Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998.
First American edition, first printing, with all points present: embossed purple diamond boards; spine lacking "Year 1" and stating J. K. Rowling; complete number line, first edition statement and "Printed in the U.S.A. 23" on copyright page. Very Good+ with slight lean, rubbing to gilt and moisture incursion to cloth backstrip, not affecting the interior. Light wear to corners, light soiling to textblock edges, final two pages and rear free endpaper with indentations from childish doodle. In a Near Fine, lightly worn first printing unclipped dust jacket priced $16.95, with raised gold lettering, blurb from The Guardian to the rear panel, and the UPC in a cream colored rectangle. A nice copy of the first installment of Rowling's best-selling series. Item #140949990
Price: $3,200