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 Sale Price View PDF
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1968-01
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1968-02
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1968-03
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1968-04
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1971-01
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1971-04
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1973-04
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1976-01
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1976-03
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 1993-03
Manuscripts, Oriental Subject 2008-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1954-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1958-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1959-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1966-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1967-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1968-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1969-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1969-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1972-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1972-04
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1973-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1974-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1974-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1974-04
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1976-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1976-02
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1980-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1984-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1986-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1986-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1987-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1987-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1996-02
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1998-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1998-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 1999-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 2001-01
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 2006-03
Manuscripts, other, incl. modern Subject 2008-01