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BookPublisherYearBindingISBNValue
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 & Evans1854Hardback Coming soon
Sold £150, Apr 2025
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire First
J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: The words First Edition appear below the printer and typesetter credits
Bloomsbury2000Hardback 9780747546245 Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince First
J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury2005Hardback 9780747581086 Coming soon
Sold £12, Oct 2026
Leviathan First
Thomas Hobbes¶ Letterpress title page: woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork
Andrew Crooke1651Hardback Coming soon
Sold £14,000, Jun 2023
The Fellowship of the Ring First
J. R. R. Tolkien¶ Copyright page: No impression statement; later impressions say Second impression and so on
George Allen & Unwin1954Hardback Coming soon
Sold £1,100, Apr 2021
The Last Man First
Mary Shelley¶ Title page of each volume: no SECOND EDITION line between the volume number and the London imprint
H. Colburn1826Hardback Coming soon
The Secret Garden First
Frances Hodgson Burnett
F.A. Stokes1911Hardback Coming soon
"L" is for lawless First
Sue Grafton
Henry Holt1995Hardback 9780805019377 Coming soon
"Master Harold"-- and the boys First
Athol Fugard
Knopf1982Hardback 9780394528748 Coming soon
A Middle English Vocabulary First
J. R. R. Tolkien
Clarendon Press1922Hardback Coming soon
All the Light We Cannot See First
Anthony Doerr
Scribner2014Hardback 9781476746586 Coming soon
Sold £45, Oct 2026
Death on the Nile First
Agatha Christie · canon of Hercule Poirot ¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. net
Collins1937Hardback Coming soon
Sold £417, Sep 2026
Five on Kirrin Island Again First
Enid Blyton · The Famous Five 6¶ Dust jacket, front panel: the telescope held by the children is drawn back to front
Hodder & Stoughton1947Hardback Coming soon
Sold £38, Oct 2026
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows First
J. K. Rowling
Bloomsbury2007Hardback 9780747591054 Coming soon
Sold £14, Oct 2026
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix First
J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: States First published in Great Britain in 2003 and First edition
Bloomsbury2003Hardback 9780747551003 Coming soon
Sold £9, Sep 2026
Poirot Investigates First
Agatha Christie¶ Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 7/6
Bodley Head1924Hardback Coming soon
Sold £1,200, Jul 2026
Salem's Lot First
Stephen King¶ Page 439, gutter: printed code Q37
Doubleday1975Hardback 9780385007511 Coming soon
The Two Towers First
J. R. R. Tolkien¶ Copyright page: No impression statement; later impressions say Second impression and so on
George Allen & Unwin1954Hardback Coming soon
Thomas the Tank Engine First
Rev. W. Awdry¶ Illustrations: Drawn by Reginald Payne and uncredited; C. Reginald Dalby's redrawn pictures appear from …
Edmund Ward1946Pictorial boards Coming soon
"E" is for evidence First
Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 5
H. Holt1988Hardback 9780805004595 Coming soon
"F" is for fugitive First
Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 6
H. Holt1989Hardback 9780805004601 Coming soon
"I can't" said the ant First
Polly Cameron
Initial Teaching Publishing1965Hardback Coming soon
"Me grandad 'ad an elephant!" First
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Edinburgh University Press1980Hardback 9780852243862 Coming soon
Sold £11, Aug 2026
"More more more" said the baby First
Vera Williams
Greenwillow Books1990Hardback 9780688091736 Coming soon
"N" is for Noose First
Sue Grafton · Kinsey Millhone 14
Henry Holt1998Hardback 9780805036503 Coming soon
"Quantum Leap" First
Ashley McConnell
Ace Books1992Paperback 9780441693221 Coming soon
A Clergyman's Daughter First
George Orwell
Gollancz1935Hardback Coming soon
Sold £2,200, Feb 2026
A Matter of Honour First
Jeffrey Archer
Hodder Stoughton(england1986Hardback 9780340393659 Coming soon
Sold £8, Oct 2026
Book One: The Eastern Fells First
A. Wainwright · A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells 1¶ List of guides: Book Two listed as in preparation
Henry Marshall1955Hardback Coming soon
Carrie First
Stephen King¶ Copyright page: statement reading First Edition
Doubleday1974Hardback 9780385086950 Coming soon
Sold £3,001, Sep 2026
Enterprise First
Vonda N. McIntyre · Star Trek
Pocket Books1986Hardback Coming soon
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone First
J. K. Rowling¶ Copyright page: Number line runs the full sequence from 10 down to 1
Bloomsbury1997Paperback 9780747532743 Coming soon
Sold £17,000, Sep 2026
Matilda First
Roald Dahl¶ Jacket, front flap: Priced £8.50
Jonathan Cape1988Hardback 9780224025720 Coming soon
Sold £65, Oct 2026
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 Club1934Hardback Coming soon
Sold £8,500, Mar 2026
Northern Lights First
Philip Pullman¶ Copyright page: Number line includes 1
Scholastic1995Hardback 9780590541787 Coming soon
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy First
Douglas Adams
Pan1979Paperback 9780330258647 Coming soon
Sold £400, Dec 2024