Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.

Item Number: 116738

New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.

First American edition, first printing of the first book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. This book was bought upon publication and was only opened for the signing by Rowling. An exceptional signed example.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series and J. K. Rowling's debut novel, first published in 1997 by Bloomsbury. The writing has been compared to that of Jane Austen, one of Rowling's favourite authors, or Roald Dahl, whose works dominated children's stories before the appearance of Harry Potter, and of the Ancient Greek story-teller Homer. It has been translated into several languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name.