Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.

ROWLING, J.K.

$5,500.00

Item Number: 148085

London: Bloombsbury, 2000.

First edition of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. The recipient was a young girl who got the book signed at Waterstones in Newcastle on 10th July 2000, two days after the launch date, when the author was doing a whistle-stop tour of the country on the Hogwarts Express. Accompanied by promotional puzzle blocks, which are unopened and were bought from W H Smith’s on the same day. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the pivotal fourth novel in the seven-part tale of Harry Potter’s training as a wizard and his coming of age. "I'm relieved to report that Potter 4 is every bit as good as Potters 1 through 3 . . . The fantasy writer' job is to conduct the willing reader from mundanity to magic. This is a feat of which only a superior imagination in capable, and Rowling posses such equipment" (Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review). It is the basis for the 2005 film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.