Sales by Author, Title, Subject and Collection

This index is compiled from the sales reports published in every issue of The Book Collector. These reports have themselves been assembled principally from eye-witness accounts by our correspondents. It is therefore a record of context as much as of cost. Who was bidding against whom, what was sold afterwards, the cataloguing errors, extraordinary provenances, rarity considered objectively - so on and suchlike. Some account of this system can be found in The Price of Passion ( 2016-04).

Entries are differentiated between Author, Title, Subject and Collection. It should be noted, however, that in the case of most classical texts and many cartographers, the author is also the title.

When typing an author's name into the Search bar please do so either as Smith, John or as Smith or as John.

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Title Sales Category Sub Category Sale Price View PDF
Gould, John Author 'The Birds of Asia' 1850-83, 7 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Gould, John Author 'The Birds of Great Britain' 1873, 5 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Gould, John Author 'The Birds of New Guinea…' 1875-88, 5 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Gould, John Author Humming-birds [Trochilidae] [1849]-1861, 5 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Gould, John Author Birds of Great Britain [1862]-1873, 5 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Gould, John Author The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes 1862-73, fine set Subscribe
to View 		2020-04
Gould, John Author The Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		2023-01
Gould, John Author 1985-03
Gould, John Author A complete set Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
Gould, John Book Title Toucans [Ramphastidae] 1854 Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
Gould, John Book Title A Century of Birds from the Himalayas 1831, with two extra plates and a letter Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia 1850/83 in parts Subscribe
to View 		1954-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		1957-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		1984-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia, Leopold I's copy Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia 1850-83 Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Asia Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia 1840/48 Subscribe
to View 		1964-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		1981-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia, bought in at £58,000 1982-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia, the Fitzwilliam copy Subscribe
to View 		1987-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia, 8 volumes including the supplement Subscribe
to View 		1987-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia, Lord Braybrooke's subscriber's copy Subscribe
to View 		1991-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		1999-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia: price not shown 1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Australia 1840-69 Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain 1863/73 Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain, 'badly foxed' Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain Subscribe
to View 		1988-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain, Bradley Martin copy Subscribe
to View 		1989-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of Great Britain Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
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