{"product_id":"harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-first-uk-edition-15th-hardback-printing","title":"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – First UK edition, 15th hardback printing","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 201.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFirst UK Bloomsbury edition, 15th hardback printing, of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, with the number line 20 19 18 17 16 15.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 201.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThis early impression was published before the Harry Potter phenomenon reached new heights following the release of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban\u003c\/i\u003e in 1999. It retains several distinctive features of the earliest Bloomsbury editions, including the original illustration of the brown-haired young wizard on the rear cover and spine, later replaced by an illustration of Dumbledore. The copyright page also retains the original Joanne Rowling attribution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 201.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe pictorial boards are clean and well preserved, showing only very slight, barely noticeable fading along the upper edge. The corners and spine ends remain sharp, and the binding is tight and firm. The endpapers and pages are clean and free from markings, with only mild age-related toning to the page edges, as commonly encountered in early Bloomsbury printings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 201.6pt;\"\u003eThe original dust jacket is in very good condition, showing only minor wear and slight fading along the upper edges of the inner flaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 201.6pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAn attractive example of an early hardback printing of the novel that launched the Harry Potter series, retaining its original cover artwork and early bibliographical features, and presented in excellent collectible condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winters Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56214700458326,"sku":"2521","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/5249\/7379\/files\/Phil.StoneHB15_1.jpg?v=1793023840","url":"https:\/\/www.wintersrarebooks.com\/products\/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-first-uk-edition-15th-hardback-printing","provider":"Winters Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}