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Nineteen Eighty-Four first edition cover, Secker & Warburg 1949
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Secker & Warburg · 1949 · Hardback

Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression

£405 to £4,000Sold £650, Sep 2026
Animal Farm first edition cover, Secker & Warburg 1945
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Animal Farm

Secker & Warburg · 1945 · Hardback

Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication

Value coming soonSold £7,000, Sep 2026
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Five on a Treasure Island

Hodder & Stoughton · 1942 · Hardback

Pictorial design by Eileen Soper

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Thomas the Tank Engine

Edmund Ward · 1946 · Pictorial boards

Drawn by Reginald Payne and uncredited; C. Reginald Dalby's redrawn pic…

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Engineering Sciences Data

Self-published · 1944 · Hardback

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Farmer Giles of Ham, cover of another edition (the Allen & Unwin 1949 cover is not yet photographed)
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Farmer Giles of Ham

Allen & Unwin · 1949 · Hardback

Printed price on the front flap: 6s. net

Value coming soonSold £700, Jul 2026
Perelandra, cover of another edition (the Bodley Head 1943 cover is not yet photographed)
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Perelandra

Bodley Head · 1943 · Hardback

Value coming soonSold £500, Sep 2026

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