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This comprehensive article will help you establish whether you have a first edition Harry Potter on your hands. If you do have a first edition and are interested in selling it, please contact us on ...
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I was quite nervous about looking at the books when popping in a few years ago. One staff member took me downstairs and showed-off all the #Orwell first editions in their DJs and insisted I hold them and take some photos. It was very, very kind of them. https://twitter.com/PHrarebooks/status/1402668080719872010
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Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie, published in 1906
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First edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham, inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To George Shelton from his old friend J. M. Barrie Christmas 1906."
With the announcement of the @PulitzerPrizes later this week, we have gathered a selection of books by former winners and nominees from our shelves, including works by Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver, Lee Harper and Willa Cather.
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