Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1997
First Edition, First Softcover Printing FIRST Bloomsbury edition, FIRST Softcover Printing. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, Not ex-library, but the scarce true first edition, first printing Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Wendy Cooling review is present to the base of the front board. The publisher page credits Joanne Rowling and contains no space between “r” and “1″ on Thomas Taylor 1997 in error. On rear cover, there is no second “o” in the word Philosopher’s, And 1 Wand is listed twice on page 53.
A good condition soft cover with strong vibrant colors to the front, back panel and spine. However the outer wraps are creased and with wear as shown in the images, and the surface laminate is mostly no longer present. The binding remains tight and square. The interior pages are clean with No owner names, No bookplates, No stains, No bent pages and No writing in the book. The pages are lightly age toned. A great price for an entry level book of this title, with Fine First/first printings hardcovers having soared in price attaining auction prices of $450,000.00; and fine condition first printing soft covers are now almost impossible to locate. Please see images.
