Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone by J.K.
Rowling
Identifying First Edition Points of Issue
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US First Edition: This book was released in
the US (after the UK edition) as Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone.
ISBN: 9781122465199
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine
Books/Scholastic Press
Location: New York, NY
Copyright: 1998 - number line 1 3 5 7 9 10
8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02
First Edition Total Publication:
Unknown
Binding: Red cloth spine with purple boards
with an embossed diamond pattern.
Original List Price: $16.95
Pages: 309
Points of Issue: The copyright page has a
full number line of “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02”. and
"Printed in the U.S.A. 23", "First American edition,
October 1998." Please Note that there are book club
editions on the market with the correct number sequence on the
copyright page, but they are in plain black boards. The
First American Edition statement is on later printings as well
so the cover pattern and full number line are the key
identifying points.
The dust jacket back has a white bar code field with two bar
codes, the smaller bar code states "51695". The dust jacket
back has a single quote from the Guardian saying “Harry Potter
could assume the near-legendary status of Ronald Dahl's
Charlie, of chocolate factory fame.” Later issue dust jackets
have a substitute quote from Publishers Weekly.
There is no volume number on the spine of the dust jacket,
and the lettering is slightly raised. The book club edition
dust jacket is readily identifiable, in that the lettering
is not raised and does not have the price on the dust
jacket or the corresponding number over the bar code.
Description: Harry Potter has no idea how
famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable
aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's
really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything
changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for
wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his
illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted
by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful
faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep
inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his
own noble destiny.
Total copies sold (as of January 2002, according to
Publishers Weekly): 16,709,111
Total hardcover copies: 5,977,304
Total trade paperback copies: 9,131,807
Total mass market paperback copies: 1,500,000
A film version of Harry Potter and the Sorcererís
Stone was released in 2001 by Warner Bros. It was directed
by Chris Columbus, written by Steven Kloves (with extensive aid
from J.K. Rowling), and starred Daniel Radcliffe as the title
character.
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