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Illustrations by Mary Grandpre. 341 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, pictorial dust wrapper. New York: Scholastic Press, (1999). First edition, second printing. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Boldly signed by Rowling on the title page. The book was signed by Rowling in October 1999 at Illinois' Naperville Central High School, in an event sponsored by by Anderson Bookshop. The second Harry Potter book. Second printing of the first edition with number line "10-2" on the copyright page along with "First American edition, June 1999," "Printed in the U.S.A. 37" plus "9/9 0/0 1234".

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The book centers around Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and his quest to uncover the mystery surrounding the Chamber of Secrets.