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First edition, 4 th Print of the first book in the Harry Potter series. A very fine copy. Slight toning to the internal pages due to age and paper stock. No foxing, no stains or tears to pages. Dust jacket has a Mylar coating. Slight denting to top and bottom of spine from shelf usage. The value of the Harry Potter earlier editions continues to increase year on year and are magnificent for investment purposes. With the new version of the original series coming to our screens via HBO in late 2026, the values may increase yet again as with all things magical. The Collector's Presentation Authenticity, Craft, and Legacy Every collectible edition is accompanied by a foil-embossed Certificate of Authenticity, created to document the book's provenance, rarity, and relationship to the world of literary collectibles. Printed on archival museum-grade paper, each certificate embodies the same attention to detail and timeless quality as the book it represents. Foil-Embossed Archival Tube Crafted for Preservation Each certificate is securely housed in a metal foil-embossed archival tube, combining elegance with protection. Designed to preserve its contents for generations, the tube is both a display piece and a functional safeguard — a testament to the collector's pursuit of perfection. A collector's item in its own right. The Solander Edition A Complete Archival Experience For books presented in a handmade archival Solander box, collectors receive an additional foil-embossed archival glassine sheet. This transparent protective layer prevents abrasion and environmental wear, ensuring the book remains untouched by time. Archival materials. Museum standards. Collector precision. A Statement of Provenance Certified and Preserved Every element — from the metallic embossing to the acid-free substrates — has been purposefully designed to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, collectability, and preservation. For collectors who understand that provenance is not just documentation — it is the story that endures.

First edition, 4 th Print of the first book in the Harry Potter series. A very fine copy. Slight toning to the internal pages due to age and paper stock. No foxing, no stains or tears to pages. Dust jacket has a Mylar coating. The value of the Harry Potter earlier editions continues to increase year on year and are magnificent for investment purposes. With the new version of the original series coming to our screens via HBO in late 2026, the values may increase yet again as with all things magical. The Collector's Presentation Authenticity, Craft, and Legacy Every collectible edition is accompanied by a foil-embossed Certificate of Authenticity, created to document the book's provenance, rarity, and relationship to the world of literary collectibles. Printed on archival museum-grade paper, each certificate embodies the same attention to detail and timeless quality as the book it represents. Foil-Embossed Archival Tube Crafted for Preservation Each certificate is securely housed in a metal foil-embossed archival tube, combining elegance with protection. Designed to preserve its contents for generations, the tube is both a display piece and a functional safeguard — a testament to the collector's pursuit of perfection. A collector's item in its own right. The Solander Edition A Complete Archival Experience For books presented in a handmade archival Solander box, collectors receive an additional foil-embossed archival glassine sheet. This transparent protective layer prevents abrasion and environmental wear, ensuring the book remains untouched by time. Archival materials. Museum standards. Collector precision. A Statement of Provenance Certified and Preserved Every element — from the metallic embossing to the acid-free substrates — has been purposefully designed to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, collectability, and preservation. For collectors who understand that provenance is not just documentation — it is the story that endures.

This is a third printing UK copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It is a highly sought after copy as it is the first copy to be released with a dust jacket. With the first and second printings often out of reach for the average collector, this more affordable third printing is a great addition to anyones collection. The dust jacket for the third printing is unique in that it is slightly more purple in colour than the blue of the rear board of the book. Subsequent dust jackets on later printings are more of a blue colour matching the blue on the book. Often third printing books are sold with later printing dust jackets as the slight difference in colour is the only thing that can tell them apart. This is a true third printing dust jacket with a slightly faded spine, otherwise fine. The book itself is in near fine condition. It is without colour fading, clearly unread, the binding is tight and the boards are square with sharp corners. The spine base does have some minor bumping and there are some very tiny dings to the bottom of the rear board near the spine base, otherwise a fine copy. Internally the book is exceptionally clean, free from any marks, creases, no ownership inscriptions or dog eared pages.

Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone hard back 1st edition 14th print. Inscribed to Victoria, best wishes and signed by JK Rowling. The name Victoria is also on the inner leaf page in green ink. Dust cover provided and has a clear mylar jacket for protection, the spine on the dust jacket is slightly faded. The Collector's Presentation Authenticity, Craft, and Legacy Every collectible edition is accompanied by a foil-embossed Certificate of Authenticity, created to document the book's provenance, rarity, and relationship to the world of literary collectibles. Printed on archival museum-grade paper, each certificate embodies the same attention to detail and timeless quality as the book it represents. Foil-Embossed Archival Tube Crafted for Preservation Each certificate is securely housed in a metal foil-embossed archival tube, combining elegance with protection. Designed to preserve its contents for generations, the tube is both a display piece and a functional safeguard — a testament to the collector's pursuit of perfection. A collector's item in its own right. The Solander Edition A Complete Archival Experience For books presented in a handmade archival Solander box, collectors receive an additional foil-embossed archival glassine sheet. This transparent protective layer prevents abrasion and environmental wear, ensuring the book remains untouched by time. Archival materials. Museum standards. Collector precision. A Statement of Provenance Certified and Preserved Every element — from the metallic embossing to the acid-free substrates — has been purposefully designed to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, collectability, and preservation. For collectors who understand that provenance is not just documentation — it is the story that endures.

A very scarce original third impression of the true first edition with number-string sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 at the bottom of the printer's page. Obviously no other titles listed as 'also available'. As is well known now, the first impression print run was only 500 copies of which 300-350 went straight to libraries. As a result first impression copies in fine condition without library stamps fetch high five-figure sums now. According to Philip Errington's "J.K. Rowling: A Bibliogarphy", the second impression followed quickly with a run of 1,000 copies, followed by this third impression which was of 500 copies only. The third impression was also significant as it was the first printing to include a dustwrapper. ***Importantly, this copy is in near fine condition in pictorial colour illustrated boards and feels unread. The boards are unblemished - clean and unmarked. No bumps or creasing. Corners sharp. No fading to the vibrant colours, which have been protected by the dustwrapper - the colours of the book are extremely bright and unfaded. Page block edges beautifully clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions, marks or annotations. No weakness or straining to the page block despite the cheap binding quality of these books. Pages clean and bright - just very lightly tanned - less than usual. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £10.99 on the front flap. The dustwrapper is also virtually unblemished, apart from some very light creasing at the edges, and some gentle fading to the colours on the spine - far less than usual - there is usually a lot of fading to the red and the purple colours. ***223 pages. 206mm x 136mm. ***An extremely scarce and desirable third impression of the true first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", in its original dustwrapper, in beautiful collectable condition, albeit with a little fading to the spine of the dustwrapper. Being such a popular children's book, copies in nice condition are far from easy to find now. The collectible book market did not pay much attention to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" at first publication, and most copies ended up with children who read and reread the book dozens of times and handled the book accordingly. Consequently, finding a rare third impression in this condition is extremely difficult today. A highly sought-after landmark book that will always hold its value. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

This is a true second printing hardcover copy of the most famous and most sought after children's book of all time. It is well known and well documented that the first printing had a print run of 500 hardcover copies and 5150 paperback copies. Within a week, numerous errors were noticed in the first printing and very quickly a second print run of 1000 hardcover copies was printed. This is one of those very rare 1/1000 copies in fine, beautiful condition. The most famous of the many errors corrected from the first printing to the second include the correction of  the misspelled Philospher's on the rear cover along with Wizardry and Witchcraft, corrected to Witchcraft and Wizardry. Also, the very well known error of 1 wand listed twice on page 53, now correctly only appears once in the second printing.  Similarities between the two still show the missing space between Thomas Taylor1997 on the copyright page as well as the Wendy Cooling quote 'A terrific read and a stunning first novel' at the bottom of the front cover. The copyright page shows a number line of  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 to show that it is a second printing. This stunning copy has been beautifully preserved and has not undergone any restoration. It is clearly unread, the binding is still square and tight with no colour fading at all to the boards or spine. The page edges are surprisingly white and fresh which is extremely rare for these books which are well known for their cheap paper stock which is almost always found to be toned and discoloured. The corners of the boards are still sharp and the head and tail of the spine still appear firm. Internally, the pages are all present, clean with no library stamps, no dog eared pages, no personal inscriptions or writing of any kind. A true collector's copy. The book comes housed in a quarter leather, red clamshell box, custom made for this particular book to further preserve its condition. There was no dust jacket issued for the first and second printings of this book.