Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books (2000); (2002), 2000; 2002. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [4], v-vi, [2], 1-309, [3]; [6], vii-viii, [2], 1-341, [1] pp. Bound in green leather with gold lettering on the front board and spine, gold decorations on the rear board, pictorial inset of Harry catching the snitch on the front board, all edges gilt. In a plastic sleeve printed in white. Chamber of Secrets is bound in red leather, with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine and gold decorations on the rear board, inset picture of Harry being carried out of the Chamber of Secrets by Fawkes, also in a wrapper printed with white lettering; all edges gilt on both volumes. Red and purple diamond patterned endpapers in volume one; purple and green diamond patterned endpapers in volume two. Price of $75.00 on the rear cover of each volume's wrapper. Volume one with a full-page pen drawing of Harry at Privet Drive, done in August of 1995 by J.K. Rowling, and several in-text drawings by Mary Grandpré. Volume two with in-text illustrations by Mary Grandpré and a color sheet laid in of Fawkes the Phoenix carrying Harry, Ron, and Ginny. This picture is billed as frameable jacket art on the front cover of Chamber of Secrets. A special collector's edition of the first two books in Rowling's beloved fantasy series, concerning the Boy Who Lived and his struggle against Voldemort. Near Fine. Item #00009732
A Near Fine set with a touch of wear to the extremities including some rubbing to the white lettering on the rear panel of volume one's sleeve.
Price: $300.00