The Great Gatsby remains most valuable first edition of a 20th century classic

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Great Gatsby remains the most valuable first edition of a 20th century classic, according to a dealer’s new index. F Scott Fitzgerald’s quintessential jazz age novel is priced at £246,636 for a pristine condition limited edition from the first print run in 1925, with original dust jacket. Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, AA Milne’s The Christopher Robin Books and Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead also feature in the index’s top ten. 10 most valuable first editions of 20th century classics The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald - £246,636 The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien - £64,420 Ulysses, James Joyce - £24,557 Casino Royale, Ian Fleming - £24,180 In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway - £22,079 Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien - £20,000 Prufrock and Other Observations, TS Eliot - £17,500 The Christopher Robin Books, AA Milne - £13,084 Tender is the Night, F Scott Fitzgerald - £10,370 Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh - £9,364 The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand - £8,540 The 30 rare books add up to a huge combined total of £560,451, compared to £78,497 at the start of the millennium.