Lot 270
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition, first issue, first state with the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page and the incorrectly dropped text block on page 7, dust-jacket not price-clipped [Errington A7(a)], an immaculate copy and dust jacket. One very small indentation to the lower cover along the fore-edge, which is barely noticeable and a bookseller's neat pencil notes carefully erased from the front endpaper
Footnote
An extremely scarce first-state copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Page 7 features a misprint in the form of a dropped section of text, meaning Indeed, Wendelen the Weird enjoyed being burnt so much that she allowed herself be be caught no fewer than forty-seven times. becomes:
Indeed, Wendelen the Weird enjoyed being burnt
so much that she allowed herself be caught no fewer than forty-seven times.
No definite figures exist for how many copies of the first state exist, however it is often thought to be around 500.
