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AbeBooks' Most Expensive Sales of 2011
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee sold for $25,000

This is the only year-end list where you will find the Grinch, a Hobbit, Karl Marx, 007, the Boy Wizard, Gray's Anatomy, Picasso, banned French poetry, a postcard from Mexico and a book about dentistry.

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Incunabula: Early Printed Books
De Civitate Dei by Saint Augustine (1477)

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press changed the world and those early printed books, known as Incunabula, have endless historical appeal for book collectors.

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Edwardian First Editions
Stung by Bert Davis (1907)

The Edwardian era began with Queen Victoria's death in 1901 and ended when Edward VII died in 1910. Only nine years long, the period was nevertheless noteworthy and produced some remarkable literature.

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Rare Books Worth Buying for the Cover Alone

Enjoy these exquisite examples of beautiful rare antiquarian books - all are listed with mulitple bookseller images. Treat yourself to something lovely and collectable.

The Pretty Polly: A Voyage of Incident by W. Clark Russell

The Pretty Polly: A Voyage of Incident
W. Clark Russell

1900 Edition

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The Jumel Mansion (Being a Full History of the House on Harlem Heights built by Roger Morris before the Revolution together with some Account of its More Notable Occupants) by William Henry Shelton

The Jumel Mansion
William Henry Shelton

1916 Editions

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Romola by George Eliot

Romola
by George Eliot

1890 Editions

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Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide
Agatha Christie

1945 First Editions

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Violent Legacies: Three Cantos by Richard Misrach

Violent Legacies: Three Cantos
by Richard Misrach


1992 Editions

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