'harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', UK signed and beautifully inscribed first edition fifth print

Rowling, J.K.

Published by Bloomsbury, 1998

Condition: Near Fine Hardcover

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Joanne (Kathleen) Rowling (1998) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , UK first edition, fifth printing, published by Bloomsbury. Signed and inscribed by the author: To Rory sorry I missed you! [signature] . Condition: a near fine copy. Internally absolutely clean without any previous owner s names, no bookplates, no stamps. No foxing and boards clean. One tiny bump to bottom edge board. Otherwise as god as new. Dust jacket not price clipped. Provenance: We bought this at a prominent auction house in the UK. Apart from the experts at the auction house we have also analysed the signature and inscription. Handwriting and signature matches Rowling s 1998-1999 style of signing her books. In the years 1997-1999 Rowling was a far lesser know writer than from the year 2000 onwards when Pottarmania went off the charts. For the first three books she toured the UK regularly and visted a few schools and bookshops to do signings. This is the second book in the seminal Harry Potter series that took the world by storm causing Pottermania everywhere. Chamber of Secrets won the British Children Book of the Year Award in 1998 following Rowling s success with Philosopher s Stone in 1997. Adapted as a blockbuster film in 2002. The rest is fairytale history for Rowling and the Harry Potter franchise. First and Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1608394526766

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Title: 'harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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