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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An asterisk (*) against an entry indicates that issue of The Book Collector is no longer available in print.


Title Sales Category Sub Category Sale Price View PDF
L'Aiguillion d'Amour Divin 1461 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
L'Aile 1893 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
L'Air de l'Eau 1934 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
L'Alchimiste 1839 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1976-01
L'Alphabet 1969 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
L'Amant 1984 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
L'Amour la Poésie 1929 Book Title Inscribed to 'Gala la seule' Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
L'Analyze des Echecs 1749 Book Title Garrick's copy Subscribe
to View 		1993-03
L'Anglais Mangeur d'Opium 1828 Book Title De Quincey in French Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
L'Année Terrible 1872 Book Title With 7 letters from Drouet Subscribe
to View 		2018-01
L'Antitête 1949 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-04
L'Après-Midi d'un Faune 1876 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
L'Après-midi d'un Faune 1876 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1952-02
L'Après-midi d'un Faune 1876 Book Title Presented by Mallarmé to Hérédia with a verse dedication Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
L'Après-midi d'un Faune 1876 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
L'Après-midi d'un Faune 1876 Book Title With Mallarmé's bookplate Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
L'Après-midi d'un Faune 1893 Book Title Beardsley's copy Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
L'Architecture Considérée 1804 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
L'Architecture Considérée 1804 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
L'Architecture Considérée sous le Rapport...1802 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
L'Architecture Françoise 1752/56 Book Title 4 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
L'Architecture Françoise 1752/56 Book Title Three sets, the best going for - Subscribe
to View 		1997-01
L'Architecture Françoyse 1727 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
L'Architettura Civile 1711 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
L'Arrivée des Pères Capucins en l'Inde Nouvelle 1612 Book Title 'Rare' Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
L'Arrivée des Pères Capucins en l'Inde Nouvelle 1613 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1977-01
L'Art d'Etre Grand-Père 1877 Book Title Price not shown 2008-01
L'Art de la Guerre 1546 Book Title Price not shown 2004-01
L'Art de la Guerre c.1530 Book Title By Bernard Stewart, one of the French royal bodyguard Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
L'Art de Naviguer 1554 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
L'Art de Naviguer 1561 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1992-01
L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin 1717 Book Title Alfred Cortot collection, price not given 1993-03
L'Art de Trancher la Viande c. 1647 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1972-02
L'Art de Trancher la Viande c. 1647 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
L'Art de Trancher la Viande c. 1647 Book Title Plates, 'no text having been printed' Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
L'Art de Trancher la Viande c. 1647 Book Title Manuscript, 38 engraved plates Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
L'Art du Menuisier 1769/75 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-02
L'Arte de Navegare c. 1464 Book Title Venice Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
L'Arte del Navegar 1554 Book Title Bound with 'Il Consolato del Mare' 1576 Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
L'Arte di Navegare c. 1464 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1968-04
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