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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K ROWLING
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0439791324
- ISBN 13
- 9780439791328
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scholastic, 2005. First American Edition ( children's artwork series in deluxe hardback ). Hardcover. Fine/fine. Mary Grandpre. Thick octavo, 652 pages + gallery of illustrations, patterned black cloth; tiny split at top of rear fold of dj; in fine publisher's slipcase
This Deluxe version features Mary Grandpre's different artwork for the slipcase, the endpapers, the frontispiece, the interior, and the special cover illustration using pastels on toned printmaking paper. Also includes at the end 32 unnumbered pages.showcasing in full-page size Grandpre's illustrations of the chapter headings. [ Errington A13(aaaa) ]. This was issued simultaneously with A13 (a), (aa), (aaa). The full double-page versions of the illustrations are unique to this deluxe edition. The colour frontispiece is also unique in this edition. The original list price for this edition was $60.
This Deluxe version features Mary Grandpre's different artwork for the slipcase, the endpapers, the frontispiece, the interior, and the special cover illustration using pastels on toned printmaking paper. Also includes at the end 32 unnumbered pages.showcasing in full-page size Grandpre's illustrations of the chapter headings. [ Errington A13(aaaa) ]. This was issued simultaneously with A13 (a), (aa), (aaa). The full double-page versions of the illustrations are unique to this deluxe edition. The colour frontispiece is also unique in this edition. The original list price for this edition was $60.
Synopsis
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on 16 July 2005, is the sixth of seven novels from British author J. K. Rowling's popular Harry Potter series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores Lord Voldemort's past, and Harry's preparations for the final battle amidst emerging romantic relationships and the emotional confusions and conflict resolutions characteristic of mid-adolescence.
Reviews
On Jun 20 2021, a reader said:
Brilliant work of fiction for young adults
On Nov 29 2011, WarriorNY said:
AWFUL book! The characters did not act like teenagers...they acted like very spoiled pre-schoolers! I hated this book in this overrated series.
On Aug 17 2011, SherlockJr said:
in the front cover, Dumbledore's hand should be black and burned, looking like it's dead.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005806
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Author
- J. K ROWLING
- Illustrator
- Mary Grandpre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition ( children's artwork series in deluxe
- ISBN 10
- 0439791324
- ISBN 13
- 9780439791328
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- mary grandpre harry potter deluxe edition 0439791324
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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