Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
First UK Edition, First Printing, Hardcover, Bloomsbury 2005, Signed by J.K. Rowling on the date of publication
This Signature is found in a first UK edition, first printing copy of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Rowling only conducted one signing event for her sixth book in the series which was help at Edinburgh Castle on the night of release for a select number of people. Because of this it has become extremely hard for collectors to acquire an authentically signed copy. Typically copies can only be found signed which came from the midnight release or were sent out by J.K. Rowling’s office- the former being the most desirable.
This particular book is the most desirable to find signed, being one of the 70 copies signed in blue ball point pen at the midnight release that were given out to the cub reporters invited from around the world to the event.
Overall this is a near fine copy in unread condition with and extremely tight and square binding. The book has extremely white and crisp page edges and there is no colour fading at all to the book or dust jacket. The dust jacket is in beautiful pristine condition. The corners of the book itself have some minor creases and the base of the spine to the left corner has taken a bump. Without this bump, the book would without doubt be classed as in fine condition. Internally the book is pristine, clean without any ownership inscriptions, no marks or dog eared pages, a beautiful copy housed in a blue quarter leather clamshell box with gold gilt lettering to the spine.
The signature comes fully authenticated by Adam Houston theharrypotterspecialist the world’s leading expert in authenticating Jo’s signature. It comes with a full authentication package including a letter of authenticity and collector card.
