P. D. James
30 copies for sale · $32–$3,500 · 11 first editions · 11 signed
Notable copies for sale
A Mind to Murder (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
Cover Her Face (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,500
Cover Her Face (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$3,000
Signed First Printing-First Edition 1997 UK HCDJ-A Certain Justice-P.D. James (first edition, signed, 1997) — eBay$75
A Certain Justice *SIGNED* by P. D. James 1997 Hardcover / DJ (first edition, signed, 1997) — eBay$40
Cover Her Face (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,250
The Skull Beneath the Skin A Novel (first edition) — Good Books in the Woods$50
DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS (first edition) — Kay Craddock Antiquarian BooksellerA$40
The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James Signed Hardcover 1982 (signed) — eBay$431
UNNATURAL CAUSES - SIGNED — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$300
A Taste For Death — Books Tell You Why$40
Works on the market
COVER HER FACE3 copies · $500–$1,250
Cover Her Face2 copies · $3,000–$3,500
The Skull Beneath The Skin2 copies · $32–$431
Devices And Desires2 copies · €19–€48
Innocent Blood2 copies · $32–$40
Devices and Desires / P. D. James2 copies · €10–€11
A Mind to Murder1 copy · $1,750
UNNATURAL CAUSES - SIGNED1 copy · $300
Unnatural Causes with Signed Bookplate Laid In1 copy · $250
Innocent Blood with Signed Bookplate Laid In1 copy · $125
Devices And Desires - 1st Edition/1st Printing1 copy · $80
THE CHILDREN OF MEN By P D James - Hardcover1 copy · $71
The Skull Beneath the Skin A Novel1 copy · $50
Market context
18 copies of P. D. James's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $64 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, first edition, bookplate signed by the author loosely inser (forum, 2026-07-02)£80
Unnatural Causes, first American edition, signed by the author, New York, 1967. (forum, 2026-07-02)£85
Children of Men, first edition, signed by the author, 1992; and 9 others by the same (10) (forum, 2026-04-23)£55
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