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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by Rowling, J. K
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Seller
-
Wichita, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. True first U.S. edition, first state dust jacket. Spine has a minor slant, spine ends fatigued; textblock separation starting, bottom edge soiled, with a faint line across. Unclipped DJ has a vertical closed 2" tear to one edge and some mild shelfwear, spine ends a bit crumpled. Else no creases/chips/rips, internally no markings or other flaws. Copyright page has the full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4". Below the number line is "Printed in the U.S.A. 37", and below that is "First American edition, June 1999." Boards are blue with an embossed diamond pattern, and a green cloth spine. The dust jacket has $17.95 price on the upper corner of the front flap. The dust jacket back has a diagonal bar code field on the left side, and the small bar code within has the number "51795". The spine on both the book and dust jacket lack the YEAR 2 badge that was introduced later, and silver lettering is raised on the spine of the dust jacket. DJ protected with new mylar cover, 8vo, 341 pp., bookseller #002784.
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
- Thleodore Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002784
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author
- Rowling, J. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Publisher
- Arthur A. Levine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- LCCN
- 98046370
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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