Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author(s): J. K. Rowling
SECONDHAND BOOKS | Junior Fiction
Secondhand.
The sixth book in J.K. Rowling's bestselling series."Harry has yet again spent the summer holidays at the Dursleys. He has had plenty to think about, though from the death of his beloved godfather Sirius Black, to the terrifying chase through the Ministry of Magic by the Death Eaters, to the fierce duel he witnessed between Professor Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort.'It is the middle of the summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against the windowpanes. Harry is waiting nervously for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself. He cant quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursleys of all places.Why is the Professor coming to visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks time?J.K. Rowling charts Harry Potters adventures in his sixth year at Hogwarts with a mix of detail and humour that is unsurpassed, pace that is breathless and above all a flair that is magical."
Bloomsbury, 2005. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by light uniform tanning of the pages. The d/w is also near fine with only light top edge bumping.
Product Information
The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 350 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages For a full list of prizes please see the website.
Winner of British Book Awards: Book of the Year 2006.
'For her success in creating what will undoubtedly be a highly literate generation Rowling deserves great praise' The Spectator
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was J.K. Rowling's first novel, followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as well as two books written specifically for Comic Relief and based on the Harry Potter novels: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. The Harry Potter novels have now sold over 350 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. J.K. Rowling lives with her family in Edinburgh.
General Fields
- :
- : Bloomsbury
- : bloomsbury
- : 0.68
- : 30 June 2005
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 608
- : very good
- : 823.914
- : en
- : hardback with dustjacket
- : J. K. Rowling