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ROWLING (J.K.) [The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, seventh printing, 1998, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, Bloomsbury (2) image 1
ROWLING (J.K.) [The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, seventh printing, 1998, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, Bloomsbury (2) image 2
ROWLING (J.K.) [The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, seventh printing, 1998, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, Bloomsbury (2) image 3
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ROWLING (J.K.)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth printing, 1997; ...Chamber of Secrets, seventh printing, 1998, FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ROWLING (J.K.)

[The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, seventh printing, 1998, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, publisher's pictorial boards and dust-jackets, MINT COPIES, preserved in the original pictorial single slipcase, 8vo, Bloomsbury (2)

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MINT CONDITION SIGNED COPIES OF EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE FIRST TWO HARRY POTTER BOOKS.

This 'Harry Potter Gift Set' (so titled such on the spine of the slipcase) was issued in 1998 prior to publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban and largely sold at signing sessions undertaken by Rowling that year. The present set is one of two bought by the vendor in late 1998 at the Deansgate, Manchester branch of Waterstones. The set was given by the vendor to his niece as a Christmas present that year. A letter from the vendor to this effect is included in the lot.

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