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Published: December 23, 2007

See how good you are at guessing the asking price of these rare books:

1. "Casino Royale," the first novel in the James Bond series by Ian Fleming; first edition, hardback, published in London in 1953; personal inscription by the author.

2. "Death in the Afternoon," 1954 later edition by Ernest Hemingway; personally inscribed and signed by the author.

3. "A Room of One's Own," by Virginia Woolf, 1929; limited first edition, signed by the author in her characteristic purple ink.

4. "History of the Expedition," one of only 75 copies by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, 1904; limited edition reprint of the 1814 first edition.

5. "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, 1843; first edition, first issue, with hand-colored illustrations by John Leech.

6. "A Series of Unfortunate Events," Lemony Snicket; complete set of 13 first editions, each inscribed by "Lemony Snicket."

7. "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," London, 1859, first edition in English and one of 250 copies.

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