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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by Rowling, J.K. and Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic Press, 1999. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First American Edition stated and full number line 10 to1. First state with no number on spine, sorcerer mispelled on page facing title page, etc. In blue debossed diamond patterened boards and green cloth spine with silver type. liight wear to edges/corners with small moisture stain to top of rear spine cloth. A few marks to top page ends. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise clean with solid binding, though slight tilt to spine. Jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with a couple nicks/short tears to top of spine, small moisture stain to top inside of jacket near spine and some small stains to inside of front flap. Light edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008232JR
- Title
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Author
- Rowling, J.K. and Mary Grandpre (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0439064864
- ISBN 13
- 9780439064866
- Publisher
- Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- LCCN
- 98046370
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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