first edition
1998 · New York
by Rowling, J. K.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books - Scholastic, 1998. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the book in like jacket. Spine a bit rolled, but unmarked, without previous owner's names or bookplates. In a very attractive dust jacket with "The Guardian" blurb on the rear panel (as required for the first issue jacket). One faint dampstain to the heel of the jacket, only visible from the verso. Overall, a handsome copy of a book that reshaped popular culture. This first print run was limited to 30,000 copies. Later volumes in the series had initial print runs that soared into the millions.
Initiating Rowling's now-classic (truncated)
Initiating Rowling's now-classic (truncated)