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Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Publisher: Bloomsbury, London;
Date of Publication: 1997
Stock Code: 10044
FIRST EDITION, 3rd Impression with number string 10-3. Octavo, pp. 223,[1]. Paper covered pictorial boards by Thomas Taylor with Harry and the Hogwarts Express to upper board and wizard to lower, in matching unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Very slight crease to first few leaves at fore-edge otherwise a near fine copy in a like dust-jacket. No annotation or inscriptions. The third impression of the sought-after First Edition of the first Harry Potter story, and the very first to be printed with a dust-jacket (the First and Second Impressions were both printed without jackets, as many were destined for the library service who did not require them). Rare, but especially so in this condition. Sold