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First Edition
Book collectors seek out first editions as they represent the original form in which a book was originally published.
Signed and inscribed copies are even more desirable, and the ‘dedication copy’ – the copy which is inscribed to the person to whom the author dedicated the book – is more sought after still.
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The Hobbit stands tall for new auction high
12 August 2024Spotlight on copy sold in superb Strutz collection – plus a look at other recent results for the Tolkien classic
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Pink Frankenstein shines in Strutz sale part one
12 August 2024William Strutz’s library built within his home in Bismarck, North Dakota, consisted of some 15,000 books, which the attorney began assembling while in college in the late 1950s
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JRR Tolkien letter taking a swipe at Conan Doyle sells for £20,000
08 August 2024Opinionated and philosophical missives to friends and first editions from the Lord of the Rings cycle are available through Bayliss Rare Books
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London dealer Peter Harrington marks an anniversary and a new chapter
05 August 2024Last month, Peter Harrington hosted a party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of their flagship location in Mayfair.
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US library comes to auction after college closure
25 July 2024The library of Birmingham-Southern College, featuring early works on the history of North America and classics of science and literature, will be sold at Grant Zahajko Auctions in Davenport, Washington over two days on July 31-August 1.
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Inscription helps Holtby result
08 July 2024Little-known work by the Yorkshire author dating from 1927 is boosted by dedication to Suffragette friend
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Two first edition Casino Royales cash in at auction - but condition is key
25 June 2024A 1953 first edition, first impression copy of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel Casino Royale in its original dust jacket, bought at a car boot sale for £1, has sold for £10,000 hammer.
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Car boot find: Casino Royale first edition bought for £1 now pitched at five-figure sum
11 June 2024Bought at a car boot sale for the princely sum of £1, a 1953 first edition, first impression copy of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel 'Casino Royale', in its original dust jacket, is coming to auction with a guide of £10,000-15,000.
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Harper Lee classic comes with a Christmas card from the author
10 June 2024Not only is this 1960 first edition of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' inscribed by Harper Lee to her friend Harold Caufield, but it was sold with a Christmas card from the author penned with a lengthy message.
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Collector interview: Tracking down detective works
13 May 2024ATG meets Jeffrey Johnson, whose collection of classic ‘Whodunnits’ was recently on public display at the Grolier Club in New York
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Original cover artwork for Harry Potter estimated at record $600,000 comes to auction
02 May 2024The original cover watercolour for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Thomas Taylor is coming to auction with the highest pre-sale estimate ever placed on an item of any Harry Potter-related work, according to Sotheby’s.
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Charles Darwin presentation copy of On the Origin of Species is among five lots to watch
18 March 2024With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
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Conan Doyle appears in detail as second part of dedicated collection comes to auction
11 March 2024Chicago sale offers more than 300 works related to the British author amassed by US collectors
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First edition of early feminist text makes over 30 times estimate
19 February 2024Actress cheated by the Prince of Wales turned to a campaign based on ‘injustice of mental subordination’
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Keeping the dust jacket was definitely not a dumb move
22 January 2024An original dust jacket made all the difference when Weiss Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) offered a first edition copy of Agatha Christie’s Dumb Witness in Lynbrook, New York.
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Boy wizard Harry Potter casts his spell on book collectors
12 December 2023Harry Potter continues to bring big bids at auction especially for the earliest hardback editions
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Presentation copies with a special touch
04 December 2023Pictured here are two fine 19th century presentation copies that, unexpectedly, topped sales in South Cerney and Cambridge in October.
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Price helped by ‘voice beyond the grave’
13 November 2023A first edition, first impression presentation of WB Yeats’ first book, Mosada (1886), was among the standout sales at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair.
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Charlie Watts sale drums up top bids for super first editions
23 October 2023Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh records beaten as collection of a Rolling Stone comes to auction
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Top stories this week including news of the auction of Charlie Watts’ book collection
08 October 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of Christie’s sale of the late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ extraordinary library of modern first editions.