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Published by New York: Scholastic Press, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 30, 2003
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 463.66
Item description from seller
Illustrated by Mary GrandPré. First American edition, first printing, lacking the "Year 2" statement that was added to the spine in later printings, in a first state dust jacket, which also lacks the "Year 2" statement and is priced at $17.95. Publisher's quarter green cloth and purple paper-covered boards with repeating diamond pattern, lettered in silver to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket with GrandPré's illustration. Near fine book with light spotting to text block edges, and just a touch of fading to bottom edge; near fine unclipped dust jacket with a bit of creasing to head of spine, and light tidemarks to verso of jacket at the bottom. A bright and attractive copy of the second book in the celebrated Harry Potter series, in its earliest dust jacket. Errington A2(c). The second volume of the Harry Potter series, this novel follows Harry and his friends during their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they investigate the recently re-opened Chamber of Secrets. Notably, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets foreshadows many of the series' future developments, especially the relationship between Harry and Lord Voldemort that is particularly expanded upon in the six novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.…
Seller Inventory # JKR056
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author
- Rowling, J. K.
- Publisher
- New York: Scholastic Press
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Illustrator
- Mary GrandPré
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- 20th Century, British Literature, Children's Literature, Fiction, Modern Firsts, Women's Literature