First impression (first state)
1999- Copyright page
- Copyright credited to Joanne Rowling, 1999; full number line from 10 down to 1
- Number line
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1- Binding
- Pictorial boards with Cliff Wright's art.
- Jacket
- Pictorial dust jacket priced £10.99 on the front flap.
Points of issue
- copyright pageThe copyright line credits Joanne Rowling, not J.K. Rowling→ first state
- p.7A block of text in the passage about Wendelin the Weird is misplaced, leaving the sentence broken→ first state
- copyright pageNumber line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1→ first impression
- front jacket flapPriced £10.99→ first issue jacket
Traps and later printings: The second state looks identical except for the copyright page and page 7, so check both.
The page 7 error was noticed during the first print run and corrected, which created the second state.
Errington A7(a). Both points must be present together. Two dealers citing Errington give 5,150 copies for the whole first impression across three states, with the first state generally assumed to be about 2,500; that split is an assumption, so print_run is left blank. An auction report gives about 5,000 planned.
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