Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Rowling, J. K - 1999

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arthur a Levine, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The second novel in the Harry Potter series. First U.S. edition, first printing, with first state dust jacket as per the following points. The copyright page has the full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" followed by "9/9 0/0 1 2 3 4". Below the number line is "Printed in the U.S.A. 37", and below that is "First American edition, June 1999." Boards are blue with an embossed diamond pattern and a green cloth spine. The dust jacket has a price of $17.95. There are two diagonal bar codes on the left side of the back cover, and the smaller bar code bears the number "51795". The spine of both the book and dust jacket lack the YEAR 2 badge, and the silver lettering is raised on the dust jacket spine. This is a clean copy with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. The book appears to have been read, so the binding is a bit loose in places. Pages show a hint of browning, and the textblock edges have some light soiling here and there. The front endpapers have some sort of gouge in the middle which has marred the gutter. Corners are square, and the boards are flat and true but do have some edge wear and some bumping to the spine. There is also a dime-sized white spot and two smaller spots on the lower right corner of the front board. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in great shape with just some light shelf wear and a small crease along the edge of the front flap. This highly collectible, very good+/near fine, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!