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147. ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZ - KABAN Bloomsbury, 1999. First deluxe edition, first issue with “Joanne Rowl- ing” on copyright page. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial onlay. All edges gilt, and gold page marker present. A fine copy. [46194] £950 The first of the Harry Potter books to be issued in a deluxe format simultaneously with the trade format. The subse- quent titles were all issued in trade and deluxe editions at the same time.
148. ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE Bloomsbury, 2000.
First edition. 8vo. Origi- nal pictorial boards in like pictorial dustwrapper, both after illustrations by Giles Greenfield. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, with some creasing to the front flap and light wear to corners. [45991] £95 The fourth in the Harry Pot- ter series.
149. TOLKIEN, J.R.R. THE RETURN OF THE KING Allen & Un- win, 1955. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth, lettered gilt on the spine, top edge red, folding map to rear. In the original dustwrapper. A near fine copy with a bumped upper corner and offsetting to the endpapers, in a near fine dustwrapper, which is unusually clean with fading to the red lettering on the spine, a couple scratches and a little wear to the head of the spine. [46286] £4,500 The third part of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
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