Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2007
Signed First Edition, First Printing. Fine, crisp book and Fine condition dust jacket. Signed by JK Rowling at the exclusive UK midnight signing event of this book of which only 1700 books were signed. . Rowling inscribed the book along the top of the title page “To Terry”, and signed the book “JK Rowling” along the bottom of the page. Requisite authentic hologram present and in excellent condition. Please note that there was only one public signing event for this title in the UK: the midnight signing at the Natural History Museum in London on 21 July 2007, for which only 1,700 lucky ticket winners were admitted. Not the Australian edition, Not the Ted Smart edition, Not the Canadian edition, and Not a bookclub edition, but the scarce true first/first Bloomsbury edition with the requisite “First Printing” statement on the copyright page.
The book has near fine pictorial boards displaying the same image as on the dust jacket. The boards are in stunning condition with sharp corners and no edgewear.The boards have their nice original sheen with no stains, and still retain their bright vibrant colors. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean, bright and flat with no marks, no inscriptions, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat, the pages are crisp with no stains, no writing, no bent pages, and no foxing. Slight smudge to the bottom of the outer page block. Stunning beautiful book appearing as unread!
The stunning original first edition dust jacket is in near fine unrestored condition with strong vibrant colors with No edgewear, No rips, No chips, No stains, No rubbing, No fading, and No foxing. The jacket has a stated price of 17.99 on the front inside flap. A very stunning dust jacket.
A very handsome, exceedingly scarce, midnight signing example. Presenting very well with the beautiful jacket and crisp, clean interior.
You may view the book signing event here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F6qMDhI_JY
