Rowling, J.K (1999) ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’, UK first edition, first state published by Bloomsbury

J.K. Rowling (1999) ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, UK first edition, first printing, first state, published by Bloomsbury. First state with ‘Joanne Rowling’ credited on the copyright page, and the dropped text on page 7 as called for. The first print run consisted of 5,150 copies only (Errington: 187), divided into three states. This is one of the scarce first state copies. The trade assumes that roughly 2,500 copies were printed. Hard to find in nice condition.

Condition: a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. No scribbles, no bookplates, no bumping, no pushes to the spine. As good as new. Slight toning to page block edges commensurate with age.

‘Azkaban’, the third Harry Potter book in the seminal series that has managed to capture the imagination of an entire generation.