Old & Rare
Illustrator: Mary Grandpre
ROWLING, J[oanne] K[athleen]. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Illustrations by Mary Grandpré. [NY]: Scholastic [2000]. 8vo, xiv 737pp. Black quarter-cloth stamped in bronze with red boards blindstamped with a pattern. Purple endpapers; b&w illustrated chapter headings. A fine copy with minute scratching to upper and lower edge of sheets in original color pictorial dust jacket (minute creasing to top edge of front flap).
First US edition, issued on the same day as the UK edition, and first appearance of the Mary Grandpré artwork. The fourth book in J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series, which sees Harry struggling to survive his fourth year at Hogwarts and the Triwizard Cup, all while forces work in the background to resurrect Lord Voldemort. Errington A9(aa).