Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

 [First Edition]

[J K Rowling, Bloomsbury, 2001]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and J. K. Rowling's debut novel, first published in 1997 by Bloomsbury. It was published in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Scholastic Corporation in 1998. The plot follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage as he makes close friends and a few enemies in his first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With the help of his friends, Harry faces an attempted comeback by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents, but failed to kill Harry when he was just a year old. The novel won most of the British book awards that were judged by children and other awards in the US. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999 and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into at least sixty-seven other languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name.

 

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FIRST EDITION

Has All-Important Number line: 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

Published by BLOOMSBURY - 2001

Cover illustrations from original artwork by Thomas Taylor

Price of £5.99 to the rear cover

223 pages

It is a collectible first edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747558191

ISBN 13: 9780747558194

 

About the author

Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE FRSL (born 31 July 1965), pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the scripts and maintained creative control by serving as a producer on the final instalment

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

 

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