Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 1 of 14 Working Copies For Clays and Bloomsbury - First Issue

by Rowling, J K

$11,659 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition, first printing. Published by Bloomsbury, London, in 1999. This is a fine copy. One of fourteen working copies, with Clays LTD., ink stamp dated 05 May 1999 (two months before the original date on 8th July 1999) to the rear pastedown, and the Clays LTD. adhesive Standard EDTN sticker. This copy correctly reads Joanne Rowling on the copyright page, complete with the one to ten number line. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Cliff Wright, has not been clipped showing the correct 10.99 price. There is no notable wear. The pictorial boards are bright, clean and with only very slight crumpling to the tail edge. This copy is free from previous owners ink, aside from the aforementioned publishers stamp. The text blocks are bright, clean and free from foxing. Overall, this is a fine and incredibly scarce copy of Rowling s third Harry Potter title; this copy was used as a working copy at Clays printers in Bungay - the quantity of 14 suggests that this was one of the first off the press.

• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Year: 1999
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.