This signed first edition sold for $6,351 with 2 bids in early September and held its place in the fiction chart throughout the month. Carefully described as "price clipped, the jacket is better than very good, with about 1/3 missing from a small part of the bottom spine ..." with some rubbing, a few spots/smudges on the dj. The signature is pasted in and inscribed to "Forrey." The U.S. seller included four pictures and started the auction at $5,999 for this "better than very good condition" book.

Sixteen bids took this U.K. seller's auction from GBP 99 to $6,011.07 for the three volumes in a slipcase. Volumes are "re-bound in soft full red leather with intricate gilt designs to edges, all page edges are gilt...." Recently rebound, the volumes are described as having minimal foxing and no other flaws. The original maps are in fine condition. Eleven pictures illustrate the auction.

Attracting twenty-eight bids, this auction started at GBP 0.01 and closed at $2,795.43 for a hand signed 1st edition described as "unread, or read once at most...." A photo of Pullman signing the book at the Oxford Literary Festival is included with the book. One of the questions asked was why Pullman signed this in black instead of his usual blue. In reply, the U.K. seller indicated others at the festival would agree that he signed in black that day, as well as mentioning the photograph of Pullman signing the book.

In three volumes, this first English edition 1881 set started at GBP 4.99 and rose to $2,540.35 on 19 bids. The U.K. seller says, "The volumes have been neatly re-cased with the orig. endpapers preserved (only this inside of the hinges are repaired - the outside of the binding has NOT been distrubed)." They have some fading, several minor marks on the binding, and some foxing/browning. This is the English printing "presumably of 1,000 copies, the first week of Dec. 1881." Five pictures were included.

From the same U.K. seller as #3 and #7, this signed first edition sold as a BIN in 2 hrs. 20 minutes for $2,223.50. The email prearrangement led to a brief auction description with eight pictures.

Described by the U.S. seller as "... a very rare signed and numbered copy ... printed in 1929 by Hogarth Press, London." This is #23 or 492 copies "signed in her characteristic purple ink" in good+ condition. Five pictures show the book. It sold at the opening price of $2,000.

The U.K. seller of #5 and #7 wins again. The signed first edition sold for $1,983.85 BIN in nineteen minutes based on email pre-arrangement. Minimally described, the book is shown in eight pictures.

Yet another Pullman sale, but this time from a different U.K. seller. All are true 1st printings. Northern Lights is described as very good+, a true 1st edition 1st printing, "signed by way of signed raven bookplate (blue ink) stuck on copyright page." The Subtle Knife also is very good+ with "a Handsigned bookplate laid in loosely." The Amber Spyglass is "Flatsigned to the title page." Nine pictures are included in the auction. Eighteen bids took the auction from a starting price of GBP 0.99 to $1,839.57.

A "1st printing, 1st state in mcclurg jacket," this 1928 book sold for $1,680.99 with 8 bids and a listing price of $199. The U.S. seller writes, "tarzan lord of the jungle was printed in first edition for a run of 7,500 copies at 4 different times ... [this] is the toughest to find." The condition is very good+ "with a nice restored original mcclurg dustjacket" and all plates present. Six pictures illustrate the book.

Published in 1912, the first U.K. edition was published by Mills and Boon and called "VERY SCARCE INDEED" by the U.K. seller. Described as a "McIlvaine A15B2. First edition.... McIlvaine states this is the same as the first, just with the adds added." The book has heavy wear, is ex-library with two ink stamps, heavy browning, some chipping, and a few tears/ink marks. There is no dj. Starting at GBP 4.99, the book rose on 16 bids to $1,636.48.