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The Secret Agent

Methuen · 1907 · Hardback

the word 'be' is printed twice ('be be')

Sold £320, Jun 2025
Lord Jim, cover of the William Blackwood and Sons, 1900 edition (the Blackwood 1900 cover is not yet photographed)William Blackwood and Sons, 1900 cover
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Lord Jim

Blackwood · 1900 · Hardback

misprint present

Sold £1,200, Sep 2023
Almayer's Folly first edition cover, T. Fisher Unwin 1895
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Almayer's Folly

T. Fisher Unwin · 1895 · Hardback

letters, including the word 'of', missing from the text

Sold £35, Feb 2025
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Nostromo

Harper & Brothers · 1904 · Hardback

page number misprinted as 871

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Chance

Methuen · 1913 · Hardback

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Victory

Methuen · 1915 · Hardback

Sold £1,600, Sep 2026
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The Secret Sharer

J. M. Dent & Sons · 1912 · Hardback

lettered Freya of the Secret Isles in error

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Heart of Darkness

Several. Penguin, for instance · 1902 · Hardback

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Nostromo

Harper & Brothers · 1904 · Hardback