London: Bloomsbury, 1998. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION in first state jacket (lacking commas after children's names). Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.251; [5]. Printed paper-covered boards. With the matching first issue pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Cliff Wright, priced at £10.99. Some expected toning to edges of text block, jacket lightly handled. A clean, near fine copy. The second novel of the perennially popular children's series. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year, though he gets there by rather unusual means. Voldermort makes another attempt to return to dominate the wizarding world, but Harry, Ron and Hermione continue to defy him. Item #61667

Errington A2(a).

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