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| Book | Publisher | Year | Binding | ISBN | Value |
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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 |
| Recursion First Blake Crouch |
Crown | 2019 | Hardback | 9781984826015 | £8 to £11 Sold £9, Oct 2026 |
| Night of the Living Dummy First R. L. Stine · Goosebumps 7 |
Scholastic | 1993 | Paperback | 9780590466172 | £7 to £11 Sold £7, Oct 2026 |
| Timeline First Michael Crichton |
Knopf | 1999 | Hardback | 9780679444817 | £5 to £8 Sold £5, Oct 2026 |
| Origin First Dan Brown · Robert Langdon series 5 |
Doubleday | 2017 | Hardback | 9780385514231 | £4 to £5 Sold £5, Oct 2026 |
| Girl, Woman, Other First Bernardine Evaristo |
Penguin Books | 2019 | Paperback | 9780241364901 | £4 to £4 Sold £4, Oct 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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| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1 |
Bloomsbury | 1998 | Hardback | 9780747538493 | Coming soon Sold £190, Sep 2026 |
| 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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| Good Girl, Bad Blood First Holly Jackson |
Egmont Books | 2020 | Other | 9781405297752 | £1 to £2 Sold £2, Oct 2026 |
| 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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| 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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| 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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| Five on a Treasure Island First Enid Blyton¶ Jacket: Pictorial design by Eileen Soper |
Hodder & Stoughton | 1942 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Goldfinger First Ian Fleming¶ Upper board: An extra embossed line about 3mm long at the top left of the skull |
Jonathan Cape | 1959 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £146, Aug 2026 |
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| Moonraker First Ian Fleming¶ P.10, line 31: Misprint shoo for shoot |
Jonathan Cape | 1955 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £6,500, Jan 2023 |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come First John Bunyan¶ Text, between Christian leaving the Slough of Despond and reaching the wicket gate: no meeting with Mr Worldly-Wiseman; that episode was added in the second edition of 1678 |
Printed for Nath. Ponder | 1678 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh First A. A. Milne¶ Front cover: Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh on green cloth |
Methuen | 1926 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £650, Jul 2026 |
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| Hard Times First Charles Dickens · Household Words ¶ Binding, cloth and foot of spine: olive green horizontally ribbed cloth with the price 5/- in gilt at the foot of the spine |
Bradbury & Evans | 1854 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £150, Apr 2025 |
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| 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 Secret Garden First Frances Hodgson Burnett |
F.A. Stokes | 1911 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Silmarillion First Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien¶ Copyright page (p. [6]): printer named as William Clowes |
Allen & Unwin | 1977 | Hardback | 9780048231390 | Coming soon Sold £61, Oct 2026 |
| "A" is for Alibi First Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 1 |
Holt, Rinehart and Winston | 1982 | Hardback | 9780030590481 | Coming soon |
| Imitation in Death First Nora Roberts · In Death 17 |
Berkley | 2003 | Paperback | 9780425191583 | Coming soon Sold £7, Oct 2026 |
| The Last Man First Mary Shelley¶ Title page of each volume: no SECOND EDITION line between the volume number and the London imprint |
H. Colburn | 1826 | Hardback | Coming soon | |
| The Shining First Stephen King¶ Copyright page: statement reading First Edition |
Doubleday | 1977 | Hardback | 9780385121675 | Coming soon Sold £375, Oct 2026 |
| Dr No First Ian Fleming¶ Upper board: Plain, with no silhouette |
Jonathan Cape | 1958 | Hardback | Coming soon Sold £360, Dec 2025 |
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| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire First J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: The words First Edition appear below the printer and typesetter credits |
Bloomsbury | 2000 | Hardback | 9780747546245 | Coming soon |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince First J. K. Rowling |
Bloomsbury | 2005 | Hardback | 9780747581086 | Coming soon Sold £12, Oct 2026 |