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First Edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Translated from the Original Runes by Hermione Granger. With Commentary by Professor Albus Dumbledore.
London: The Children's High Level Group, 2008.
First edition, limited issue of this wizarding classic. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page. Octavo, original brown morocco-patterned boards with silver metal cornerpieces and central ornament accented with faux blue gems, silver metal clasp, marbled endpapers, green silk bookmark, illustrated. Housed in the embroidered velvet bag within the publisher's calf case with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. This specially bound edition includes a portfolio of ten additional prints by Rowling that were not issued with the trade or the manuscript editions. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $11,000.00 Item Number: 143778
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First Edition of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Signed Four Times by Jacket Illustrator Thomas Taylor and with an illustration
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 2022.
First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Thomas Taylor. Signed four times by jacket illustrator Thomas Taylor, on the half-title page with a drawing of glasses, on the jacket panel, on the book front panel and on the rear jacket panel. At the time of the book’s publication in 1996, Thomas Taylor had just graduated from art school and was working at Heffers Children’s Bookshop in Cambridge. At Heffers, Taylor…
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 144071
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First Deluxe Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Signed and With An Original Drawing of Harry Potter by Illustrator Thomas Taylor
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999.
First deluxe edition of the first book in the Harry Potter series, a cornerstone of young adult literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Octavo, original original cloth, all edges gilt, cover illustration by Thomas Taylor. Signed by the illustrator Thomas Taylor with an original drawing of Harry Potter on the dedication page. At the time of the book’s publication in 1996, illustrator Thomas Taylor had just graduated from art school and was working at Heffers Children’s Bookshop in Cambridge. At Heffers, Taylor educated himself on the children’s book market and its major publishers and decided to…
Price: $4,800.00 Item Number: 144093
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First edition of J.K. Rowling's Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit
ROWLING, J.K.
The Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the Essential Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 3 Book Reading Kit. Octavo, three volumes, housed in the original pictorial slipcase and shrink wrap. The pack includes one adult first edition and 2 children's first editions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with 5 bookmarks, 5 Do Not Disturb Signs, 5 sticker sets, and 3 bookplates. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 144952
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
London: Bloombsbury, 2000.
Early printing of Rowling’s fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144125
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First American Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2003.
First American edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Mary GrandPre. Jacket design by Mary GrandPre and David Snyder. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 145090
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“Don't let the muggles get you down": Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Signed by J.K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999.
First edition, second printing of the third novel in Rowling's acclaimed Harry Potter series. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Cliff Wright. Rare and desirable.
Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 147006
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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. In fine condition.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 147076
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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be": First Edition of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire; Signed by J. K. Rowling
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire.
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. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover illustration by Giles Greenfield. Cover design by Richard Horne.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 146932
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“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert": First Edition of J.K. Rowling's Quidditch: Through the Ages; Signed by Her
ROWLING, J.K [Kennelworthy Whisp].
Quidditch: Through the Ages.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic Books, 2001.
First edition of this "amazingly imaginative work" (Associated Press). Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. In fine condition. Rare signed.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 141463
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": First Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Signed by J.K. Rowling and twice by Illustrator Mary Grandpre
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
New York: Scholastic Press, 1998.
First American edition, first printing of the first book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Boldly signed by J.K. Rowling on the second title page. Additionally signed twice by illustrator Mary Grandpre, on the title page and on the rear dust jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional signed example.
Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 139502
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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live": COMPLETE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SET OF EACH VOLUME IN J.K. ROWLING'S BEST-SELLING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HARRY POTTER SERIES
ROWLING, J.K.; Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Harry Potter Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.
New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic Press, 1998-2007.
First American editions of each book in the Harry Potter series. Octavo, original half cloth, seven volumes, illustrated by Mary Grandpre. Each are near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. An exceptional set.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 143115
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"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER": RARE EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON'S Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
ROWSON [SUSANNA HASWELL],.
Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth.
Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, 1827.
Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, half calf over wooden boards, gilt-lettered spine, woodcut frontispiece. In good condition, assuming boards were once paper-covered, the paper has since entirely perished; shallow loss along top edge of both covers, lacking rear endpaper, 20th century rubberstamp to front pastedown. Rare.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 142082
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"The first American bestseller": Exceedingly Rare first edition of Susanna Haswell Rowson's Charlotte: A Tale of Truth
ROWSON, Susanna Haswell.
Charlotte. A Tale of Truth.
Philadelphia: Printed by D. Humphreys for M. Carey, 1794.
Exceedingly rare first American edition (and the earliest obtainable example) of the first American bestseller. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarter calf over marbled boards, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Although the first American edition was preceded by the first English edition published in 1791, no examples of the first English edition have been traced at auction. In very good condition. Bookplate of D. Appleton to the pastedown, bibliographic description tipped in. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco clamshell slipcase. Exceedingly rare with only one other example of the first American…
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 125183
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"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER": RARE EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING OF SUSANNA HASWELL ROWSON'S The History of Charlotte Temple
ROWSON, Susanna Haswell.
The History of Charlotte Temple. Founded on Fact.
Hartford: Printed by John Babcock, 1801.
Early American printing of the first American bestseller, first published in 1794. 16mo, bound in one quarter contemporary leather over paper-covered boards. In good condition. Period ownership inscription, "Mary More Her Book Bought in the year 1802 Price 2/0 If this Book you Chance to Borrow and it should get lost it would fill my heart with Sorrow And you must pay the Cost." Exceptionally rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 138507
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First Edition of The Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Lengthily Inscribed by Denise Royal
ROYAL, Denise.
The Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969.
First edition of "the first book that attempts to give them a substantial and realistic Oppenheimer biography" (The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "June 10, 1970 To Bob Walls- Who understands that the only knowledge is to know ourselves; and who, in so knowing how learned 'to harmonize simplicity and truth.' Sincerely, Denise Royal." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Jeffers.
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 143502