These are 10 books which could be worth nice little page-earner
Many of us hang on to books look after we have not only read them but outgrown them. Before you parcel them up to the charity shop, check the editions and conditions – which are key – because there are books that can fetch thousands of pounds.
I have been collecting Captain WE Johns Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet volumes for more than 50 years – paying anything from 10p to hundreds of pounds – and have all but one Biggles first hardback edition with dust covers.
The books are considered unsuitable for today’s young readers … in the original, they are worth a fortune.
Collectors shun the sanitised modern editions and photocopied dust jackets.
If you are thinking of collecting any antiques beware of frauds, fakes and fashion.
Before you parcel them up to the charity shop, check the editions and conditions – which are key – because there are books that can fetch thousands of pounds
Collect what you know and love.
The team at All Top Books – an online bookshop – have researched how much some early copies of Britain’s bestknown books could be worth.
Here are 10 books that in first edition worth looking out for.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1967): worth around £1,000.
The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse by Beatrix Potter (1910): worth £1,000 for a first edition.
Now We Are Six, Winnie The Pooh by AA Milne (1927): worth £2,000 in good nick.
James Bond: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming (1963): up to £13,000. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin (1894): listed for £2,500 online. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1914): Riccardi Press edition prices reach £2,000.
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902): worth £5,000.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling (1997): you could be looking at six figures, especially is signed. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (1998): have sold online £2,000. Norm? By Agatha Christie (1941) – first novel featuring Tommy and Tuppence: worth up to £2,000.