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Unless otherwise stated, we only supply books that are in very good condition in original dustwrappers.
We would be very pleased to help you find either individual volumes or to aid in the building of any John Fowles collections. We are always willing to buy any John Fowles - top prices paid, especially for his early work. Let us know what you have.
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The prices are correct at the current dollar/sterling exchange rate and consequently the dollar price is subject to
fluctuation.
Last modified 10 July 1997.
| Daniel Martin | 1st U.S. edition | Little Brown, 1977 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| Daniel Martin | 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1974 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| A Maggot | 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1985 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| A Maggot | Uncorrected proof edition | Cape, 1985 | US$75.00 | GBP45.00 | |
| A Maggot | Specially bound 1st edition. Limited to 500 copies | Cape, 1985 | US$125.00 | GBP75.00 | |
| Cinderella | Adapted from Perrault's Cendrillon of 1697. Illustrated by Sheila Beckett. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1974 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| Mantissa | 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1982 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| Mantissa | Uncorrected proof copy | Cape, 1982 | US$66.00 | GBP40.00 | |
| The Aristos | 1st U.S. edition. Precedes UK edition | Little, Brown, 1974 | US$332.00 | GBP200.00 | |
| The Aristos | 1st revised U.K. edition | Cape, 1980 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| The Collector | 1st U.S. edition. A superb copy | Little, Brown, 1963 | US$415.00 | GBP250.00 | |
| The Collector | 1st U.K. edition. | Cape, 1963 | US$580.00 | GBP350.00 | |
| The Ebony Tower | 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1974 | US$75.00 | GBP45.00 | |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | New edition with Meryl Streep dustwrapper. | Cape, 1981 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1969 | US$183.00 | GBP110.00 | |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | 1st U.S. edition. Dustwrapper chipped with some loss, otherwise a very good copy. | Little, Brown, 1969 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | Screenplay by Harold Pinter, foreword by John Fowles. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1981 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| The Magus | 1st U.K. edition revised version. | Cape, 1977 | US$66.00 | GBP40.00 | |
| The Magus | 1st U.K. edition. | Cape, 1966 | US$166.00 | GBP100.00 | |
| Behind the Magus | Limited to 250 copies. Blue wrappers, individually numbered and signed by Fowles. 1st edition | Colophon Press, 1994 | US$290.00 | GBP175.00 | |
| The Nature of Nature | Limited edition of 250 wrappered copies with 2 hand printed woodcuts by Aaron Johnson. Signed by Fowles. | Yolla Bolly Press, 1996 | US$250.00 | GBP150.00 | |
| The Nature of Nature | 1st edition limited to 150 copies; printed and bound together with an earlier published essay 'The Tree'; illustrated with 8 hand printed woodcuts by Aaron Johnson. Bound in a figured cloth with slipcase. Individually numbered and signed by both. | Yolla Bolly Press, 1996 | US$1,245.00 | GBP750.00 | |
| Poems | 1st U.S. edition Wrappers. | Ecco Press, 1973 | US$45.00 | GBP27.50 | |
| Poems | 1st U.S. edition | Ecco Press, 1973 | US$108.00 | GBP65.00 | |
| My Recollections of Kafka | Magazine article | Mosaic III, No. 4, Summer 1970 | US$250.00 | GBP150.00 | |
| On Being English But Not British | Magazine article. Extremely rare. | Texas Quarterly, Autumn 1964 | US$500.00 | GBP300.00 | |
| Poor Koko | Wrappers, handmade paper. Limited to 350 copies. | Eurographica, 1987 | US$160.00 | GBP95.00 | |
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| Photographs of Lyme Regis | A portfolio by Paul Penrose, with an introduction by John Fowles. Very limited edition of only 25 copies in a presentation box. Photographs individually mounted and signed by photographer, introduction signed by Fowles. | Skelton Press, 1982 | US$1,660 | GBP1,000 | |
| Conditional | Broadside limited to 150 copies. | Lord John Press, 1979 | US$415.00 | GBP250.00 | |
| King's Order for Lyme Siege (and) A letter from Charles I concerning Lyme | Broadside limited to 100 copies. | Lyme Regis Museum, 1980 | US$166.00 | GBP100.00 | |
| A Brief History of Lyme | Pamphlet (revised version). | Friends/Museum, 1985 | US$17.00 | GBP10.00 | |
| A Short History of Lyme Regis | 1st U.S. edition. Inscription on f.e.p, otherwise a fine copy. | Little, Brown, 1982 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| Blood, Earth & Medicine | Poetry by James Crowden, wrappers, with a foreward by Fowles, signed by both. | Parrett Press, 1991 | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| Islands | Photographs by Fay Godwin. Text by Fowles. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1978 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| Land | 1st UK edition. Photographic monograph by Fay Godwin with essay by John Fowles. | Heinemann, 1985 | US$330 | GBP200 | |
| Land | 1st US edition. Photographic monograph by Fay Godwin with essay by John Fowles. | Little, Brown, 1985 | US$125.00 | GBP75.00 | |
| Lorenzaccio | Translated and adapted by Fowles from the original by Musset. | National Theatre, 1981 | US$66.00 | GBP40.00 | |
| Lyme Landscape with Figures | Softback with decorative front cover, memories of Lyme by Muriel A. Arber with photographs. Foreward by Fowles. Signed by Arber and Folwes. | Dorset Books, 1988. | US$25.00 | GBP15.00 | |
| Lyme Regis Museum Curator's Report | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986. Individual reports by Fowles when curator of the Philpot Museum. Mainly fine but some have label marks. | . | US$33.00 each | GBP20.00 each | |
| Lyme Regis Museum Curator's Report | 1987-88, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993-94. Individual reports by Liz-Anne Bawden (curator) with notes by Fowles. Mainly fine but some have label marks. | . | US$17.00 each | GBP10.00 each | |
| Lyme Regis Three Town Walks | Pamphlet | Friends/Museum, 1983 | US$25.00 | GBP15.00 | |
| Lyme Voices No. 1. | Pamphlet. Text by Selina Hallett, foreword by Fowles. | Friends/Museum, 1993 | US$17.00 | GBP10.00 | |
| Lyme Voices No. 2. | Pamphlet. Text by Ivy Caddy, foreword by Fowles. | Friends/Museum, 1993 | US$17.00 | GBP10.00 | |
| Mary Anning of Lyme Regis | By Sir Crispin Tickell, foreword by Fowles. Signed by both. | Philpot Museum, 1996. | US$25.00 | GBP15.00 | |
| Monumenta Britannica. (2 vols). | Original work by John Aubrey, never before published. Edited by John Fowles and Rodney Legg. Signed by both. 1st U.K. edition | DPC, 1980/81 | US$365 | GBP220 | |
| Pictures of Lyme Regis and Environs | Originally a tourist guide of 1817, this is a reprint with a foreword by Fowles. | 1985 | US$25.00 | GBP15.00 | |
| Steep Holm - A Case Study | Book written by Kenneth Allsop with John Fowles in collaboration. | Dorset Publishing Co., 1978 | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| Thomas Hardy's England | Written by Jo Draper. Introduced and edited by Fowles. | Cape, 1984 | US$66.00 | GBP40.00 | |
| Round About A Great Estate | Reprint of the 1880 book by Richard Jeffries, with an introduction by Fowles. Decorative wrappers. | Ex Libris Press, 1987. | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| Shipwreck | Photographs by the Gibsons of Scilly. Text by Fowles. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1974 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| The Enigma of Stonehenge | Photographs by Barry Brukoff, text by Fowles. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1980 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| The Forgotten Trade | Account of the slave trade from the minor ports of England by Nigel Tattersfield with a forward by Fowles. Signed by both. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1991 | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| The Man Who Died | By D.H. Lawrence, 9 woodcuts by Leonard Baskin, afterword by Fowles. Signed by Baskin and Fowles. Handmade vellum laced binding with an extra suite of prints (unbound) in a laurel wood box. | Yolla Bolly Press | US$4,150 | GBP2,500 | |
| The Man Who Died | By D.H. Lawrence. Woodcuts by Leonard Baskin, Cover by Georgia O'Keefe. Commentary by Fowles. | Ecco Press, 1994 | US$33.00 | GBP20.00 | |
| The Man Who Died | By D.H. Lawrence. Woodcuts by Leonard Baskin, Cover by Georgia O'Keefe. Commentary by Fowles. | Ecco Press, 1992 | US$58.00 | GBP35.00 | |
| The Royal Game & Other Stories | By Stefan Zweig, foreword by Fowles. 1st U.K. edition | Cape, 1981 | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| The Tree | Photographs by Frank Horvat. Dustwrapper a little chipped at extremities. 1st U.K. edition | Aurum Press, 1979 | US$83.00 | GBP50.00 | |
| Twentieth Century Literature John Fowles Issue | Softback journal with numerous contributors including Fowles. | Hofstra Uni, 1996 | US$42.00 | GBP25.00 | |
| William Golding The Man and his Books A Tribute on his 75th birthday | 10 page tribute by Fowles. Edited by John Carey. 1st U.K. edition | Faber, 1986 | US$50.00 | GBP30.00 | |
| Collectors' Items | By Kate Salway & Marina Benjamin, introduction by Fowles. Oblong 8vo, wrappers, photographs. Limited edition of 500. Signed by both. 1st U.K. edition | Wilderness Editions, 1996 | US$33.00 | GBP20.00 | |
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