Peter Ackroyd
68 copies for sale · $20–$500 · 43 first editions · 26 signed
Notable copies for sale
Country Life (first edition, signed) — Between the Covers$300
Country Life Inscribed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
Notes for a New Culture (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
English Music Limited Edition, Signed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$50
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree A Novel of the Limehouse Murders (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$30
Ezra Pound and His World (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$30
The Fall of Troy A Novel (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$30
The Great Fire of London (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$30
Le Testament D' Oscar Wilde (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$25
The Plato Papers (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$25
English Music (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$50
First Light (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$30
Works on the market
ENGLISH MUSIC5 copies · $20–$35
FIRST LIGHT4 copies · $20–$30
English Music3 copies · $25–$50
HAWKSMOOR2 copies · $150–$250
DICKENS2 copies · $53–$78
CHATTERTON2 copies · $53
CHAUCER2 copies · $53
THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORE2 copies · $47–$48
THE LAST TESTAMENT OF OSCAR WILDE2 copies · $43
CHATTERTON2 copies · $25–$35
The Life of Thomas More2 copies · $25–$35
Albion The Origins of the English Imagination2 copies · $20–$30
FIRST LIGHT2 copies · $20–$25
Ouch The Curiously Strong, v.4 no.21 copy · $500
Country Life1 copy · $300
ENGLISH MUSIC; SIGNED Franklin Library1 copy · $278
ENGLISH MUSIC; Signed 1st Franklin Library1 copy · $273
Country Life Inscribed1 copy · $150
Notes for a New Culture1 copy · $150
The Last Testament Of Oscar Wilde Signed1 copy · $75
Market context
34 copies of Peter Ackroyd's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $45 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Hawksmoor, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1985; and other (forum, 2026-09-03)£65
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