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The War of the Worlds first edition cover, Heinemann 1898
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The War of the Worlds

Heinemann · 1898 · Hardback

16 page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1897

Value coming soonSold £1,027, Sep 2026
Dracula, cover of another edition (the Archibald Constable & Co 1897 cover is not yet photographed)
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Dracula

Archibald Constable & Co · 1897 · Hardback

blank, with no advertisement for The Shoulder of Shasta

Value coming soonSold £17,000, Mar 2022
Lilith, cover of another edition (the Chatto & Windus 1895 cover is not yet photographed)
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Lilith

Chatto & Windus · 1895 · Hardback

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Tess of the D'urbervilles

James R. Osgood, McIlvaine · 1891 · Hardback

the word 'road' is printed where 'load' is meant

Value coming soonSold £1,000, Mar 2025
Jude the Obscure, cover of another edition (the Osgood, McIlvaine 1895 cover is not yet photographed)
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Jude the Obscure

Osgood, McIlvaine · 1895 · Hardback

page numbers printed on these pages; later sheets omit them and mixed c…

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The Man Who Would Be King

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · 1890 · Other

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Candida

Grant Richards · 1898 · Other

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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

George Newnes · 1892 · Hardback

the sign is blank, with no street name

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