Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by Joanne "J K" Rowling (1965- ) signed/b>
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0756903165
- ISBN 13
- 9780756903169
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About This Item
341 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. Tenth printing.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the Harry Potter series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils who do not come from all-magical families. These threats are found after attacks that leave residents of the school petrified. Throughout the year, Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate the attacks.
The book was published in the United Kingdom on 2 July 1998 by Bloomsbury and later in the United States on 2 June 1999 by Scholastic Inc. Although Rowling says she found it difficult to finish the book, it won high praise and awards from critics, young readers, and the book industry, although some critics thought the story was perhaps too frightening for younger children. Much like with other novels in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets triggered religious debates; some religious authorities have condemned its use of magical themes, whereas others have praised its emphasis on self-sacrifice and the way one's character is the result of one's choices.
Condition: Signed on the title else near fine in a fine jacket.
Extended Description and Notes
Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was the recipient of several awards. The American Library Association listed the novel among its 2000 Notable Children's Books, as well as its Best Books for Young Adults. In 1999, Booklist named Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as one of its Editors' Choices, and as one of its Top Ten Fantasy Novels for Youth. The Cooperative Children's Book Center made the novel a CCBC Choice of 2000 in the "Fiction for Children" category. The novel also won Children's Book of the Year British Book Award, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Guardian Children's Award and the 1998 Carnegie Award.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1226
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author
- Joanne "J K" Rowling (1965- ) signed/b>
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0756903165
- ISBN 13
- 9780756903169
- Publisher
- Arthur A. Levine Books (An Imprint of Scholastic Press)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 341 pages
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Fantasy
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- Literature;
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