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ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Bloomsbury, [1997] image 1
ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Bloomsbury, [1997] image 2
ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Bloomsbury, [1997] image 3
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ROWLING (J.K.)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, [1997]

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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ROWLING (J.K.)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the number sequence from 10 to 1 on verso of title, and misspelling "Philospher's" on lower wrapper, light toning as usual, publisher's pictorial wrappers (light crease to one corner, and slight peeling of laminate at lower edge of the upper cover, less so on lower cover, corners slightly rubbed), 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1997]

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The first paperback edition of the first Harry Potter title, issued on the same day as the first hardback edition.

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