Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Price: $550.00
Hard Cover. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First Edition. Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, 15th printing. Publisher's pictorial boards illustrated by Thomas Taylor, lettered in yellow, black, and white, with young wizard illustration to rear panel; in its original dust jacket matching the binding. Fine book, with light toning to pages; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with sunning to spine and rear panel. Overall, a clean and lovely copy, with the earlier and scarcer "young wizard" depicted. First published in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter hepatology. It introduces both Harry and readers alike to the secret, magical world of witches and wizards in Great Britain. It also sets the stage for the six subsequent novels by familiarizing readers with Lord Voldemort, whose fate is deeply entwined with Harry's. Although often regarded as a children's novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone topped adult reading charts in the UK, and in the United States, where it was published under the alternate title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Notably, the first printing of this book in hardcover format is exceedingly rare; only 500 copies were printed, of which about half ended up in libraries. Despite its small print run, the book was an immediate success, and went through dozens of print runs within the first few years after publication. Item #JKR118
