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.

Suggestions on how to improve any aspect of this archival information will be welcomed at archive@thebookcollector.co.uk.

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'Innommable 1951/53 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
L'Instruction d'un Jeune Prince Book Title With 'Le Chevalier Délibéré' Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
L'Isle des Hermaphrodites [1605] Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
L'Oeuvre de Antoine Watteau [1735] Book Title 279 plates on 211 sheets Subscribe
to View 		1956-03
L'Oeuvre de Antoine Watteau [1735] Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1963-01
L'Oeuvre de Antoine Watteau [1735] Book Title 2 volumes, title page missing, other faults Subscribe
to View 		1965-03
L'Ordre des Oiseaux 1962 Book Title Braque illustrations Subscribe
to View 		1977-01
L'Orologio del Piacere 1685 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
L'Usage ou le Moyen de Pratiquer par une Regle...Compass 1634 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
La Barre d'Appui 1936 Book Title Destribats copy, 'exemplaire de tête', signed by Eluard Subscribe
to View 		2019-04
La Barre d'Appui 1936 Book Title In an Adler binding Subscribe
to View 		2000-01
La Barre d'Appui 1936 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-04
La Belle Dame Sans Merci 1819 Book Title In a Sangorski jewelled binding Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
La Bonne Chanson 1870 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1952-03
La Botanique Mise à la Portée de Tout le Monde 1774 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1954-03
La Bruna et la Biancha 1520 Book Title 'Apparently unique', last seen in 1934 Subscribe
to View 		1996-02
La Bruyère, Jean Author 'Caracteres' 1688 Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
La Bruyère, Jean Author 'Caracteres' 1688 Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
La Caricature Morale 1830/35 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
La Cathédrale 1898 Book Title One of 10 copies on papier de Chine Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
La Ceinture de Paris 1819/20 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-02
La Célestine 1971 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-04
La Cena de le Ceneri 1584 Book Title £9000 at Chatsworth in 1981/2 Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
La Céramique dans l'Art Musulman 1913 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2018-01
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Archduchess Marie-Louise's copy Subscribe
to View 		2000-01
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Proust's annotated copy Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title In mint half-binding, the Van der Elst-Bonna copy Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
La Chartreuse de Parme 1839 Book Title Presentation copy to Emile Forgues Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
La Chèvre-Feuille 1943 Book Title Illustrated by Picasso Subscribe
to View 		1999-01
La Chine Illustrée 1670 Book Title Mme de Pompadour's copy Subscribe
to View 		1977-01
La Chine Illustrée 1670 Book Title Montesquieu's copy Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
La Chirurgie Mise en Théorique et Pratique 1600 Book Title Arms of Henri IV Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
La Chronique ou Paris Ridicule 1668 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-02
La Chute 1956 Book Title Inscribed to René Char Subscribe
to View 		2006-04
La Chute 1956 Book Title With two others Subscribe
to View 		2010-02
La Cité des Eaux 1902 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
La Clef des Champs pour Trouver Plusieurs Animaux 1586 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1967-03
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