Lot 22
Rowling, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First edition, first impression, paperback issue, one of 5,150 copies, 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 223 pp., a few small creases to wrappers [Errington A1 (aa)]
Provenance
Private collection, Edinburgh (acquired when new by the present owner).
Footnote
With the requisite points: copyright page with the reverse numberline from 10 to 1, the author named as ‘Joanne Rowling’, and the misprint ‘Thomas Taylor1997’; page 53 with ‘1 wand’ listed twice; and the rear cover with misprints ‘Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone’.