ROWLING, J.K. (b. 1965)

Lot 232
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Lot 232 | ROWLING, J.K. (b. 1965)
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ROWLING, J.K. (b. 1965)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998.

First edition, first impression of the second book in the Harry Potter series, inscribed by the author: ‘to Tom / who I imagine is / not as evil as / Tom Riddle / J K Rowling’. This edition was published in a print-run of just 706 copies. A fine example with an authorial inscription referring to ‘Tom Riddle’, the birth-name of Lord Voldemort, which appears for the first time in this book. Errington A2(a).



Octavo. (Finger-soiling on verso of dedication leaf.) Pictorial boards, original pictorial dust-jacket.





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