J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London: Bloomsbury, 1997

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (197 x 125mm.), paperback issue, first impression ("10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on publisher's imprint page, "1 wand" repeated on page 53), original pictorial wrappers by Thomas Taylor, some transfer of blue ink on upper margin of half-title from ownership inscription on inside front cover, leaves browned at extremities (as usual), upper cover slightly creased, residue from RFID tag on inside lower cover, spine sunned

This paperback issue of 5,150🌟 copies was released simultaneously with the 500 hardback copies and neitౠher has bibliographical precedence. This paperback issue was for general publication rather than library circulation.

The seventh line of the publisher's imprint page carries💟 no space between "Taylor" and "1997"; p.53 has in "Other Equipment" listed twice "1 wand"; the lower cover has misspelt "Philospher's".

LITERATURE:

Errington, Rowling A1(aa)

PROVENANCE:

"D. Woodward" written in blue ink at upper margin of🐲 inside cover, alongside "Class 3" in a large blue heart.