[Rarebooks] FS: J.K. Rowling - two early Harry Potter thingies.

[Michael John Thompson]

In case anyone cares:


ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S 
STONE. Early Printing of the First Edition, with 
Errors. London; Bloomsbury 1997 Early Printing. 
First edition, sixth impression. Octavo, original 
pictorial wrappers - the trade paperbound issue. 
223 pp. Contains two errors which only occur in 
very early printings of this book: Line 1, page 8 
has "highchair" instead of "high chair"; and on 
page 53 in the list of "Other Equipment" needed 
for Hogwart's School, "1 wand" is listed twice. 
Supposedly this last error only occurred in the 
very first printing of the book - it was 
corrected for the 2nd impression - but the first 
edition plates were then used again by mistake on 
a few later impressions. In any event, this is 
certainly the 6th printing, with the simple 
number code "10 9 8 7 6" on the copyright page. 
Previous owner's small bookplate on inner front 
cover otherwise a fine, unread copy with no signs 
of reading creases or wear. ¶ A nice example of a 
very early impression of one of the most 
important children's books of the late 20th 
Century. Fine. Paperback.                $125.00

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ROWLING. J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF 
SECRETS. First Canadian Edition. Vancouver: 
Raincoast Books. [2000]. First Canadian edition, 
first printing. Octavo, original pictorial 
wrappers. The British edition was issued by 
Bloomsbury in 1998, this is the correct first 
printing of the Canadian edition, issued in 2000 
and with the same text and artwork as the UK 
edition. Stated "First edition" on copyright 
page, below the code "00 01 02 03 * 10 9 8 7 6 5 
4 3 2 1". A fine copy, with no signs of use: no 
creases, no bumps, no marks, no ink names... 
basically, an "as new" copy. Not at all common in 
this condition.  Fine. Paperback.
$50.00

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