamond-embossed (quilted) pattern, with a red cloth spine. The spine has no number and says "Rowling". The dust jacket flap price is $16.95. The barcode includes the number 51695. The spine says "Rowling" and has no "Year 1" logo. The words "Harry Potter" are in raised gold letters. The back panel has a blurb by Publisher's Weekly. The spine is slanted and softened at the ends. Previous owner's name is written on the front pastedown. In a sound binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket is softened at the spine ends and has small spots of wear at the corners. There is some underside dampstain at the spine tail, not visible on the outside. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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. 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.

First book club printing (number string down to 1) of the first Harry Potter book. Bound in quarter maroon paper (not cloth) over black boards, jacket title in dull ochre, not embossed gold; 'year 1' & Publishers Weekly blurb present. An economical substitute for those without thousands of dollars to spend on the true first. Spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear panel, else near fine. Size: Octavo

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur a Levine, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first book in the series introduces boy wizard Harry Potter. We believe this to be a book club edition with the following points of issue: a full number line is followed by "8 9/9 0/0 01 02." "Printed in the U.S.A. 23" and then "First American edition, October 1998" appear below the number line. Boards are black (not embossed with the diamond pattern) with a maroon spine. Dust jacket is priced at $17.95. The bar code section on the jacket is cream with nothing printed above the smaller bar code. The dust jacket also features a Publishers Weekly review on the back cover. The lettering is not embossed and is a dull brown color on both the front cover and the spine. The spine of both the book and the dust jacket lack a "Year 1" badge. The jacket has the author's name as just "Rowling" though the book has "J.K." above "Rowling." This particular copy is in beautiful condition and is exceptionally clean with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. The spine is tight and crisp, and the corners are square. Boards are clean, flat and true with no evidence of wear. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows minimal edge wear but does have some bumping to the upper spine and some creasing along the top and bottom edges on the back cover. A great-looking, affordable alternative to a true first! This highly collectible, fine/near fine, book club copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!

** 1ST PRINTING OF 1ST BOOKCLUB EDITION ** VERY GOOD HARDCOVER IN FINE DUSTJACKET ** NOT A LIBRARY BOOK ** CLEAN, STAIN-FREE, UNMARKED ** SOUND AND SOLID ** COMPLETE AND INTACT ** Published by Scholastic Press, 1st Book Club Edition, 1st Printing, with 309 pages. Full number line starting with “1” on the copyright page (see our photos). This edition is at least as scarce as is the 1st Printing of the publisher's edition. Unpriced dustjacket, book's pages stack thinner than the publisher's edition though there are the same number of pages. The book itself has no major flaws, but does show brief, minor signs of use (including very occasional light smudges to the exterior page edges). The dustjacket is very nearly flawless (slight signs of use at the spine ends, otherwise jacket looks like new). Book is otherwise quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, firm and tight in its binding, no pages loose, missing, folded, or torn. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. Internally, the book is essentially flawless, pages appear pretty much like new, and all text is crisp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings in the book. The dustjacket is perfectly clean and stain-free, complete and intact, no tears, no chips, no pieces missing, no folds or creases (slight signs of use at the jacket spine ends). Buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B75.

New York: Scholastic Press, 1998. First book club printing (number string down to 1) of the first Harry Potter book. Bound in quarter maroon paper (not cloth) over black boards, jacket title in dull ochre, not embossed gold; 'year 1' & Publishers Weekly blurb present. An economical substitute for those without thousands of dollars to spend on the true first. Spine ends bumped, faint scratch to rear panel, else near fine.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Mary Grandpré. Octavo.

New York, NY: Scholastic, 1998. First edition. First American Edition. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Grandpré, Mary. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Harry Potter, 1. Audience: Children/juvenile. Stated first American edition

First American edition, October 1998 stated with 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 to number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight with near fine gilt titles to spine, straight maroon cloth and purple diamond boards have minor bumping and small chip to top edges with mild damp stain to bottom rear; minor soiling to edges with thin strip of clear tape to front paste down else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($16.95) with Rowling only to top spine, has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with short closed tear to top spine and moderate damp stain to inside only to bottom third of spine and rear cover. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.