Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Price: $400.00
Cockcroft, Jason. Hard Cover. London: Bloomsbury, 2003. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing. Publisher's pictorial boards, with an illustration of a phoenix by Jason Cockcroft to the front board, illustration of the Fountain of Magical Brethren to the rear board, lettered in red, yellow and indigo; in the original pictorial dust jacket, illustrated and lettered after the binding. Near fine book, with bright and clean boards, light toning to pages, and a small ring of staining to pp. 673-704; a touch of fading to spine, else fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, a sharp and lovely copy. With scarce Bloomsbury promotional paper carrier bag. Errington A12(a). Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix follows Harry and his friends during their fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Just as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000) chronicled the regrouping of the Death Eaters and Voldemort's return to power, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tells of the reorganization of the Order of the Phoenix as they prepare for the ultimate battle of good versus evil that they hope will defeat Voldemort once and for all. Notably, while the first four volumes of the series were published within a year of each other, Potter fans had to wait three years for The Order of the Phoenix, and its release was marked with the frenzied anticipation that has come to be associated with the series. This copy comes with one of the promotional paper carrier bags given out at select stores for the book's midnight launch on June 21st, 2003. Item #JKR113
