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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Rare Typos Found!
by J. K. Rowling
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Blue and green boards with silver writing on spine; bump on bottom of front board and slight discoloration to green boards. Very slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
First edition, first printing as indicated by the following known points:
• Aquamarine front boards have diamond pattern embossed on them;
• "First American edition, June 1999" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4" number line on copyright page;
• Diagonal bar code field on dust jacket back with 51795 on it;
• Silver raised writing of book's title on dust jacket spine.
True first state of this book as indicated by no Year 2 badge on dust jacket spine or book and cover price of $17.95. Also, title of first Harry Potter book on page opposite title page is misspelled with word Sorceror's, page 332 has typo of "ancestor" instead of "decedent", and page 157 has typo of "Perry" instead of "Percy".
J.K. Rowling's second book featuring child wizard Harry Potter, a character now famous and well-loved throughout the world. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
First edition, first printing as indicated by the following known points:
• Aquamarine front boards have diamond pattern embossed on them;
• "First American edition, June 1999" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4" number line on copyright page;
• Diagonal bar code field on dust jacket back with 51795 on it;
• Silver raised writing of book's title on dust jacket spine.
True first state of this book as indicated by no Year 2 badge on dust jacket spine or book and cover price of $17.95. Also, title of first Harry Potter book on page opposite title page is misspelled with word Sorceror's, page 332 has typo of "ancestor" instead of "decedent", and page 157 has typo of "Perry" instead of "Percy".
J.K. Rowling's second book featuring child wizard Harry Potter, a character now famous and well-loved throughout the world. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The story follows Harry Potter, a young wizard attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as he and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate a series of attacks on students by a mysterious monster. Harry discovers the monster is actually a basilisk, a giant serpent that can kill with a single glance. With the help of his friends and new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry must enter the Chamber of Secrets to defeat the basilisk and save his schoolmates, including Ron's younger sister Ginny who has been taken hostage by the evil wizard, Tom Riddle.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWL008
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author
- J. K. Rowling
- Illustrator
- Mary GrandPre
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Publisher
- Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 341
- LCCN
- 98046370
- Keywords
- rowling; harry potter; chamber of secrets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Fantasy; Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
Biblio member since 2021
Carrollton, Texas
About Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
The bookstore will be closed for a vacation of book-hunting in the Midwest from March 2 - 9, 2024.
The game is afoot!
I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
The game is afoot!
I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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- Shelf Wear
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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