Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone HC First Adult Canadian 2004 Fine/Fine

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First Adult Canadian Edition - First (1st) Printing Vancouver: Bloomsbury-Raincoast Canada, 2004 $19.95 CA cover price. (issued by Bloomsbury UK simultaneously) Issue Points: Printing number-line with "1" as the lowest number and the year-line beginning with "04". "J.K. Rowling" listed as the copyright holder and Quebecor World Fairfield, Inc. designated as the printer. The adult edition was produced mainly for adult readers of HP in a more minimalistic style and less kid-like. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket, a beautiful near perfect copy. The book itself is near-perfect and the jacket is nearly perfect save just a hint of edge-wear to the bottom front edge, almost imperceptible. Still an exceptional copy not often found as such. Only 12,500 first printing copies of this edition were issued in the UK. I am guessing this edition exists in half that, probably around 6000 copies. A nice alternative to early first UK trade hardcover issued in 1997 in only 500 copies, a copy of which recently sold at auction for nearly $500,000! Even third printing hardcover copies of the original edition, the first with jacket, of the Bloomsbury UK edition would run you about $5000+. NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.) ATTENTION Canadian customers: email me before purchase as the shipping rate is slightly less than what I have for international. It will be about $35 US in a priority padded mailer. IMPORTANT NOTE: All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of buyer's remorse, "it was a gift but the recipient already had it", or "I found the same book(s) at a better price". I am not selling new items to compete with other retailers. Returns are only accepted because of significant discrepancies regarding edition and/or condition of which I try to be very thorough in researching the edition/printing as well as describing ALL condition issues. So make sure you're 100% positive you desire one of my items before making a purchase. Shipping: $9.50 priority mail shipping in padded mailer, $16.50 in medium priority mail flat-rate box, $46.50 international, (I do not ship media mail on items costing $400+.) All parcel shipments to Australian must be express, not priority. All books bubble-wrapped. I ship on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, sometimes Fridays, but not on Saturdays and Mondays. NOTE on FEEDBACK: If you have problem with an order for any reason, please contact me before leaving feedback! 99% of the time we can resolve the problem. It is much more difficult to change feedback once left. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US) by J.K. Rowling Hardcover First Edition - Fifteenth (15th) Printing London: Bloomsbury UK, 1997 £10.99 cover price (most likely printed in 1998). Printing number-line with "15" as the lowest number. "Joanne Rowling" listed as the copyright holder and Clays Ltd designated as the printer. The young wizard state with a young unidentified wizard on the back in full length smoking a pipe and holding a magic tome. (Later changed to an older Dumbledore from the 18th printing onwards.) The main differences between this edition and earliest printings are the mention of HP and the Chamber of Secrets and the corrected error on page 53, the "one wand" duplication error. Fine- in Fine- Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy with only a hint of shelf-wear to the bottom spine, slight toning to the pages (common with UK books prior to circa 2000). The dust jacket is exceptionally nice with only a hint of dullness to the upper spine, apparent very slightly to the upper right-hand back corner, NO tears or chips. Only a hint of edge-wear to the top and bottom edges, a nick to the lower right-hand front corner, and a tiny pinprick to the back lower spine with an associated crinkle. Still an exceptional copy not often found as such. A nice alternative to early first UK trade hardcover, a copy of which recently sold at auction for nearly $500,000! Even third printing hardcover copies, the first with jacket, of the Bloomsbury UK edition would run you about $5000+. NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The picture is of the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.) IMPORTANT NOTE: All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of buyer's remorse, "it was a gift but the recipient already had it", or "I found the same book(s) at a better price". I am not selling new items to compete with other retailers. Returns are only accepted because of significant discrepancies regarding edition and/or condition of which I try to be very thorough in researching the edition/printing as well as describing ALL condition issues. So make sure you're 100% positive you desire one of my items before making a purchase. Shipping: Free priority mail shipping in large priority mail flat-rate box, $99 international, (I do not ship media mail on items costing $100+.) All parcel shipments to Australian must be express, not priority. All books bubble-wrapped. I ship on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, sometimes Fridays, but not on Saturdays and Mondays. NOTE on FEEDBACK: If you have problem with an order for any reason, please contact me before leaving feedback! 99% of the time we can resolve the problem. It is much more difficult to change feedback once left. A Word on First Editions: 95% of my offerings are trade editions, and 90% of those are first printings. In general I do NOT sell bookclub editions or cheap reprints like Modern Library except in rare instances which would be explicitly stated as such. In general, I also DO NOT sell x-library copies.If the book is both a first edition AND a first printing, it will be marked as “first edition” in the Item Specifics under “Special Attributes”, otherwise assume a later printing or a later edition. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter-->

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