First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and by the dustwrapper artist. Publisher's original matt laminated pictorial boards, in the Cliff Wright illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without foxing, inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£10.99 to the lower front flap).
Signed by J. K. Rowling (in 1998) in blue ink on the dedication page. Signed by the dustwrapper artist Cliff Wright in blue ink on the rear panel of the dustwrapper. A superb example of the true first edition, first printing of the second Harry Potter book. (Errington A2a).
Stock code: 23043
£8,500
London: Bloomsbury.
1998