Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.Rowling - 1998-01-01

SOFTBACK * Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 12th.* Date of Publication: 1998 (1997)* Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers showing a black and white photo of a steam train "The Cavalier," heading towards the camera, no visible faults. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No tanning. No inscriptions or annotations. Minimal age darkening to top edges. VG++ * Illustrations: None. * Pages: 222 pp. text. .ii pp. blank at rear. "FUNNY, IMAGINATIVE, MAGICAL" ~ The Times, on the front cover. Copyright 'Joanne Rowling' to colophon. Description: Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour, including strawberry, curry, grass and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in J K Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.* A NEAR FINE 12th. Impression copy with minimal age reducing it to VG++.*