Lot 269

Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets








Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
Description
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, first impression hardback with the numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page, dust-jacket not price-clipped [Errington A2(a)], an exceptionally bright and immaculate copy and dust-jacket, bookseller's neat pencil marks carefully erased from front endpaper
Footnote
One of 706 copies (this figure was confirmed by Bloomsbury although it is often cited as 1000) of the first edition, first impression hardback of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. This is a near-pristine copy of J.K. Rowling's second book, appearing almost unread.







