Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first volume of the seven-part Harry Potter novel series by Joanne K. Rowling. The book was published on June 26, 1997 by the British Bloomsbury publishing house with a first edition of 5,650 copies, of which 500 were hardcover editions intended primarily for libraries. As with all later Harry Potter volumes, the German translation was by Klaus Fritz and was published by Carlsen Verlag in July 1998, the cover for the first edition was illustrated by Sabine Wilharm.