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ROWLING**, J[oanne] K[athleen]: : HARRY POTTER and the Chamber of Secrets

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY BOOKS,1998.

ISBN 0747538492.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10th imp. [Complete number line 10.Text copyrighted to J.K. Rowling.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,though there is a small diagonal corner crease in the price's vicinity of w/dj's inner flap. Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Cliff Wright,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped,but with reciprocal creasing to only the foot of the board's spine/backstrip,some inevitable but slight sunning/fading to same.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned -as usual/normal; contents bright,tight, clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and near pristine - an unread copy? Dw/dj colour pictorial artwork/design repeated to bright,crisp and clean,matt,non-glazed,sharp-cornered, paper-covered boards.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,10th imp,8-251pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] b/w school crest+motto vignetted half- title+title pages,dedication and 4pp publisher's advert to rear (critics' reviews,children's facsimile letters and a b/w illustrated dw/dj cover of HP & the Philosopher's Stone advert,to recto of the last page.All in all,a really nice, acceptable example of the highly sought after 1st edn,second title in the 7-book Hogwarts saga. Harry Potter is a wizard.He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last. . . Want more ROWLING,J[oanne] K[athleen] titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10th imp.
Not SIGNED.

ROWLING**, J[oanne] K[athleen]: : HARRY POTTER and the Chamber of Secrets.**

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2002.

ISBN 0747562180.

UK,12mo wraps,1st thus.[Complete number line 10-1.The true 1st edn is the UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, LONDON,Bloomsbury,1998 edn,then followed by the p/back issue in the same year too.This edn the first new and celebratory UK paperback issue/edn.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and though there are horizontal wrinkles/creases(?) to spine/backstrip,there are NO vertical reading creases to same - appears unread - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages' corner tips.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial original artwork by Cliff Wright, illustrated card covers,with b/w+ silver gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Whilst minimal wear to edges,rear cover has a top to bottom edges diagonal accidental crease,along with a few extra other small wrinkles elsewhere to same cover. Internally,accidental,opposing pages' top corners' tiny creases between pp129-136 and then opposing pp137-40.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine.UK,12mo wraps, 1st thus,8-251pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,3pp publisher's b/w adverts to rear,along with 2pp blanks at rear. Want more ROWLING,J[oanne].K[athleen] titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,12mo wraps,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

ROWLING**, J[oanne] K[athleen]: : HARRY POTTER and the Chamber of Secrets.**

LONDON.TED SMART/THE BOOK PEOPLE LTD.,1998.

ISBN 1856136124.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,6th imp. [Numbered 10 9 8 7 6.So,1st edn thus, 6th imp.The true UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn was by Bloomsbury,in 1998.Winner of the 1997 Smarties Gold Award and Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal in a blue circle printed towards foot of front panel of dw/dj.Text copyrighted to Joanne Rowling in the true UK 1st edn,but which was then in later printings changed to read JK Rowling,as in this example.This edn also precedes the true US 1st edition,as does the true UK,1st edn does that.Collectors tend to value the author's edition of the book published in the author's native country, and booksellers refer to that edition as the "the true 1st edn" to help guide buyers.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj (£10.99).Bright, crisp,clean,strong vibrant colour pictorial artwork,by Cliff Wright, illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to sharp-cornered matt,non-glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Tiniest spot of laminate peeling - but still in situ - to rear, lower gutter's edge of spine/backstrip with a tiny,tiny snick.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip of both the boards and the dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Nearly scratch/scoring and indents free - 3 small scored lines to lower edge of front panel of dw/dj - but without penetration or affecting the board beneath.Top+fore -edges slightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal; contents bright, tight,clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - near pristine - appears unread apart from my own collation.Dw/dj design repeated to colour pictorial artwork illustrated,sharp-cornered,non-glazed boards with immaculate plain white endpapers - no off-set foxing from dw/djs' inner flaps.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,6th imp,8-251pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] b/w school crest+ motto vignetted half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear; newspaper critics' reviews with following 2pp of facsimle children's handwritten letters to author and b/w publisher's advert for 'HP & Philosopher's Stone' showing a 1997 Smarties Gold Medal Award.See also my book ID rja650416 for another TED SMART UK,1st edn thus Harry Potter title - 'HP and the Philosopher's Stone.' All in all,a really nice,acceptable example of the highly sought after 1st edn thus,and the second title in the 7-book 'Hogwarts' saga.Would make an important and welcome addition to the Harry Potter canon for any collector. Want more ROWLING,J[oanne].K[athleen] titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,6th imp.
Not SIGNED.

ROWLING**, J[oanne] K[athleen]: : HARRY POTTER and the Chamber of Secrets.**

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2002.

ISBN 0747562180.

UK,12mo wraps,1st thus. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.The true 1st edn is the UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,LONDON,Bloomsbury,1998 edn,then followed by the p/back issue in the same year too.This edn the first new and celebratory UK paperback issue/edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy colour pictorial original artwork by Cliff Wright,illustrated card covers, with capitalised,silver gilt-lettered part-title [HARRY POTTER] and white-lettered remainder of title,author's capitalised,silver gilt name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name within a narrow silver band at lower edge of front's cover; spine/backstrip with reading creases,rear cover with colour illustration and black-lettered synopsis and 2 critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present but both covers with inevitable but minimal scoring/ indents.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but generally bright with minimal blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine.UK,12mo wraps,1st edn thus,8-251pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,3pp publisher's b/w adverts to rear, along with 2pp blanks at rear.   Want more ROWLING,J[oanne].K[athleen] titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues.  Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!  N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **                                                       

UK,12mo wraps,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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