ROWLING, J[oanne] K[athleen]. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. [London]: Bloomsbury [2005]. 8vo, 607pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in gold. A fine copy with expected page ageing in original color pictorial dust jacket.

First edition, being the variant with the dust jacket and binding for the “adult” market (roughly 10% of the first printing were bound in this fashion). The fifth book in J.K. Rowling’s bestselling Harry Potter series, and the basis for the fifth film. Harry’s dreams are haunted by visions of Voldemort as Hogwarts comes under the control of the Ministry of Magic.