Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling [ADULT EDITION] 1998 / Bloomsbury U.K.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 

FIRST ADULT EDITION / U.K. TRADE PAPERBACK [1998] BLOOMSBURY 

Rare 1998 "adult edition" of this modern classic.

UK trade paperback printing in very good condition with some shelf and edge wear to cover. Reads beautifully.

Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally feels like a normal kid. But even within the Wizarding community, he is special. He is the boy who lived: the only person to have ever survived a killing curse inflicted by the evil Lord Voldemort, who launched a brutal takeover of the Wizarding world, only to vanish after failing to kill Harry.

Though Harry's first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect. There is a dangerous secret object hidden within the castle walls, and Harry believes it's his responsibility to prevent it from falling into evil hands. But doing so will bring him into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever could have imagined.