Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by ROWLING, J.K - (1998)

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most handsome first Impression, first Issue, first State of the first edition in Fine condition in bright and unfaded first Issue dust-wrapper with the nineteen-line Golfinger blurb. Gilbert A7a 1.1; Fleming's seventh James Bond Novel. Junius Du Pont (introduced in Casino Royale) suspects Goldfinger of cheating and offers to pay British Secret Intelligent agent 007, James Bond to confirm his suspicions. Basis for the Academy Award winning movie with starring Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, head of the criminal organization, the Cement Mixers; 8vo ; 318, [2] pages .

London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1927 Longmans, Green & Company TRUE FIRST EDITION, which preceded the US First Edition by a matter of days. A VG+/VG copy of this rare first made even more so by having a splendid **HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER** by Mr. Wilder. The HB is very clean and tight with just some browning on the end pages. The unclipped DJ has a small piece missing from the upper spine end, not affecting the title. There are a few tiny other chips now in mylar and protected. A very strong copy and a wonderful combo! BONUS BOOK: A very early ex--library copy of "Our Town" which appears to be dated from April 5, 1938, two months after its Broadway premiere. Movie History Facts: Adapted for the screen three times: 1929 MGM Silent Film with Lili DAmita & Ernest Torrence (plus the legendary Lola Montes as a Spanish dancer) 1944 United Artists B&W Film with Lynn Bari & Akim Tamiroff 2004 New Line Cinema Color Film with Gabriel Byrne,… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, crisp dust-jacket without fading, vibrant and bright colors. Variant copy with printer's quad mark on the title page; Central character and narrator is "Vivienne Michel, " a young Canadian woman who ends up running a cheap motel in the Adirondack Mountains to pay for a trip through America. When issued, it was banned in some countries as the most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels. Basis for the movie with Roger Moore in his third James Bond role, Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) and Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg; 8vo ; [10], 11-221, [3] pages .

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by author as Richard Hooker on the title page with quote marks around his name; Richard Hooker is the pseudonym of Dr. Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. Near Fine, with light edge wear, toning to spine ends, small evidence of tape removal to recto of half-title page, hinge at title page over-opened. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with light shelf wear and toning. A laid-in note in a former owner's hand reads, "Dr. Hornberger autographed this book as "Richard Hooker" while still employed as a doctor at Thayer Hospital in Waterville, Maine." Signed copies are scarce.

New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First Hardcover Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First hardcover edition. Signed twice by the author; Signed in black marker on the front free endpaper and inscribed in blue ink on the half-title page to a former owner. Review copy with publisher's photocopied letter laid in. Very Good with toning to edges and bumping at corners and spine ends. Pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with the spine toned and bumped at the edges, rubbing and light creasing to the top edge of the front panel.

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A most handsome first Impression, first Issue, first State of the first edition in Fine condition in bright and unfaded first Issue dust-wrapper with the nineteen-line Golfinger blurb. Gilbert A7a 1.1; Fleming's seventh James Bond Novel. Junius Du Pont (introduced in Casino Royale) suspects Goldfinger of cheating and offers to pay British Secret Intelligent agent 007, James Bond to confirm his suspicions. Basis for the Academy Award winning movie with starring Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe as Auric Goldfinger, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, head of the criminal organization, the Cement Mixers; 8vo ; 318, [2] pages .

London: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1927 Longmans, Green & Company TRUE FIRST EDITION, which preceded the US First Edition by a matter of days. A VG+/VG copy of this rare first made even more so by having a splendid **HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER** by Mr. Wilder. The HB is very clean and tight with just some browning on the end pages. The unclipped DJ has a small piece missing from the upper spine end, not affecting the title. There are a few tiny other chips now in mylar and protected. A very strong copy and a wonderful combo! BONUS BOOK: A very early ex--library copy of "Our Town" which appears to be dated from April 5, 1938, two months after its Broadway premiere. Movie History Facts: Adapted for the screen three times: 1929 MGM Silent Film with Lili DAmita & Ernest Torrence (plus the legendary Lola Montes as a Spanish dancer) 1944 United Artists B&W Film with Lynn Bari & Akim Tamiroff 2004 New Line Cinema Color Film with Gabriel Byrne,… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike, crisp dust-jacket without fading, vibrant and bright colors. Variant copy with printer's quad mark on the title page; Central character and narrator is "Vivienne Michel, " a young Canadian woman who ends up running a cheap motel in the Adirondack Mountains to pay for a trip through America. When issued, it was banned in some countries as the most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels. Basis for the movie with Roger Moore in his third James Bond role, Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (Agent Triple X) and Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg; 8vo ; [10], 11-221, [3] pages .

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by author as Richard Hooker on the title page with quote marks around his name; Richard Hooker is the pseudonym of Dr. Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. Near Fine, with light edge wear, toning to spine ends, small evidence of tape removal to recto of half-title page, hinge at title page over-opened. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with light shelf wear and toning. A laid-in note in a former owner's hand reads, "Dr. Hornberger autographed this book as "Richard Hooker" while still employed as a doctor at Thayer Hospital in Waterville, Maine." Signed copies are scarce.

New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First Hardcover Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First hardcover edition. Signed twice by the author; Signed in black marker on the front free endpaper and inscribed in blue ink on the half-title page to a former owner. Review copy with publisher's photocopied letter laid in. Very Good with toning to edges and bumping at corners and spine ends. Pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with the spine toned and bumped at the edges, rubbing and light creasing to the top edge of the front panel.