THIS IS HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE. 1ST US HARDBACK EDITION, DATED OCTOBER 1998. IT HAS THE NUMBERS 65 64 63 62 61 60 59   02 ON THE FRONT SHEET FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1998. IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR J.K. ROWLING ON THE TITLE PAGE, USING I WOULD SAY A THIN BLACK MARKER PEN. IT WAS OWNED BY A FRIENDS SON WHO LIVED IN THE US IN THE LATE 1990'S. IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, AS WAS VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER, AND NOT USED TO READ THROUGH! SO HAS JUST VERY MINOR NATURAL AGE, NO TEARS AT ALL.