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Signed first edition of Where the Wild Things Are sells for £16,200
May’s most expensive sales on AbeBooks included a signed first edition of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak for £16,200 ($25,000). Sendak’s death in May sparked a great deal of interest in...
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117 years apart: Oscar Wilde & Katie Price
There has been a strange meeting (in my mind anyway) in the world of books, involving Oscar Wilde and Katie Price. Last month’s list of the most expensive sales on AbeBooks was led by a signed copy of...
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Giggle Water – a rare cocktail recipe book from 1928
Earlier this month, AbeBooks sold a remarkable cocktail book – Giggle Water Including Eleven Famous Cocktails of The Most Exclusive Club in New York by Charles D Warnock for £1,200. It’s an ultra-rare...
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Strong demand for collectable Margaret Thatcher books
The announcement of Margaret Thatcher’s death at the age of 87 has sparked a flurry of sales. Yesterday, AbeBooks sold 21 books associated with the former prime minister priced £100 or more....
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Big Brother sells rare books – first edition of 1984 goes for $3,000
Two first editions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four have sold this week on AbeBooks as surveillance by our governments continues to be the No.1 news story around the world. A first edition,...
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Signed first edition of John le Carré’s debut novel sells for £13,345
Famous fictional secret agents and spies abound, from 007 and Simon ‘The Saint’ Templar to Jason Bourne, but John le Carré’s wonderful creation George Smiley might just be the best of them all. Our...
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A Gallery of September’s Stunning Sales
September’s most expensive sales list includes no fewer than four historically significant, multi-volume sets, including the complete works or Sir Winston Churchill in 38 volumes and Sir James George...
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Rare photo album commemorating The 39 Steps movie sells for £8,250
AbeBooks.co.uk has sold a rare presentation photograph album commemorating the 1935 movie version of John Buchan’s classic thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps. The book – containing more than 200...
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