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London, Bloomsbury, 2000. . First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the dedication page; 8vo (207 x 126 mm, 8¼ x 5 in; the now usual slight age-toning but otherwise fine; publisher's pictorial boards, matching dust-jacket, fading to spine and a hint of rubbing, otherwise near-fine. A a near-fine, signed first edition of the fourth Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling, recounting Harry's adventures during the Triwizard Tournament and featuring perhaps the most terrifying encounter with Lord Voldemort from all the series. This book was the first of the author's works to significantly increase in length, a trend carried on through the subsequent three Harry Potter titles, much to the delight of children and the horror of some bedtime-reading parents...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. It follows Harry Potter, a young wizard in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as he is chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, a hazardous competition between three rival schools of magic.