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The Hobbit

George Allen & Unwin · 1937 · Hardback

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

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Privately printed (Strangeways) · 1901 · Pictorial boards

Flat spine

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Brighton Rock

Heinemann · 1938 · Hardback

Red cloth with the spine lettered in gilt

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The House at Pooh Corner

Methuen · 1928 · Hardback

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

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Animal Farm cover
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Animal Farm

Secker & Warburg · 1945 · Hardback

Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication

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Five on a Treasure Island

Hodder & Stoughton · 1942 · Hardback

Pictorial design by Eileen Soper

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The Observer's Book of British Wild Flowers

Frederick Warne · 1937 · Hardback

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

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Winnie-the-Pooh

Methuen · 1926 · Hardback

Gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh on green cloth

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The Observer's Book of British Birds

Frederick Warne · 1937 · Hardback

Titled The Observer's Book of British Birds

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Nineteen Eighty-Four cover
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Secker & Warburg · 1949 · Hardback

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

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Casino Royale

Jonathan Cape · 1953 · Hardback

Black cloth with a red heart on the upper board

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Leviathan

Andrew Crooke · 1651 · Hardback

woodcut ornament of a winged head or mask in scrollwork

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Oliver Twist cover
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Oliver Twist

Richard Bentley · 1838 · Hardback

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

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Thomas the Tank Engine

Edmund Ward · 1946 · Pictorial boards

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

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A Tale of Two Cities

Chapman and Hall · 1859 · Hardback

page number misprinted as 113

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chatto & Windus · 1884 · Hardback

32 page catalogue dated October 1884

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Bleak House

Bradbury and Evans · 1853 · Hardback

misspelt 'elgble'

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