HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (FINE 2ND PRINTING)
BLOOMSBURY, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
FIRST Edition, SECOND Softcover Printing FINE condition softcover. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, Not ex-library, but the scarce true first edition, second printing Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Copies of this title unsigned, in similar condition are extremely scarce, with none even available for sale. First/first printings fine hardcovers have soared in price attaining auction prices of $470,000.00, and copies of the first softcover printing in fine condition are now priced closer to $28,000 and are almost impossible to locate. Wendy Cooling review is present to the base of the front board. And the publisher page credits Joanne Rowling and contains no space between “r” and “1″ on Thomas Taylor 1997 in error.
A beautiful Fine condition soft cover with strong unfaded colors, with NONE of the common fading to the spine. The binding is tight and square. The wraps are in superb condition with no laminate issues, no creasing and no rubbing. The interior pages are very clean and flat with no owner names, no inscriptions, no handling marks, no writing, no marks, no stains, no foxing. A beautiful, internally very clean copy. An exceptional copy appearing as unread. Please see images.
A handsome, very scarce example of this book in stunning collectible condition.
ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other Harry Potter listings and landmark titles. Fine. Item #002194
Price: $11,595.00