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AbeBooks most expensive sales during June 2010:


Paradise Lost by John Milton
  1. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States by Joseph Story
    Sold for £9,307
  2. Paradise Lost by John Milton
    Sold for £6,618
  3. The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
    Sold for £5,824

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The master of surrealism to some, the master of madness to others. More than 20 years after his death, Salvador Dali continues to generate a wide variety of opinions about his art, politics and personality. Today, collectors pay handsome sums for his famous cookery book, Les Diners de Gala, and his illustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

Arabella's Beautiful Books
(Bexhill-On-Sea, SXE, United Kingdom)

1932. First edition, first printing of Huxley's classic dystopian tale, in superb condition with facsimile dustjacket.


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The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath

Modernfirsteditions
(Leeds, YK, United Kingdom)

1960. An important 1st Edition of Plath's debut collection which has been annotated by a mutual friend of the poet and her husband Ted Hughes.

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