'The Harry Potter uncorrected proof collection: Philosopher's Stone; Chamber of Secrets; and both Prisoner of Azkaban proofs, all published by Bloomsbury in the UK, all with signed bookplates laid in

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Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1997-99) The Harry Potter uncorrected proof collection , published by Bloomsbury in the UK. All four proofs come with a Bloomsbury bookplate signed by Rowling loosely inserted in each book. Beautifully housed in full leather solander boxes as well as a buckram treasure chest which holds all four books in place for easy and displayable storage. The set consists of: Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (1997), UK uncorrected proof, published by Bloomsbury. One of only 200 proof copies printed Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , (1998), UK uncorrected proof, published by Bloomsbury. One of 300 proof copies printed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) first state of the uncorrected proof, published by Bloomsbury. One of only 50 copies printed in purple wraps Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) second state uncorrected proof, published by Bloomsbury. One of 250 copies printed Condition: the proofs are in very good to near fine condition with minor creases, rubbing and soiling to the wraps as expected from paperback proofs. Internally clean. All books are housed in full leather solander boxes with five raised bands, author s name, title and uncorrected proof stamped in gild to the spine. The front panels also bear the HP acronym familiar from the film franchise a lovely touch. An amazing collection and unique chance to obtain the only four uncorrected proofs produced in the entire Harry Potter series. When Rowling published the fourth instalment Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) no proofs were issued as the publisher feared that the text could be leaked. This policy was kept for the remaining books as well and without any spoiler leaks kids and adults were queuing up bookstores at midnight of the respective publication dates in order to obtain a copy and start reading the continuation of the Potter saga. The uncorrected proofs contain a number of errors which were later corrected such as a J.A. instead of J.K. Rowling on the copyright page of the Philosopher s Stone copy. Nowadays J.K. Rowling is such a household name that nobody in the world would make such an error but back in 1997 Rowling was an unknown persona. The bibliographic data was obtained from Philip Errington (2017) J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography First and Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1713460778768

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