Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone

J.K. Rowling

ISBN 10: 0747532745 / ISBN 13: 9780747532743

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997

About this Item

First UK edition, 39th printing. Number line 40 39. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright. Unbroken spine. With young wizard on rear cover, Joanne not J.K. Rowling on copyright page. Light staining to lower text block affecting some page margins also.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1751816435425

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747532745
• ISBN 13: 9780747532743
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Grandpré, Mary
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they?

About the Author

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as two books written specifically for Comic Relief and based on the Harry Potter novels: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year.