New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First American Edition, first printing with the correct number line, $17.95 price on the dust jacket, no year number on the spine, and 51795 above the bar code. The second volume in the beloved Harry Potter series. Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. Octavo. Light soiling along the edges, with a bit of mild edgewear to the boards and dust jacket; otherwise very good.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The story follows Harry Potter, a young wizard attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as he and his friends Ron and Hermione investigate a series of attacks on students by a mysterious monster. Harry discovers the monster is actually a basilisk, a giant serpent that can kill with a single glance. With the help of his friends and new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry must enter the Chamber of Secrets to defeat the basilisk and save his schoolmates, including Ron's younger sister Ginny who has been taken hostage by the evil wizard, Tom Riddle.

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Bookseller: Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 75674
Title: HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Author: Rowling, J.K
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0439064864
ISBN 13: 9780439064866
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
LCCN: 98046370
Keywords: Children's Literature, Illustrated Books, Harry Potter, Books into Film

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