HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER ' S STONE - JOANNE ROWLING 1998 H/BK RARE
Item History & Price
Due to my recent selling success, here is another 1998 Hardback copy of J.K.Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' published in the UK by Ted Smart for The Book People Ltd by special arrangement with Bloomsbury.
This book is a very early FIRST EDITION/2ND PRINTING.
This book was published less than a year after the original Bloomsbury first print.
The book contains 223 pages and is complete with the original dustjacket, also in 'new' condition.&nbs...p;
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONEBY JOANNE ROWLINGFIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN IN 1998PUBLISHED BY THE BOOK PEOPLENUMBER LINE - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 VERY EARLY 2nd PRINT - HARDBACK
States "Joanne Rowling" to copyright page which was later changed to J.K.Rowling in later printings.
Young Dumbledore to head of spine and rear cover of the book and dustjacket - later changed to older Dumbledore with grey beard in later prints.
The condition is superb/new for a book of this nature & age - the pages are clean and the binding is tight. It looks unread and has been stored very carefully from new.
Please see all photographs to see just how fantastic the condition of this book is.
IMPORTANT - This iconic cover is now OUT OF PRINT - from 2014 no other copies in this format with this cover artwork will ever be printed again.
Below is a list of some of the mistakes in this book and how they were corrected in later printingsPage 15, line 3 - “he tried to kill the Potter’s son” changed to “he tried to kill the Potters’ son”
Page 17, lines 31-32 - “I’ll be takin’ Sirius his bike back” changed to “I’d best get this bike away”
Page 31, line 34 - deletion of an unnecessary single comma at the beginning of the sentence
Page 52, line 35 - “A Beginners’ Guide” changed to “A Beginner’s Guide”
Page 56, lines 17-18 - “seventeen sickles an ounce” changed to “sixteen sickles an ounce”
Page 72, line 25 - “a shiny silver badge” changed to “a shiny red and gold badge”
Page 87, line 31 - “Hogwarts, a History” changed to “Hogwarts: A History”
Page 92, line 22 - “four hundred years” changed to “five hundred years”
Page 101, line 4 - “head of Gryffindor house” changed to “Head of Gryffindor House”
Page 147, lines 7-8 - “looking forward to next day” changed to “looking forward to the next day”
Page 168, lines 9-10 - “One Hundred Magical Herbs” changed to “One Thousand Magical Herbs”
Page 193, line 27 - “that’s the pub” changed to “that’s one of the pubs”
Page 205, line 3 - “you go next to him” changed to “you go there”
Page 205, line 32 - “I take one step forward and she’ll take me” changed to “I’ll make my move and she’ll take me”
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