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¶Spot the first: Illustrations: All plates are black and white; there are no colour plates (first impression)

1. 1st George Allen & Unwin1937 Hardback I own The Hobbit, George Allen & Unwin 1937 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Vol. III, plate of Oliver with Rose Maylie: the 'Fireside' plate is present, not the replacement 'Church' plate (first issue)

1. 1st Richard Bentley1838 Hardback I own Oliver Twist, Richard Bentley 1838 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Binding: Red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt (Heinemann first edition)

1. 1st Heinemann1938 Hardback I own Brighton Rock, Heinemann 1938 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet on pink cloth (Methuen trade binding)

1. 1st Methuen1928 Hardback I own The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen 1928 Log in to want this
2. 1st Methuen1928 Hardback I own The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen 1928 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Imprint: Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication (first impression)

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1945 Hardback I own Animal Farm, Secker & Warburg 1945 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Jacket: Pictorial design by Eileen Soper (original jacket)

1. 1st Hodder & Stoughton1942 Hardback I own Five on a Treasure Island, Hodder & Stoughton 1942 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Title page: Describes two hundred British species with 220 illustrations, 100 in colour (1937 text)

1. 1st Frederick Warne1937 Hardback · Observer's Books 2 I own The Observer's Book of British Wild Flowers, Frederick Warne 1937 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh on green cloth (Methuen trade binding)

1. 1st Methuen1926 Hardback I own Winnie-the-Pooh, Methuen 1926 Log in to want this
2. 1st Methuen1926 Hardback I own Winnie-the-Pooh, Methuen 1926 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Title page: Titled The Observer's Book of British Birds (early edition, before the title was shortened)

1. 1st Frederick Warne1937 Hardback · Observer's Books 1 I own The Observer's Book of British Birds, Frederick Warne 1937 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: P. 19, line 6: misspelt 'elgble' (first issue)

1. 1st Bradbury and Evans1853 Hardback I own Bleak House, Bradbury and Evans 1853 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Binding: Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board (first edition)

1. 1st Jonathan Cape1953 Hardback I own Casino Royale, Jonathan Cape 1953 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Verso of half-title, p. [ii]: two epigraphs only, from Whewell and Bacon (first edition (the second edition adds a third from Butler))

1. 1st John Murray1859 Hardback I own On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, John Murray 1859 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Title page imprint: begins 'LONDON' and gives Butter's shop in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Pide Bull; the shorter imprint 'Printed for Nathaniel Butter. 1608' with no place or shop marks the 1619 reprint (first quarto (1608) rather than the falsely dated 1619 second quarto)

1. 1st Printed for Nathaniel Butter1608 Hardback I own M. William Shak-Speare, His True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters, Printed for Nathaniel Butter 1608 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Letterpress title page: woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork (first edition (the 'head' edition))

1. 1st Andrew Crooke1651 Hardback I own Leviathan, Andrew Crooke 1651 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Jacket: Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression (first issue jacket)

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1949 Hardback I own Nineteen Eighty-Four, Secker & Warburg 1949 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Copyright page: The words First Edition appear below the printer and typesetter credits (first impression)

1. 1st Bloomsbury2000 Hardback I own Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Bloomsbury 2000 Log in to want this

1. 1st Bloomsbury2005 Hardback I own Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bloomsbury 2005 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Text, between Christian leaving the Slough of Despond and reaching the wicket gate: no meeting with Mr Worldly-Wiseman; that episode was added in the second edition of 1678 (first edition)

1. 1st Printed for Nath. Ponder1678 Hardback I own The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come, Printed for Nath. Ponder 1678 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Copyright page: Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1 (first impression)

1. 1st Bloomsbury1998 Hardback I own Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bloomsbury 1998 Log in to want this

1. 1st Bloomsbury2007 Hardback I own Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Bloomsbury 2007 Log in to want this