James Hilton
73 copies for sale · $20–$20,000 · 28 first editions · 9 signed
Notable copies for sale
GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$2,148
Catherine Herself (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$1,000
Lost Horizon (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
LOST HORIZON (first edition) — L. W. Currey$20,000
Typed Contract Signed James Hilton with The Theatre Guild, Inc., for a radio broadcast of (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$600
Good-bye Mr. Chips (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$400
Goodbye Mr. Chips (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,800
LOST HORIZON; Franklin Library (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$473
Autograph Letter Signed concerning Goodbye Mr. Chips! (signed) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£125
Chronograms. 5000 and more in number excerpted out of various authors and collected at man (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£120
NOTHING SO STRANGE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$88
We Are Not Alone (first edition) — Second Story Books$38
What these are worth
RANDOM HARVEST3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
GOOD-BYE MR CHIPS by James Hilton - Hardcover - VERY GOOD10 copies · $32–$750
LOST HORIZON7 copies · $36–$248
SO WELL REMEMBERED5 copies · $73–$248
THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL3 copies · $20–$9,500
LOST HORIZON AND GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS3 copies · $123–$143
GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS: AND OTHER STORIES3 copies · $48–$53
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS2 copies · $58–$4,800
THE MEADOWS OF THE MOON2 copies · $1,044–$2,000
Good-bye Mr. Chips2 copies · $1,000–$1,350
RANDOM HARVEST2 copies · $193–$850
GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS2 copies · $400–$720
NOTHING SO STRANGE2 copies · $43–$69
TIME AND TIME AGAIN2 copies · $20–$47
LOST HORIZON1 copy · $20,000
Lost Horizon1 copy · $12,500
Manuscript archive for his novel, SO WELL REMEMBERED1 copy · $6,000
Original Setting Typescript for MORNING JOURNEY1 copy · $6,000
Manuscript archive for his final novel, TIME AND TIME AGAIN1 copy · $4,500
The Dawn of Reckoning1 copy · $2,500
GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS SIGNED1 copy · $2,148
Market context
9 copies of James Hilton's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $67 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Lost Horizon, first American edition, New York, 1933. (forum, 2026-09-30)£240
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