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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Privately printed (Strangeways) · 1901 · Pictorial boards

¶ Flat spine

The Hobbit

George Allen & Unwin · 1937 · Hardback

¶ All plates are black and white; there are no colour plates

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Bloomsbury · 1997 · Pictorial boards

¶ Bloomsbury named at the foot of the page

Brighton Rock

Heinemann · 1938 · Hardback

¶ Red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt

Oliver Twist

Richard Bentley · 1838 · Hardback

¶ the 'Fireside' plate is present, not the replacement 'Church' plate

The House at Pooh Corner

Methuen · 1928 · Hardback

¶ Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet on pink cloth

Animal Farm

Secker & Warburg · 1945 · Hardback

¶ Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication

Five on a Treasure Island

Hodder & Stoughton · 1942 · Hardback

¶ Pictorial design by Eileen Soper

The Observer's Book of British Wild Flowers

Frederick Warne · 1937 · Hardback

¶ Describes two hundred British species with 220 illustrations, 100 in co…

Winnie-the-Pooh

Methuen · 1926 · Hardback

¶ Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh on green cloth

The Observer's Book of British Birds

Frederick Warne · 1937 · Hardback

¶ Titled The Observer's Book of British Birds

Bleak House

Bradbury and Evans · 1853 · Hardback

¶ misspelt 'elgble'

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

John Murray · 1859 · Hardback

¶ two epigraphs only, from Whewell and Bacon

M. William Shak-Speare, His True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters

Printed for Nathaniel Butter · 1608 · Hardback

¶ begins 'LONDON' and gives Butter's shop in Paul's Churchyard at the sig…

Leviathan

Andrew Crooke · 1651 · Hardback

¶ woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Secker & Warburg · 1949 · Hardback

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

Casino Royale

Jonathan Cape · 1953 · Hardback

¶ Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Bloomsbury · 2000 · Hardback

¶ The words First Edition appear below the printer and typesetter credits

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Bloomsbury · 2005 · Hardback

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come

Printed for Nath. Ponder · 1678 · Hardback

¶ no meeting with Mr Worldly-Wiseman; that episode was added in the secon…

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Bloomsbury · 1998 · Hardback

¶ Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Bloomsbury · 2007 · Hardback

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Bloomsbury · 2003 · Hardback

¶ States First published in Great Britain in 2003 and First edition

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Bloomsbury · 1999 · Hardback

¶ The copyright line credits Joanne Rowling, not J.K. Rowling

Poirot Investigates

Bodley Head · 1924 · Hardback

¶ Printed price on the front flap: 7/6

Thomas the Tank Engine

Edmund Ward · 1946 · Pictorial boards

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

"A" is for Alibi

Holt, Rinehart and Winston · 1982 · Hardback

"F" is for fugitive

H. Holt · 1989 · Hardback

A Clergyman's Daughter

Gollancz · 1935 · Hardback

A Savage Place

Doubleday · 1981 · Hardback

A Tale of Two Cities

Chapman and Hall · 1859 · Hardback

¶ page number misprinted as 113

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Bloomsbury · 1997 · Paperback

¶ Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1

Heart of Texas

Thorndike Press · 2007 · Hardback

The Gruffalo

Macmillan · 1999 · Pictorial boards

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Pan · 1979 · Paperback

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Geoffrey Bles · 1950 · Hardback

¶ Priced 8s 6d net