NMLP P-036838 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling · Bloomsbury (London) · 1998

UK Bloomsbury 1998 is the true first. The first US edition is Scholastic / Arthur A. Levine, New York, 1999 — a separate, later edition. Signed and deluxe states exist, but the trade first is identified by the copyright-page points above, not by any 'quill', 'dropped-7', or author-credit 'error'.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036838 for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036838, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).