Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets signed dated triple-sketched LIMITED first edition

JK Rowling

ISBN 10: 1408876833 / ISBN 13: 9781408876831

Published by Bloomsbury, UK, 2016

About this Item

First edition, first impression - signed and dated by the illustrator Jim Kay who has also done a dull page sketch of a phoenix in the book, and a sketch of a bat on the signature page. Further accompanied by a large folding print of Diagon Alley, signed by Jim Kay and sketched with a dragon. In all, this limited edition book is signed twice, and includes three original works of art by Jim Kay. Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay's dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters - including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart - await inside this fully illustrated edition. With paint, pencil and pixels, award-winning illustrator Jim Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired re-imagining will captivate fans and new readers alike, as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at its heart.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets signed dated triple-sketched LIMITED first edition
• Publisher: Bloomsbury, UK
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408876833
• ISBN 13: 9781408876831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jim Kay
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

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Synopsis

Discover J.K. Rowling's extraordinary wizarding world with the glorious Deluxe Edition of the full-colour illustrated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling's original, unabridged text paired with breathtaking illustrations by Jim Kay, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal

About the Authors

J.K. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Harry Potter books have now sold over 600 million copies in 85 languages, been listened to as audiobooks for over one billion hours and made into eight smash hit movies. To accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them went on to inspire a new series of films featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Harry's story as a grown-up was continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now playing in multiple locations around the world. She is also the author of a bestselling crime fiction series, and two stand-alone children's novels, The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig. J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including the OBE and Companion of Honour, and a Blue Peter Gold Badge. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through Volant and is the founder of the international children's care reform charity Lumos. J.K. Rowling lives in Scotland with her family. To find out more about J.K. Rowling visit jkrowlingstories.com.

Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Library & Archives of Tate Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. After producing a one-man exhibition at Richmond Gallery he was approached by a publisher and his freelance illustration work began. Jim has produced concept work for film and television, and contributed to a group exhibition at the V&A museum in London. He now lives and works in Northamptonshire with his partner.

You can find out more about Jim at ww.jimkay.co.uk/.