Spot the first: Final leaf, p. [392]: blank, with no advertisement for The Shoulder of Shasta (first issue)
- 1st Archibald Constable & Co1897 Hardback Sold £17,000 · Mar 2022 I own Dracula, Archibald Constable & Co 1897 Log in to want this
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Spot the first: Part-blank pages at the ends of signatures A to H: page numbers printed on these pages; later sheets omit them and mixed copies are common (first state (all eight signatures numbered))
- 1st Osgood, McIlvaine1895 Hardback I own Jude the Obscure, Osgood, McIlvaine 1895 Log in to want this
Spot the first: Vol. III, p. 198: the word 'road' is printed where 'load' is meant (first issue of vol. III)
Spot the first: Rear board: the publisher's monogram is blind-stamped (first issue binding according to two dealers; a third dealer disputes this)
Spot the first: Rear advertisements: 16 page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1897 (first state)
- 1st Heinemann1898 Hardback Sold £1,027 · Sep 2026 I own The War of the Worlds, Heinemann 1898 Log in to want this