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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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| A Christmas Carol First Charles Dickens |
Chapman and Hall | 1843 | Hardback | £4,650 to £6,750 Sold £8,000, Mar 2026 |
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| Nineteen Eighty-Four First George Orwell¶ Jacket: Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression |
Secker & Warburg | 1949 | Hardback | £405 to £4,000 Sold £650, Sep 2026 |
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| The Wind in the Willows First Kenneth Grahame |
Methuen | 1908 | Hardback | £2,300 to £3,300 Sold £2,800, Jul 2026 |
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| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe First C. S. Lewis¶ Jacket, front flap: Priced 8s 6d net |
Geoffrey Bles | 1950 | Hardback | £1,375 to £2,100 Sold £2,400, Sep 2026 |
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| Live and Let Die First Ian Fleming¶ Jacket, front flap: No Kenneth Lewis credit |
Jonathan Cape | 1954 | Hardback | £975 to £1,550 Sold £1,100, Jan 2026 |
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| Diamonds Are Forever First Ian Fleming¶ Upper board: Diamond pattern embossed with a diamond stamped in silver |
Jonathan Cape | 1956 | Hardback | £1,000 to £1,300 Sold £1,000, May 2026 |
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| From Russia, With Love First Ian Fleming¶ Upper board: Silver revolver over a red rose |
Jonathan Cape | 1957 | Hardback | £712 to £1,150 Sold £240, Jul 2026 |
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| South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition First Ernest Shackleton |
Heinemann | 1919 | Hardback | £900 to £1,200 Sold £1,800, Sep 2025 |
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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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| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory First Roald Dahl¶ Colophon at the back: Six lines of printing details |
Alfred A. Knopf | 1964 | Hardback | £605 to £975 Sold £206, Aug 2026 |
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| A Clockwork Orange First Anthony Burgess¶ Binding: Black, spine lettered in gilt |
Heinemann | 1962 | Hardback | £450 to £888 Sold £364, Aug 2026 |
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| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead First Tom Stoppard |
Faber & Faber | 1967 | Hardback | 9780571081097 | £800 to £825 Sold £800, Sep 2026 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: The copyright line credits Joanne Rowling, not J.K. Rowling |
Bloomsbury | 1999 | Hardback | 9780747542155 | £385 to £650 Sold £220, Jul 2026 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles First Arthur Conan Doyle · Sherlock Holmes novels ¶ P. 13, line 3: reads 'you' where 'your' is meant |
Newnes | 1902 | Hardback | £488 to £662 Sold £400, Jul 2026 |
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| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold First John le Carre¶ Copyright page: No impression statement; later printings state second impression, fifth impression and so… |
Victor Gollancz | 1963 | Hardback | £400 to £555 Sold £650, Sep 2026 |
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| Thunderball First Ian Fleming¶ Upper board: Skeletal hand blind-stamped |
Jonathan Cape | 1961 | Hardback | £196 to £380 Sold £440, Oct 2026 |
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| Howards End First E. M. Forster¶ Rear, after the text: four integral pages of publisher's advertisements only, with no inserted eight-page catal… |
E. Arnold | 1910 | Hardback | £360 to £440 Sold £2,000, Jun 2026 |
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| A Murder Is Announced First Agatha Christie · Miss Marple 4 |
Collins | 1950 | Hardback | £215 to £310 Sold £1,000, Feb 2026 |
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| The Once and Future King First T. H. White |
Collins | 1958 | Hardback | £180 to £290 Sold £320, Sep 2025 |
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| A Pocket Full of Rye First Agatha Christie · Miss Marple 6¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. |
Published for the Crime Club by Collins | 1953 | Hardback | £115 to £275 Sold £80, Feb 2026 |
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| The Farthest Shore First Ursula K. Le Guin · Earthsea series 3 |
Atheneum | 1972 | Hardback | £38 to £47 Sold £30, Oct 2026 |
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| Say Cheese and Die! First R. L. Stine · Goosebumps 4 |
Scholastic | 1992 | Paperback | 9780590453684 | £4 to £11 Sold £4, Aug 2026 |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit First Beatrix Potter¶ Spine: Flat spine |
Privately printed (Strangeways) | 1901 | Pictorial boards | Coming soon Sold £6,500, Mar 2017 |
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| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone First J. K. Rowling¶ Title page: Bloomsbury named at the foot of the page |
Bloomsbury | 1997 | Pictorial boards | 9780747532699 | Coming soon Sold £16,000, May 2024 |
| Oliver Twist First Charles Dickens¶ Vol. III, plate of Oliver with Rose Maylie: the 'Fireside' plate is present, not the replacement 'Church' plate |
Richard Bentley | 1838 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £1,400, Jan 2023 |
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| Animal Farm First George Orwell¶ Imprint: Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication |
Secker & Warburg | 1945 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £7,000, Sep 2026 |
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| Bleak House First Charles Dickens¶ P. 19, line 6: misspelt 'elgble' |
Bradbury and Evans | 1853 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £600, Jun 2022 |
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| 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 House at Pooh Corner First A. A. Milne¶ Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet on pink cloth |
Methuen | 1928 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £220, Jun 2025 |
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| M. William Shak-Speare, His True Chronicle History of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters First William Shakespeare¶ Title page imprint: begins 'LONDON' and gives Butter's shop in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Pide Bull… |
Printed for Nathaniel Butter | 1608 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection First Charles Darwin¶ Verso of half-title, p. [ii]: two epigraphs only, from Whewell and Bacon |
John Murray | 1859 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £78,000, May 2025 |
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| Casino Royale First Ian Fleming¶ Binding: Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board |
Jonathan Cape | 1953 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £3,000, Jan 2026 |
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| Five on a Treasure Island First Enid Blyton¶ Jacket: Pictorial design by Eileen Soper |
Hodder & Stoughton | 1942 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Leviathan First Thomas Hobbes¶ Letterpress title page: woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork |
Andrew Crooke | 1651 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £14,000, Jun 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 |