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| Book | Publisher | Year | Binding | ISBN | Value |
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| The Hobbit First J. R. R. Tolkien¶ Illustrations: All plates are black and white; there are no colour plates |
George Allen & Unwin | 1937 | Hardback | £2,900 to £17,000 Sold £3,000, Sep 2026 |
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| Finnegans Wake First James Joyce |
Faber & Faber | 1939 | Hardback | £700 to £1,150 Sold £360, Jul 2026 |
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| 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 | |
| Brighton Rock First Graham Greene¶ Binding: Red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt |
Heinemann | 1938 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £320, Aug 2023 |
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| 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 | |
| A Clergyman's Daughter First George Orwell |
Gollancz | 1935 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £2,200, Feb 2026 |
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| Coming Up for Air First George Orwell |
Gollancz | 1939 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £10,000, Mar 2023 |
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| Burmese Days First George Orwell |
Harper & Brothers | 1934 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £750, Sep 2024 |
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| Down and Out in Paris and London First George Orwell |
Gollancz | 1933 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £480, Mar 2024 |
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| And Then There Were None First Agatha Christie |
Collins Crime Club | 1939 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £400, Dec 2024 |
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| Dumb Witness First Agatha Christie · canon of Hercule Poirot |
Collins | 1937 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £164, Aug 2026 |
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| Jamaica Inn First Daphne du Maurier |
Victor Gollancz | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying First George Orwell |
Gollancz | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Murder on the Orient Express First Agatha Christie · canon of Hercule Poirot ¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7/6 |
Collins Crime Club | 1934 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £8,500, Mar 2026 |
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| The Murder at the Vicarage First Agatha Christie · Miss Marple 1¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7/6 |
Collins (The Crime Club) | 1930 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £875, Aug 2026 |
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| The Mysterious Mr Quinn First Agatha Christie |
Collins | 1930 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Road to Wigan Pier First George Orwell¶ Preliminary leaves: Victor Gollancz's foreword is present |
Gollancz | 1937 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| What Happened at Midnight First Leslie McFarlane · The Hardy Boys |
Grosset & Dunlap | 1931 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| A Coffin for Dimitrios First Eric Ambler |
Hodder & Stoughton | 1939 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| A Figure in Hiding First Leslie McFarlane · The Hardy Boys |
Grosset & Dunlap | 1937 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| A Study of History First Arnold J. Toynbee |
Oxford University Press, H. Milford | 1934 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary First Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien |
Humphrey Milford for the British Academy | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Cards on the Table First Agatha Christie · canon of Hercule Poirot ¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7/6 net |
Collins (The Crime Club) | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Death on the Nile First Agatha Christie · canon of Hercule Poirot ¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. net |
Collins | 1937 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £417, Sep 2026 |
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| Footprints Under the Window First Leslie McFarlane · The Hardy Boys |
Grosset & Dunlap | 1933 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Out of the Silent Planet First C. S. Lewis · The Space Trilogy 1¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. |
Bodley Head | 1938 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £2,500, Oct 2026 |
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| The Code of the Woosters First P. G. Wodehouse |
Herbert Jenkins | 1938 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £245, Sep 2026 |
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| The Enchanted Wood First Enid Blyton · The Faraway Tree |
George Newnes | 1939 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Floating Admiral First G. K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, The Detection Club, Dorothy L. Sayers |
Hodder & Stoughton | 1931 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Genetic Code First Isaac Asimov |
Orion Publishing Group | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Thirteen Problems First Agatha Christie¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. |
Published for the Crime Club by Collins | 1932 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £480, Feb 2025 |
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| The Twisted Claw First Leslie McFarlane · The Hardy Boys |
Grosset & Dunlap | 1939 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| A Glastonbury Romance First John Cowper Powys |
Simon & Schuster | 1932 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| A Man Lay Dead First Ngaio Marsh · Roderick Alleyn |
G. Bles | 1934 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £500, Nov 2024 |
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| An Actor Prepares First K. S. Stanislavskiĭ |
Geoffrey Bles | 1936 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Ask A Policeman First Agatha Christie, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Gladys Mitchell, Dorothy L. Sayers |
Arthur Baker | 1933 | Hardback | Coming soon |