Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

$1,300 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

First American edition. full number line. Arthur A. Levine, New York, NY, 2005. Boards in very good+ condition. Bottom spine is bumped. No other wear noted. Near fine dust jacket with some minor wrinkling along the top back edge. Book 6 of the Harry Potter series. "eleven 'outstanding' O.W.L.s." on page 100. (corrected to ten in later printings); and the last page is 652. (Rather than 672) First-printing error copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince—ending incorrectly on page 652 rather than the standard 672—represent a short-lived state from the earliest portion of the 2005 American print run. These mispagination copies were corrected quickly, making them notably scarcer than standard First/Firsts. Examples with tight bindings, bright pages, and unclipped First State dust jackets remain especially desirable to Rowling collectors and modern fantasy specialists. No names. A beautiful, clean, bright copy. Overweight. May cost more to ship.

  • Publisher: Arthur Levine. Scholastic Inc.
  • Year: 2005
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Printing: first
  • Binding: hardcover

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