ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. A Superb extremely Fine condition copy, and an exceedingly scarce signed true first/first Bloomsbury edition with the requisite ?First Printing? statement on the copyright page. The jacket has a stated price of 16.99 on the front inside flap. Stunning beautiful book appearing as unread! The stunning original first edition dust jacket is in Fine unrestored condition with strong vibrant colors with No edgewear, No rips, No chips, No stains, No rubbing, No fading, and No foxing. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat, the pages are crisp with no stains, no writing, no bent pages, and no foxing.
Rowling is adhered to the front free end paper. The decorative official Bloomsbury bookplate signed by J.K. The end papers are clean, bright and flat with no marks, no inscriptions, no owner book plates and no bookstore stamps. The binding is tight and square and still snaps shut when opened. The boards have their nice original sheen with no stains, and still retain their bright vibrant colors. The boards are in stunning condition with sharp corners and no edgewear. The book has Fine pictorial boards displaying the same image as on the dust jacket. An unread, signed book which is additionally accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity by James Spence Authentication. Bloomsbury did distribute a number of official signed Book Plates which were sent to several bookshops (or individuals who participated in the marketing and distribution of the book), this being one such example. Rowling did not appear at any publicity, or signing events upon the books release.
The Half Blood Prince is probably the hardest book to acquire signed by the author, as J.K. Signed First Edition, First Printing: A FINE condition book signed on the scarce official bookplate with a FINE condition dust Jacket.
Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series.Hardcover. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Here we have an adolescent who’s sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. , more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry’s resilience is sorely tested. Life isn’t getting any easier for Harry Potter. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering (“) Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher-and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world’s newspaper, the ) has turned Harry’s tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen.
The fifth book in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief or will it? Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. It’s been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero’s non-Muggle friends from school. As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion.