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Book	Publisher	Year	Binding	ISBN	Value
The Hobbit First J. R. R. Tolkien¶ Illustrations: All plates are black and white; there are no colour plates	George Allen & Unwin	1937	Hardback		Coming soon
Brighton Rock First Graham Greene¶ Binding: Red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt	Heinemann	1938	Hardback		Coming soon
The House at Pooh Corner First A. A. Milne¶ Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet on pink cloth	Methuen	1928	Hardback		Coming soon
Animal Farm First George Orwell¶ Imprint: Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication	Secker & Warburg	1945	Hardback		Coming soon
Five on a Treasure Island First Enid Blyton¶ Jacket: Pictorial design by Eileen Soper	Hodder & Stoughton	1942	Hardback		Coming soon
The Observer's Book of British Wild Flowers First W. J. Stokoe · Observer's Books 2¶ Title page: Describes two hundred British species with 220 illustrations, 100 in colour	Frederick Warne	1937	Hardback		Coming soon
Winnie-the-Pooh First A. A. Milne¶ Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh on green cloth	Methuen	1926	Hardback		Coming soon
The Observer's Book of British Birds First S. Vere Benson · Observer's Books 1¶ Title page: Titled The Observer's Book of British Birds	Frederick Warne	1937	Hardback		Coming soon
Nineteen Eighty-Four First George Orwell¶ Jacket: Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression	Secker & Warburg	1949	Hardback		Coming soon
Casino Royale First Ian Fleming¶ Binding: Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board	Jonathan Cape	1953	Hardback		Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: The words First Edition appear below the printer and typesetter credits	Bloomsbury	2000	Hardback	9780747546245	Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince First J. K. Rowling	Bloomsbury	2005	Hardback	9780747581086	Coming soon
Heart of Texas First Debbie Macomber	Thorndike Press	2007	Hardback	9780786295975	Coming soon
"A" is for Alibi First Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 1	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	1982	Hardback	9780030590481	Coming soon
"F" is for fugitive First Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 6	H. Holt	1989	Hardback	9780805004601	Coming soon
A Savage Place First Robert B. Parker	Doubleday	1981	Hardback	9780385289511	Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1	Bloomsbury	1998	Hardback	9780747538493	Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows First J. K. Rowling	Bloomsbury	2007	Hardback	9780747591054	Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: States First published in Great Britain in 2003 and First edition	Bloomsbury	2003	Hardback	9780747551003	Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: The copyright line credits Joanne Rowling, not J.K. Rowling	Bloomsbury	1999	Hardback	9780747542155	Coming soon
Network Security First Charlie Kaufman	PTR Prentice Hall	1995	Hardback	9780130614667	Coming soon
Oliver Twist First Charles Dickens¶ Vol. III, plate of Oliver with Rose Maylie: the 'Fireside' plate is present, not the replacement 'Church' plate	Richard Bentley	1838	Hardback		Coming soon
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection First Charles Darwin¶ Verso of half-title, p. [ii]: two epigraphs only, from Whewell and Bacon	John Murray	1859	Hardback		Coming soon
"E" is for evidence First Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 5	H. Holt	1988	Hardback	9780805004595	Coming soon
"N" is for Noose First Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 14	Henry Holt	1998	Hardback	9780805036503	Coming soon
A Tale of Two Cities First Charles Dickens¶ P. 213: page number misprinted as 113	Chapman and Hall	1859	Hardback		Coming soon
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn First Mark Twain · Tom Sawyer books ¶ Publisher's catalogue at end: 32 page catalogue dated October 1884	Chatto & Windus	1884	Hardback		Coming soon
Bleak House First Charles Dickens¶ P. 19, line 6: misspelt 'elgble'	Bradbury and Evans	1853	Hardback		Coming soon
Burmese Days First George Orwell	Harper & Brothers	1934	Hardback		Coming soon
Digital Fortress First Dan Brown	St. Martin's Press	1998	Hardback	9780312207151	Coming soon
M. William Shak-Speare, His True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters First William Shakespeare¶ Title page imprint: begins 'LONDON' and gives Butter's shop in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Pide Bull…	Printed for Nathaniel Butter	1608	Hardback		Coming soon
Leviathan First Thomas Hobbes¶ Letterpress title page: woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork	Andrew Crooke	1651	Hardback		Coming soon
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe First C. S. Lewis¶ Jacket, front flap: Priced 8s 6d net	Geoffrey Bles	1950	Hardback		Coming soon
The Man in the Brown Suit First Agatha Christie	Dodd, Mead	1924	Hardback		Coming soon
The Secret of Chimneys First Agatha Christie	Grosset & Dunlap	1925	Hardback		Coming soon
Treasure Island First Robert Louis Stevenson¶ Pp. 2 and 7: 'dead man's chest' is printed without capitals	Cassell	1883	Hardback		Coming soon