There was a small chip to the bottom corner of page 17, NOT AFFECTING ANY OF THE TEXT which has been expertly repaired by a paper archivist using period Bloomsbury paper.

Rowling’s Harry Potter series has become a cultural phenomenon, selling over 500 million copies worldwide and being translated into over 80 languages. The First Canadian printing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, published by Raincoast with its striking plain blue boards, is considered to be one of the scarcest Harry Potter books ever appeared. Watch out for Beautiful Things on some of the UK's top antique shows this year, including Salvage Hunters on Discovery Plus and Quest plus Channel 5's The Great Antiques Challenge. A beautiful and exacting copy of the rarest and most sought after Harry Potter book to add to any collection.Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS! Jo was in the ‘stupid’ row, ‘as far right as you could possibly get without sitting in the playground’.

On the first day of school, she gave Jo an arithmetic test, which she failed, scoring zero out of ten. Experience the magic of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' with our richly illustrated adaptation of Harry's first adventure.An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. Extremities a little rubbed with minor lifting of laminate at two corners, some minor creases to rear wrapper, contents toned as usual: a near-fine, crisp copy. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names.A few very tiny tip/edge rubs (hard to even see in the images) and no laminate issues,(which is unusual as most copies tend to have fully lifted or missing laminate). She doesn't offer the solutions and/or resolutions of the many dilemmas to end too quickly, and often the resolution is not exactly as expected but rather lead into the next problem. This softcover edition has light wear to the polisher's wrappers with some professional restoration. This is without doubt an incredibly rare book and in as near perfect condition as is possible to find. This scarce Bloomsbury paperback edition has the First Issue points "The Wendy Cooling blurb to the front board" the word "wand" appears twice on page 53" the word "Philosopher's is misspelled "Philospher's" to the back cover and the words "Wizardry and Witchcraft" later changed to Witchcraft and Wizardry on later editions.