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
The Pagoda of Hallibeed 1859 Book Title With 56 very early views of India Subscribe
to View 		2006-04
The Paradise Lost of Milton c. 1824-27 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2019-04
The Passion of Dido for Aeneas ?1642 Book Title A translation of Aeneid IV; copy not perfect Subscribe
to View 		1969-01
The Pastorals 1821 Book Title Blake woodcuts, volume 1 only Subscribe
to View 		2012-02
The Pathway to Knowledge 1596 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
The Pennsylvania Ledger 1776 Book Title With a fine sombre photo of Lincoln Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
The Perfect Horseman 1656 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie 1831 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
The Petty School 1659 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Pickwick Club 1845 Book Title Presentation copy to Hans Christian Andersen Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
The Pickwick Papers 1837 Book Title McCutcheon-Suzannet copy Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Pickwick Papers 1837 Book Title Copy inscribed to Walter Savage Landor Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
The Pickwick Papers 1837 Book Title Manuscript, 12 pages of Subscribe
to View 		1972-01
The Pickwick Papers 1837 Book Title Manuscript fragment Subscribe
to View 		1985-03
The Pickwick Papers 1837 Subject An original drawing from the Suzannet collection Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title 'In a dust wrapper' Subscribe
to View 		1984-03
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title The Clifton copy Subscribe
to View 		1988-02
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title First appearance in Lippincott's Subscribe
to View 		2005-02
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title Inscribed to Arthur Clifton Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title A large-paper copy, no 43 of 250 Subscribe
to View 		2009-02
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 Book Title Given to Henri de Régnier Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The Picture of Dorian Gray [1890] Book Title Two leaves of a revised proof Subscribe
to View 		2017-02
The Picture of Dorian Gray, first trade edition Book Title Published before the signed, limited edition Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Pied Piper of Lovers [1935] Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Pilgrimage of Perfection 1526 Book Title 'The first part' Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
The Pilot 1823 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
The Pippa and Porthos 1895 Book Title 'A proto-Peter Pan' Subscribe
to View 		1993-02
The Pistol Troop Magazine 1912 Book Title 'Published in typescript' Subscribe
to View 		1988-03
The Pittidae or Ant Thrushes 1863 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1954-01
The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language 1747 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
The Play-Boy of the Western World 1907 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
The Plot Discovered 1795 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		1984-04
The Plot Discovered 1796 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
The Plough and the Stars 1926 Book Title Manuscript Subscribe
to View 		1988-03
The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria 1851 Book Title With another Subscribe
to View 		1988-01
The Poet's Complaint of his Muse 1680 Book Title Holograph Manuscript Subscribe
to View 		1953-03
The Polar Express 1985 Book Title A drawing Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
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