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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Collector's Edition
by Rowling, J. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- N-Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 043920352X
- ISBN 13
- 9780439203524
- Seller
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Lewisville, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Scholastic Book Services, 2000. Book. Illus. by Mary Grandpré. N-Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read copy. Gold tipped text block, decorated endpapers/pastedowns. The edges of the text block have some very light scuffing wear. The 75.00 priced jacket has suffered some rubbing wear, some edge wear. A full leather bound hardback with a facsimilie frontispiece drawing by the author enhance this un-numbered limited edition of this title with her facsimile signature. A pretty nice over all copy of a book that is not easy to find anymore. Not perfect but it will fill a hole in the old HP collection. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. .
Synopsis
The first novel of J.K. Rowling's acclaimed Harry Potter Series was released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone . In this novel, the audience first meets Harry Potter and his horrible family. Harry is an orphan, and lives in a tiny room under the stairs, serving his family by cooking and cleaning. His life takes a turn for the better when he gets a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. Winner of: British Fantasy Award (1999), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature (2008), British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (1998), Smarties Prize (1997), Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury (2002) ...more Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury (2002), Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2001), South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award (2001), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (2000), Charlotte Award (2000), Nene Award (2000), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (2000), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2001), Blue Hen Book Award for Chapter Book (2001), Nevada Young Readers' Award for Young Reader Category (2000), Sasquatch Reading Award (2000), Golden Archer Award for Middle/Junior High (2000), Indian Paintbrush Book Award (2000), Carnegie Medal Nominee (1997), ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults (1999)
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Reviews
On Aug 26 2011, SherlockJr said:
THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK. THE BEST BEGINNING FOR THE BEST SERIES EVER WRITTEN.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pat Cramer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045153
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Collector's Edition
- Author
- Rowling, J. K
- Illustrator
- Mary Grandpré
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - N-Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 043920352X
- ISBN 13
- 9780439203524
- Publisher
- Scholastic Book Services
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I accept cash, checks, money orders and bank cards. International orders paid by check must be made out to a United States bank branch. International orders paid by money order must be a postal money order made out in United States dollars. You can return any book that you purchase from me if you are not satisfied with it.
About the Seller
Pat Cramer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Lewisville, Texas
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About Pat Cramer, Bookseller
I have been selling used and rare books internationally since 1985.I tend to list modern fiction because that is what i know the most about.I specialize on horror and suspense fiction because these are two areas that i enjoy most and because they are two areas that I know the most aboutI am not a generalist dealer but I have been known to list a small percentage of anything that looks interesting to me, fiction and non-fiction, to bring new customers to my site.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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