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1. 1st Grant Richards1898 Other I own Mrs. Warren's Profession, Grant Richards 1898 Log in to want this

1. 1st Franz Deuticke1899 Other I own The Interpretation of Dreams, Franz Deuticke 1899 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Rear advertisements: 16 page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1897 (first state)

1. 1st Heinemann1898 Hardback Sold £1,027 · Sep 2026 I own The War of the Worlds, Heinemann 1898 Log in to want this

1. 1st Grant Richards1898 Other I own Arms and the Man, Grant Richards 1898 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Final leaf, p. [392]: blank, with no advertisement for The Shoulder of Shasta (first issue)

1. 1st Archibald Constable & Co1897 Hardback Sold £17,000 · Mar 2022 I own Dracula, Archibald Constable & Co 1897 Log in to want this
2. Grosset & Dunlap1897 Hardback I own Dracula, Grosset & Dunlap 1897 Log in to want this

1. 1st George Newnes1894 Hardback · canon of Sherlock Holmes 4 Sold £320 · Jan 2025 I own Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes 1894 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Front cover, street sign in the pictorial vignette: the sign is blank, with no street name (first issue binding (the second issue reads 'Southampton Street'))

1. 1st George Newnes1892 Hardback · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8 I own The Adventure of the Speckled Band, George Newnes 1892 Log in to want this

1. 1st Leonard Smithers and Co.1899 Hardback Sold £2,400 · Mar 2022 I own The Importance of Being Earnest, Leonard Smithers and Co. 1899 Log in to want this
2. Samuel French1893 Hardback I own The Importance of Being Earnest, Samuel French 1893 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Rear board: the publisher's monogram is blind-stamped (first issue binding according to two dealers; a third dealer disputes this)

1. 1st Heinemann1896 Hardback I own The Island of Doctor Moreau, Heinemann 1896 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: The four inserted plates by C. H. Shannon: images pale or partly erased, the result of rubbing away a bloom that formed on the plates after binding (normal in all copies of the 1891 first edition; not an issue distinction)

1. 1st James R. Osgood, McIlvaine1891 Hardback I own A House of Pomegranates, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine 1891 Log in to want this

1. 1st Lee and Shepard1893 Hardback I own Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey, Lee and Shepard 1893 Log in to want this

1. 1st Ward, Lock1899 Hardback I own Pharos, the Egyptian, Ward, Lock 1899 Log in to want this
2. D. Appleton and Company1899 Hardback I own Pharos, the Egyptian, D. Appleton and Company 1899 Log in to want this

1. 1st George Newnes1892 Hardback · Sherlock Holmes novels 3 Sold £429 · Oct 2026 I own The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, George Newnes 1892 Log in to want this
2. Harper & Brothers1892 Hardback · Sherlock Holmes novels 3 I own The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Harper & Brothers 1892 Log in to want this

1. 1st Macmillan1894 Hardback Sold £138 · Sep 2026 I own The Jungle Book, Macmillan 1894 Log in to want this
2. Amereon1893 Hardback I own The Jungle Book, Amereon 1893 Log in to want this

1. 1st D. Appleton and Company1895 Hardback I own The Red Badge of Courage, D. Appleton and Company 1895 Log in to want this
2. Heinemann1896 Hardback I own The Red Badge of Courage, Heinemann 1896 Log in to want this

1. 1st Longmans, Green1890 Hardback · Andrew Lang's Fairy Books 2 I own The Red Fairy Book, Longmans, Green 1890 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Front cover, street sign in the pictorial vignette: the sign carries no street name (first issue binding (the second issue reads 'Southampton Street'))

1. 1st George Newnes1892 Hardback · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2 I own The Red-Headed League, George Newnes 1892 Log in to want this

1. 1st Grant Richards1899 Other Sold £1,100 · Mar 2026 I own The Story of Little Black Sambo, Grant Richards 1899 Log in to want this

1. 1st Longmans1897 Hardback I own The Will to Believe, Longmans 1897 Log in to want this
2. Longmans, Green, and Co.1897 Other I own The Will to Believe, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: End of volume: 16-page publisher's catalogue bound in after the text (trade issue of 500 copies, as issued)

1. 1st J. Lane1894 Hardback Sold £400 · Sep 2023 I own A Woman of No Importance, J. Lane 1894 Log in to want this