Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling, J.K - 1998

New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printing. All first printing points present on book and jacket: embossed purple diamond boards; spine lacking "Year 1" and stating J. K. Rowling; complete number line, first edition statement and Printed in the U.S.A. 23" on copyright page; in first issue dust jacket priced at $16.95, with The Guardian blurb on the rear and UPC in cream colored rectangle. Good to Very Good. Previous owner gift inscription to front free end paper. Thumbing and red staining to a handful of early pages and fore edge. Light rubbing at edges. Bleeding from red spine cloth to verso of dust jacket at foot. Dust jacket shows some light creasing up the center front panel, light crimping at the edges and general shelf wear, though presents better than it sounds.