Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
First UK Edition, First Printing, Bloomsbury 2003, Hardcover, Bookplate Signed by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, signed by J.K. Rowling, is widely regarded as the hardest first UK trade edition to find authentically signed. In 2003, following the birth of her second child, Rowling kept a low public profile, making signed copies exceptionally scarce. This is an early 2000s variation of J.K. Rowling’s signature found on an original Bloomsbury bookplate adhered to the front free endpaper of a first edition, first printing copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bookplate signed copies were given out as competition prizes in the weeks following the publication of the book. This is likely one of those copies, signed in 2003, the year of publication.
This copy has a tight and square binding, with no colour fading to the book or dust jacket. Internally, the pages are clean with no ownership inscriptions, marks, or dog eared pages. The page edges are clean, bright with very little toning at all. The base of the spine shows a slight bruise, otherwise the book is in fine, unread condition. The dust jacket is in fine condition, priced at £16.99, not price clipped, and protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.
This first edition, first printing copy comes fully authenticated by Adam Houston, The Harry Potter Specialist, the world’s leading expert in authenticating J.K. Rowling’s signature. It includes a full authentication package with a letter of authenticity and collector card and comes housed in a custom black cloth clamshell box, with orange inner trays and gold gilt lettering to the spine.
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by Leanne O'Leary
