Rowling, J. K.
Two signed Harry Potter books
£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, c.1997 & 2000. Philosopher's Stone: first edition, paperback issue, twenty-sixth impression, signed by Rowling on the title page, 8vo, 223 pp., original wrappers, spine rolled, wear to head of spine, faint creasing to wrappers, bumping to tips, faint damp-staining to half-title and title-page, short closed tear to final leaf. Goblet of Fire: first edition, hardback issue, second impression, inscribed by Rowling 'for Stewart Maclean - congratulations! J K Rowling' on the half-title, 8vo, 636 pp., original boards, dust jacket, spine rolled, wear to foot of spine and to corners of boards, front inner hinge loosening, half-title detaching at foot, pp. 515/16 and 589/90 loose (pp. 589/90 also with closed tear in middle of text), pp. 525/26 and 531/32 with tears to foot of gutter, pp. 623/4 with loss to lower outer corner, pp. 626-36 (i.e. final 10 pages) with tape-reinforcement to gutter and a few marginal nicks and chips
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Footnote
Provenance: The Goblet of Fire inscribed for the son of the vendor as a prize in a charity competition held for the benefit of Trefoil House, Edinburgh, c.2000; The Philosopher's Stone signed according to the vendor's recollection at the Edinburgh international book festival at a similar time.