Much later edition still say 'First American edition, June 1999' but there not first edition or first prints, that line sorta stays there to let you know when the first edition was printed is my guess as down further you can see a picture of a 35th printing printed in mexico and even after 34 printings it still says 'first American edition, June 1999' and allot of sellers read that line and figure they have a first edition and sell it as such but they are mistaken. First American Edition 1999 HARRY POTTER and the CHAMBER of SECRETS Hardcopy.

publishes its own version under the Scholastic Corporation, but this time under the title of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer‘s Stone. 37' is simply stating that the book was printed in the USA and at factory 37, there are many different numbers in the USA and in mexico like 59 is a mexican factory (see 3rd picture below) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was published on June 26, 1997, by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom. The 9/9 stands for 1999 and if you look at the bottom its states the first American edition, June 1999 Some of these mistakes were fixed in later editions of the same book. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book binding tight with near fine gilt titles to spine, minor bumping to bottom rear edge else maroon cloth and purple diamond boards straight and clean minimal bumping to edges else text free of. Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions - Sixth Edition Bill McBride. Below is a list of mistakes that occur in the Harry Potter book series, such as factual errors, plot holes and typos. So the first line looks like this 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a count down from 10 to 1 and one stands for first printing so if you had a 4th printing of the 1st edition it would look like this 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 First American edition, October 1998 stated with 7 9 10 8 to number line, seventh printing. The last three lines on this book tell you the edition, print run, print date and the factory that printed it. If you turn three pages in (counting the red page) you will see the information page with allot of information including the edition at the bottom.

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