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- Inscribed copy of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone fetched £106,250
- For beginner book buyers, the later works of popular writers are cheaper
- You can get first-edition Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie books for £30 to £50
- Rare editions of Charles Dickens and Shakespeare are considered safe bets
Within a green velvet box lies a pristine
first edition of Animal Farm from 1945. Rare book dealer Pom Harrington
gently removes its dust jacket to reveal George Orwell's signature, reports Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail.
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| Rare editions of James Bond novels (pictured), Charles Dickens and Shakespeare are considered safe bets as they have been popular since they were first printed |
'This is really collectible and rare. There are only three or four in the world that are signed,' he says. The price? £120,000.
I
have come to the Peter Harrington bookshop in South Kensington, West
London — founded in 1969 by Pom's father — to learn the secret to
investing in books.
From the outside, the dark green exterior matches my image of what an old bookshop should look like.
But
inside, instead of piles of dusty volumes, there are impossibly neat
rows of books on shelves that reach the ceiling. Some copies are in
glass cabinets...
For example, in 2017, an inscribed first edition of J. K. Rowling's
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone fetched £106,250 at a Bonhams
auction...
However, rare editions of James Bond novels, Charles Dickens and
Shakespeare are considered safe bets as they have been popular since
they were first printed.
Source: This is Money
