£1,512
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First deluxe edition, eleventh impression, inscribed on the half-title by 10 cast members, comprising Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), James Phelps (Fred Weasley, inscription including ‘Magic is cool’), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley), Devon Murray (Seamus Finnegan), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Jamie Waylett (Crabbe), and one other, all inscriptions made out to ‘Rob’. 8vo, 223 pp., original red cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay to front cover, all edges gilt, very small hole to half-title (apparently caused by the unidentified signature), textblock toned as usual
Signed for the recipient at the Scottish Gala Charity Screening of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at Ster Century Cinemas, Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh on 6 November 2001 (two tickets and a car pass for the event included with the lot).