Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, First US Edition, First Printing, Scholastic 1999, Hardback, Signed by J.K. Rowling, Pristine

J.K. Rowling

ISBN 10: 0439064864 / ISBN 13: 9780439064866

Published by Scholastic, 1999

About this Item

This particular book was signed following a small dinner (around 10-15 people) in San Francisco, California to celebrate the books release in 1999. The book was gifted to the original recipients daughter who kept the book until 2022.  An accompanying note from the daughter is included detailing the dinner in which her mother attended. First printing authentically signed copies of the US edition are hard to come by and rarer than first printing copies of the US edition of Prisoner of Azkaban. In pristine condition, this particular book has no flaws and is unread, tight and square with no toning or foxing to the text block and very fresh, white pages. No marks at all internally, no ownership name, it is an entirely clean copy. The corners are sharp and the spine tip and base are without any bruising which is extremely rare to find. The dust jacket is a first state jacket in pristine condition without the number 2 on the spine and is priced correctly at $17.95. It is not price clipped and the spine has no fading at all. It comes houses in a red clamshell box made purposely for this book, with the title and author's name printed in gold leaf to the spine. This is a first printing copy fully authenticated by Adam Houston theHarryPotterspecialist the world s leading expert in authenticating Jo s signature. This book comes with a full authentication package including letter of authenticity, collector card and provenance. Seller Inventory # 114

Bibliographic Details

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, ...

Publisher: Scholastic

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: GrandPré, Mary

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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.