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Handsomely bound first edition, first printing of the first Harry Potter book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling. First edition, first printing. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Custom-bound in full red morocco, lettered in gilt and stamped with a wizard's broom device, 5.25 x 8, 223 pages. The book, presumed to be a rebound softcover, corresponds with all applicable first printing points of issue, with the copyright page containing a "1" in the number line, author's full name in the copyright ("Joanne Rowling"), lack of a space between Thomas Taylor and the copyright date ("Taylor1997"), duplication of "1 wand" on page 53, and Bloomsbury logo on title page. Book condition: NF/None.
This is a beautifully bound example of the first book in the Harry Potter series, published without much fanfare on June 26, 1997, as J. K Rowling's debut novel. Bloomsbury's initial print run comprised 500 hardback copies—300 of which were distributed to libraries—plus 5,150 softcover copies. Bibliographer Philip W. Errington notes that both the hardback and paperback first edition of this title 'were published on the same date and neither has bibliographical priority.' This is a stunning specimen of the beloved book, custom-bound in full red leather and featuring a custom gilt-lettered half-title page.
