Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Hardback - 2000
by J. K. Rowling
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In the second installment of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, we watch as the young wizard Harry returns once again to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft for his second year. Despite the expectations of a peaceful year, the pattern of trouble once again strikes as hissing voices start to follow him through the dark corridors, while his housemates begin to question his true alliances with the Light. Filled with a budding resentment and loneliness as his friends take a step back, he soon finds comfort through a diary that seemingly has a mind of its own.
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First edition identification
The first edition of Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets was published in the UK by Bloomsbury, in 1998. "First published in Great Britain in 1998" is stated on the copyright page with a number line of “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1â€, and the printer stated as "Clays Ltd, St Ives plcâ€.
The boards are illustrated to match the dust jacket, which has a price of £10.99 on the bottom corner of the front flap. The two reviews printed on the dust jacket were by The Sunday Times, and The Independent on Saturday. Early printings lack the Hogwarts logo on the copyright page which was later added to hardcover editions. First printings of the paperback edition do have the logo.
Printed in 1999 by Scholastic Press, the first US edition of Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets is also very valued in the book market. The 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". "First American edition, June 1999" is stated on the same page. Boards are in blue with an embossed diamond pattern and a green cloth spine. The original price was $17.95.
Note - there are book club editions that have the same full number line, but they don’t have the diamond pattern on the boards.
Details
- Title Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author J. K. Rowling
- Binding Hardback
- Edition Later Printing o
- Pages 251 pages.
- Language ENG
- Publisher Raincoast Books, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Publication date 2000
- ISBN 9781551922447
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