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Buy this book on-line ROWLING**, J[oanne] K[athleen]: : HARRY POTTER and the Philosopher's Stone [Deluxe edition]LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1999. ISBN 0747545723.
UK,8vo HB,1st Deluxe edn,6th imp. [Uncommon,believed only 4,000 1st edns issued worldwide.The true UK,trade HB,1st edn published earlier in 1997.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued.The De Luxe Collector's Edition hardback,bound in bright,crisp,clean red cloth with bright,
crisp,stamped gilt titleing to upper board and spine/backstrip,gilt-bordered,colour pictorial paper onlay (by Thomas Taylor), with J. K. Rowling's gilt facsimile signature beneath same,and all edges gilt (a.e.g).Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,immaculate plain red eps,sewn-in blue silk bookmark,no dw/dj - as issued (as was the UK,trade 1st HB edn,dw/dj only issued from the 3rd imp onwards.) Contents bright,tight and clean - an accidental(?) dog-ear reading crease to pp193/4 corners - this aside,possibly an unread,or at least,acarefully read copy.UK,8vo HB, deluxe edn,8-223pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters; plus [unpaginated],b/w school armorial crest+motto illustrated half- title+title pages and dedication.Author's debut novel,and 2nd book in the Deluxe edition series.
'Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you.Then,in an absurd,
magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards,a caged snowy owl,a phoenix-feather wand and jellybeans that come in every flavour,including strawberry,curry,grass and sardine.Not only that,but you discover that you are a wizard yourself!'
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