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MODERN LITERATURE, ART AND HISTORY
Lot 163

ROWLING (J.K.)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, UNCORRECTED PROOF WITH COVER DESIGN, Bloomsbury, 1997

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ROWLING (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, publisher's white printed wrappers with a yellow band around the middle, and lettered in black, very slight soiling and vertical crease near each inner edge, with the SEPARATE PROOF SHEET ON CARD OF PROPOSED COVER DESIGN, creased at lower joint where folded, 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997

Footnotes

THE VERY FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF HARRY POTTER, WITH THE RARE PROOF COVER MOCK-UP. Although the print run has not been confirmed, Bloomsbury have noted that 200 copies of the proof were printed, with the author's name given as "J.A. Rowling" on the title-page, and "Joanne Rowling" with the number line 10 to 1 on the copyright page. The proof sheet of the proposed cover design is rarely present. This underwent several changes before publication in the form of pictorial boards, and includes the early version of Dumbledore which was retained for the first printing but subsequently revised.

Provenance: Sent by the publisher to a children's bookshop in 1997.

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