Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 1999
Scarce First State of the First Edition, First Printing FINE book in a FINE jacket. Not bookclub, Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, but the scarce true first state of the first Bloomsbury edition with the complete number line of 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 , and the requisite dropped text on page 7. A stunning unrestored example of this First edition FIRST STATE book and original first edition dust jacket, not price clipped and in fine condition. It has been reported that the first state print run was only 500 pieces.
The crisp fine condition book has pictorial boards displaying the same image as on the dust jacket, one of Harry in flight. The crisp boards are in Fine condition with sharp corners, stiff spine ends, and no edgewear. The boards have strong vibrant colors and are clean with a nice sheen. The boards have no stains, nor scrapes. The binding is very tight and square. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no writing, no bookplates, no bent pages, no foxing, no age toning and no stains but a 2 tiny faded dots to an outer page edge. Beautiful first state book with the requisite dropped text on page 7. (Please see images), and Joanne Rowling listed on the copyright page. The first state of this book is quite scarce with the error caught by the publisher early in the print run and corrected for the balance of the first edition copies.
The stunning original first edition dust jacket is in beautiful Fine unrestored condition with strong vibrant colors. The jacket is so clean and fresh that it still maintains its original rigidity. The jacket has No edgewear, No rips, No chips, No other stains, No rubbing, No fading, and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 10.99 British pounds.
A stunning highly collectible SCARCE Fine example of this title presenting very well with the striking jacket and perfect clean crisp interior. Would make a great addition to a Harry Potter collection. Scarce in this condition! This copy has remained in one collection for over 11 years.
