Spot the first: Binding: Black, spine lettered in gilt (first issue)
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harr pott phil finds Philosopher's Stone.1937, 1950s, 1950-1959, 1950- or year:1960-1969.first to put first editions at the top.author:, publisher:, series:, illustrator:. Use quotes for spaces: author:"j k rowling".Spot the first: Binding: Black, spine lettered in gilt (first issue)
Spot the first: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. (first issue jacket)
Spot the first: Colophon at the back: Six lines of printing details (first printing)
Spot the first: Copyright page: The copyright line credits Joanne Rowling, not J.K. Rowling (first state)
Spot the first: Rear, after the text: four integral pages of publisher's advertisements only, with no inserted eight-page catalogue (first issue (copies with the added eight-page catalogue are the second issue))
Spot the edition: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. net (first issue jacket)
Spot the edition: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 8s. 6d. (first issue jacket)
Spot the first: P. 13, line 3: reads 'you' where 'your' is meant (first issue)
Spot the first: Copyright page: No impression statement; later printings state second impression, fifth impression and so on (first impression)
Spot the first: Upper board: Skeletal hand blind-stamped (first edition)