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
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 Book Title In boards Subscribe
to View 		1994-03
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 Book Title One of the publishing contracts, signed by Gibbon and with receipts Subscribe
to View 		1997-02
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 Book Title Presentation, in boards Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 Book Title Presentation Volume 1 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776 Book Title 'The first state' Subscribe
to View 		2014-04
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776-88 Author A nice set Subscribe
to View 		2020-01
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1776/88 Book Title Inscribed 'From the Author' by the recipient and rebacked Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
The History of the Five Indian Nations 1727 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
The History of the Human Heart 1749 Book Title 'Which shares a common ornament with 'A Woman of Pleasure' Subscribe
to View 		1986-03
The History of the Late War 1772 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
The History of the Rebellion 1702/04 Book Title 'A large and thick paper copy' Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
The History of the Rebellion 1702/04 Book Title 1046 extra plates and drawings Subscribe
to View 		2016-04
The History of the World 1614 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
The History of the World 1614 Book Title 'Only presentation copy by Raleigh surviving' Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling Book Title Advertised as a 1st edition but actually the 2nd: price not shown 1980-01
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling Book Title Historie van den Vondeling Tomas Jones 1763 Subscribe
to View 		1973-02
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1749 Book Title Copy sold in 1929 for - Subscribe
to View 		1965-01
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1749 Book Title 'The errata uncorrected' Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1749 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1982-02
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1749 Book Title The Luss copy Subscribe
to View 		1984-01
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1749 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-02
The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling 1951 Book Title Lord Rothschild's version Subscribe
to View 		1966-03
The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies 1577 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-04
The History...of the County of Kent 1778/99 Book Title Extra-illustrated Subscribe
to View 		2000-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title D.w. with 'light restoration' Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'A Tolkien family copy' Subscribe
to View 		2003-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title In imperfect d.w. Subscribe
to View 		2018-01
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title Spine worn with consderable loss...' Subscribe
to View 		2018-02
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title An 'exemplary' copy Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'Tolkien madness' Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'Mint first issue presentation copy' Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title A Tolkien family copy Subscribe
to View 		2003-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title Presentation to Elizabeth Jenkins Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'In worn d.w. but inscribed' Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title In 'tattered' d.w. Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title Without d.w. Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'Exceptionally fresh' Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title Given by Tolkien Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title Without dust-jacket Subscribe
to View 		2013-04
The Hobbit 1937 Book Title 'In expertly restored first issue dust-jacket' Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
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