Harry Potter and the Philosopher‘s Stone, Chamber of Secrets & Prisoner of Azkaban

The books presented here are two later printings of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (43rd printing) and Chamber of Secrets (22nd printing) and a first printing of Prisoner of Azkaban. Each book is signed and inscribed ‘To Hamish’ who was the son of J.K. Rowling’s neighbour when she was living in Abbotsford Park, Edinburgh. These are all 2000 variations of Rowling’s signature and were all signed together for Hamish when he was eight years old. He kept the books for 24 years before deciding to sell them in 2024.

All three books are in beautiful condition except for clear fading to the spines. Apart from that they are all in fine condition, unread with a tight and square binding and no clear creasing to the spines which is exceptionally rare for paperback books. There are no major creases or bowing at all to the front or back covers but there is the slightest bit of fading of the blue to the top left of the front cover of the second book only. Internally, there is very mild toning to the page edges, as always and is to be expected but no where near as is with most paperback copies. There are no ownership inscriptions or marks of any kind, no dog eared pages, tears or creases at all. Overall these books are in exceptional condition aside from the spine fading.

All three signatures come fully authenticated by Adam Houston ‘theharrypotterspecialist’ the world’s leading expert in authenticating Jo’s signature. This set comes with a full authentication package including a letter of authenticity and collector card.

This is an extremely rare set of the first three books to find all inscribed with provenance.