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A Clockwork Orange, cover of another edition (the Heinemann 1962 cover is not yet photographed)Another edition's cover
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A Clockwork Orange

Heinemann · 1962 · Hardback

Black, spine lettered in gilt

£450 to £888Sold £364, Aug 2026
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, cover of another edition (the Victor Gollancz 1963 cover is not yet photographed)Another edition's cover
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Victor Gollancz · 1963 · Hardback

No impression statement; later printings state second impression, fifth…

£400 to £555Sold £650, Sep 2026
Suttree, cover of the Vintage, 1992 edition (the Random House 1979 cover is not yet photographed)Vintage, 1992 cover
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Suttree

Random House · 1979 · Hardback

£697 to £939Sold £1,115, Oct 2026
Shirley first edition cover, Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill 1849
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Shirley

Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill · 1849 · Hardback

£812 to £838Sold £850, Apr 2026
Thunderball, cover of another edition (the Jonathan Cape 1961 cover is not yet photographed)Another edition's cover
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Thunderball

Jonathan Cape · 1961 · Hardback

Skeletal hand blind-stamped

£196 to £380Sold £440, Oct 2026
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Howards End

E. Arnold · 1910 · Hardback

four integral pages of publisher's advertisements only, with no inserte…

£360 to £440Sold £2,000, Jun 2026
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Atlas Shrugged

New American Library · 1957 · Hardback

£239 to £341Sold £315, Oct 2026
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The Elected Member

Eyre & Spottiswoode · 1969 · Hardback

£250 to £280Sold £240, Feb 2026
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A Pocket Full of Rye

Published for the Crime Club by Collins · 1953 · Hardback

Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d.

£115 to £275Sold £80, Feb 2026
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Hickory Dickory Dock

Collins Crime Club · 1955 · Hardback

£175 to £250Sold £110, Apr 2026
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N or M?

Collins · 1941 · Hardback

Printed price on the front flap: 7s. 6d. net

£600 to £950Sold £178, Sep 2026
Rage, cover of the Signet, 1977 edition (the New English Library 1983 cover is not yet photographed)Signet, 1977 cover
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Rage

New English Library · 1983 · Paperback

£642 to £657Sold £642, Sep 2026
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The Hollow

Published for the Crime Club by Collins · 1946 · Hardback

Printed price on the front flap: 8s. 6d.

£250 to £380Sold £280, Sep 2026
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Death in the Clouds

Collins · 1935 · Hardback

£279 to £409Sold £338, Aug 2026
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Taken at the Flood

Collins (The Crime Club) · 1948 · Hardback

£270 to £380Sold £440, Sep 2026