ROWLING, J[oanne] K[athleen]. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. [London] Bloomsbury [2005]. 8vo, 607pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold with color pictorial label affixed to front; a.e.g. Navy endpapers. A fine copy with green ribbon bookmark and without dust jacket as issued.

First deluxe UK edition being issued three months after the first edition. The sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s bestselling Harry Potter series, and the basis for the sixth film. The war against Voldemort is not going well as Harry and his friends struggle to find a way to stop the Dark Lord before all is lost. Errington A13(b).