"How cool is this book?" wrote Rowling as she signed the "True Japanese 1st Printing Hardback" (2000). The UK seller notes, "Japanese books run back to front and this contains illustrations as well as full Japanese text throughout." Listed in fine, as new condition, unread, 3 pictures show the cover, the text, and the signature. The book sold as a BIN on the 9th day. The same seller listed #3 below.

Selling on 14 bids that raised it from its starting price of GBP 0.01 to $5,441.74, Dr. No is listed as the UK hardback, first edition, first impression, very good in very good+ unclipped dust jacket and without the dancing girl on the boards. It is "signed and inscribed by Ian Fleming" to Andrew J. Young. Listed for 10 days by a UK seller, the auction included 6 pictures.

This set of 5 first printing paperbacks contains details for each, including the number line and points. Calling the copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone the "rarest of the bunch," the UK seller describes it as unread, a true first, credited to Joanna Rowling with the printing error of ThomasTaylor1997, and other points. All five books are rated as fine and shown in 4 pictures. The set sold on a BIN for $4,211.06, listed by the same seller as #1.

Proclaiming he is not a professional, this UK seller used 12 photographs to illustrate the 10-day auction with a reserve. The book is described as price clipped with a stained and yellowed dust jacket. A small stain on the front board and handwritten price inside are the flaws mentioned. Started at GBP 100, the book sold for $3,560.69.

Listed by the UK seller as "apparently one of only 500 true 1st editions," the auction with reserve garnered 3 bids, before selling as a BIN. It started at GBP 4.99 and sold for $2,633.10. Listed with 4 pictures, the book is described as very good with "bumping and creasing to edges, yellowing to page edges."

The UK seller obviously believed only 1 picture was necessary to sell this "First Edition, Special Issue Limited Edition. One of 324 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Aldous Huxley to the limitation page." What's more unusual is the picture shows only the signed page. Buyers are left to imagine the cover from the brief description that includes the condition as "really super." The book sold as a BIN in around 6 hours.

Purchased with a BIN thirty minutes after listed, this first edition, second printing is accompanied by a letter signed by Fitzgerald. It sold at the starting price of $2,400. The book is described as "from the collection of John Lineweaver" with the name Mary H.W. Lineweaver in ink; the letter is not to either Lineweaver. Described as very good, the book has wear, slightly faded gilt lettering, and bumped corners. Five pictures illustrate the book and the letter.

Seventeen bids took this UK seller's first edition, first printing from the opening price of GBP 0.01 to the selling price of $2,136.26. The book was signed by the author on the title page at the Oxford Literary Festival, as well as on a "hand signed 'raven' bookplate." The seller describes only minor flaws to the book and dust jacket, as shown in the 9 photographs.

Selling in a school charity auction, the new signed first edition came with a letter of authenticity showing Rowling donated it to the school. The UK seller listed it for five days with a reserve and included 3 photographs. Questions came in, asking for the school's phone number. Another questioner wanted a copy of the letter sent to Rowling requesting a book, as well as the one from Rowling's PA. The seller directed him to the school's web site which includes a copy of the original request. In all, three questioners honed in on verifying the book was as indicated in the auction. By the end of the auction, 26 bids took it from a GBP 5.00 starting bid to $1,980.06.

Questioners focused on the item specifics that indicated the book was in Dutch. A mistake there, replied the UK seller, assuring them it was in English. Listed as "a fine copy .... first printing of the first edition" with a fine dj, the book met the reserve and sold with 22 bids in a 7-day auction that included 7 photographs. The starting bid was GBP 100.