HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (DJ Protected by a Brand New, Clear, Acid-Free Mylar Cover)

Rowling, J. K.

ISBN 10: 0439064864 / ISBN 13: 9780439064866

Published by Scholastic, 1999

About this Item

Complete number line with stated "First American Edition, June 1999." Also, as called for, no #2 on spine. Half green cloth cover with blue boards is rubbed at spine caps otherwise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket is rubbed at top and bottom edge of spine otherwise pristine. Publisher's price of $17.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (DJ Protected by a Brand New, Clear, Acid-Free Mylar Cover)
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439064864
• ISBN 13: 9780439064866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: GrandPré, Mary
• Edition: First American Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 4 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Juvenile Books
  • First Editions (First Edition Book Room)

About this title

Synopsis

The summer after his first year at Hogwarts is worse than ever for Harry Potter. The Dursleys of Privet Drive are more horrible to him than ever before. And just when he thinks the endless summer vacation is over, a creature named Dobby the house-elf shows up issuing a grave warning to Harry not to go back to school or disaster will happen! Of course, Harry has to go back- and he does so in grand style, in a flying-car magicked by his friends Ron and Percy Weasley. But getting back to Hogwarts isn't the cure Harry expects it to be. Almost immediately a student is found turned to stone, and then another. And somehow Harry stands accused. Could Harry Potter be the long-feared heir of Slytherin?Harry and friends Hermione and Fred are stretched to their limits in a desperate fight against Draco Malfoy and his gang, the hideously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockheart, the malevolent owner of the diary of Tom Riddle, giant spiders, and perhaps even...Hagrid!This is the book that proves J.K. Rowling is a talent that's here to stay!

About the Author

Mary GrandPré has illustrated more than twenty beautiful books, including The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, which received a Caldecott Honor; Cleonardo, the Little Inventor, of which she is also the author; and the original American editions of all seven Harry Potter novels. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Wall Street Journal, and her paintings and pastels have been shown in galleries across the United States. Ms. GrandPré lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her family.

J.K. ROWLING is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes ― Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard ― which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos. In 2016, J.K. Rowling resumed Harry’s story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which she wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now in theaters across the world. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring magizoologist Newt Scamander. She is also the author of a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, writes the Strike detective series. In 2020, J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She lives in Scotland with her family, and is at her happiest alone in a room, making things up.