Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Early Printing. 8vo. Pp. 317, [3, blank]. Laminated pictorial boards with cover illustration by Cliff Wright replicated on the dust jacket. Lacking the print run sequence on the copyright page, as it has been carefully rubbed out by previous owner. However the following early impression points are present: Publisher's imprint statement 'First published in Great Britain in 1999'; copyright 'J.K. Rowling'; printer listed as Clays Ltd; misaligned text on page 7 corrected; price of £10.99 to front flap; child's letter to rear flap; no adverts at rear of book. "Double Smarties Award-Winning Author" commendation to bottom of cover and jacket.

Page block edges somewhat age-toned, a couple of closed tears to crown of d/w spine, corner edges rubbed and abraded, else Very Good.

Winner of the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. Listed at number 24 in BBC's Big Read, 200 Best Novels, [2003]. The third in the series featuring young boy-wizard Harry Potter, about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

[Errington, Philip W., J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography, rev. ed. (London: Bloomsbury, 2017), A7(a)]