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Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. First American Edition of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in a choice of Rich black Nuba® with a 'sculpted embossed multi-layered design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper with Harry Potter flying. The sides in GOLD or also available in Beige Nuba® complimenting the iconic dustwrapper. Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourteenth printing. Signed by J. K. Rowling on the title page. Bound in publisher's purple diamond-embossed paper-covered boards over red spine cloth. Very Good+ with light lean to spine, light shelf wear, large former owner name and details written to front free end paper in marker. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with shelf wear and a tear to the front panel near the flap fold repaired from the blindside with tape. The first title in Rowling's runaway best-selling series, signed by the author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven quarter brick red cloth spine stamped brightly in gold. And purple paper-covered boards with a diamond pattern. Clean and tight throughout. In a complete, very crisp later issue dust jacket priced at $19.95 and has the "Year 1" at the top of the spine. Boldly signed by "J.K. Rowling" on the title page in sharpie. According to Rowling, the idea for both the Harry Potter books and its eponymous character came while waiting for a delayed train from Manchester, England to London in 1990. She stated that the idea of "this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me".[2] While developing the ideas for her book, she also decided to make Harry an orphan who attended a boarding school called Hogwarts. She explained in a 1999 interview with The Guardian: "Harry had to be an orphanso that he's a free agent, with no fear of letting down his parents, disappointing them. Hogwarts has to be a boarding schoolhalf the important stuff happens at night! Then there's the security. Having a child of my own reinforces my belief that children above all want security, and that's what Hogwarts offers Harry."[3]Her own mother's death on 30 December 1990 inspired Rowling to write Harry as a boy longing for his dead parents, his anguish becoming "much deeper, much more real" than in earlier drafts because she related to it herself.[2] In a 2000 interview with The Guardian, Rowling also established that the character of Wart in T. H. White's novel The Once and Future King is "Harry's spiritual ancestor".[4] Finally, she established Harry's birth date as 31 July, the same as her own. However, she maintained that Harry was not directly based on any real-life person: "he came just out of a part of me".[5]Rowling has also maintained that Harry is a suitable real-life role model for children. "The advantage of a fictional hero or heroine is that you can know them better than you can know a living hero, many of whom you would never meet. if people like Harry and identify with him, I am pleased, because I think he is very likeable." (Wikipedia) Later printing: 22nd edition of the first printing with 22 the lowest number on the line.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3730.20 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: True USA 1st edition 1st printing 1st issue, in a first state dust jacket: spine lacking Year 1, dust jacket priced at $16.95 and with review from The Guardian on the rear panel. Publisher's red cloth and purple boards with diamond pattern in blind, lettered in gilt. Beautiful collectable perfect copy No flaws SIGNED on title page by Illustrator Mary GrandPré.
Seller: AlmostAll1stEditions, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$7800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, second printing. Signed by J. K. Rowling on the verso of the half-title page. Bound in publisher's purple diamond-embossed paper-covered boards over red spine cloth. Near Fine with light edge wear, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with a very faint stain to the blindside at the foot. A fantastic copy of the first title in Rowling's runaway best-selling series, signed by the author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition, first printing. Signed by J. K. Rowling on the title page. 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. Bump to bottom corner of upper board, still Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. A fantastic copy of the first title in Rowling's runaway best-selling series, signed by the author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of this First American Edition with all the First Issue points. This copy is authentically SIGNED by J.K. Rowling on the title page. A wonderful copy bound in the original cloth with quarter red cloth over purple diamond-embossed boards. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the $16.95 price and the First Issue dustjacket with the Guardian quote on the back panel. The book is in nice condition with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the number line beginning with 1, published October 1998 with NO indication of later printings. This copy is SIGNED by J.K. Rowling on the page before the title page. A superb copy. This stunning First Issue dustjacket has the $16.95 printed price present with the "Guardian" quote on the back panel of the dustjacket. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean, with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy authentically SIGNED by the author with provenance of the signature.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Editions, First Printings of this First American Edition set SIGNED by J.K. Rowling. ALL 7 books are First Editions, First Printings SIGNED by J.K. Rowling. The ORIGINAL dustjackets are vibrant in color and the books are in excellent condition. These First Editions have ALL the First Issue points bound in the publisher's cloth. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb set, each book authentically SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Rowling First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.