ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8°. Half title. Original coloured pictorial boards designed by Cliff Wright, dust-jacket with the same design repeated (jacket a little creased at upper and lower edges, 2 light indentations to upper wrapper and on upper board). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the dedication leaf inscribed, "To Fizzy (great [underlined] name!). It's wonderful for me, to meet someone who knows them as well as I do! With best wishes, J. K. Rowling." In addition, the front free endpaper bears an ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK DRAWING BY THOMAS TAYLOR of Harry Potter waving a wand over a jelly. Thomas Taylor illustrated the front cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and is a friend of the vendor.