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 Hunting ofthe Snark 1876 Book Title One of 20 presentation copies Subscribe
to View 		2018-01
The Hurricane: a Theosophical and Western Eclogue 1796 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
The Ibis (periodical) Book Title A complete set to 1900 Subscribe
to View 		1954-01
The Idiot 1874 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
The Iliad 1715-20 Book Title 6 volumes, dampstained, two covers detached Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Large-paper copy Subscribe
to View 		1981-02
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Queensberry collection: one of 12 on Japanese vellum Subscribe
to View 		1952-02
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Typescript, extensively revised Subscribe
to View 		1956-03
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title The 'heavily corrected' typescript Subscribe
to View 		1981-02
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Inscribed by Wilde to Robbie Ross, no 3 of 10 on Japanese vellum Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Inscribed to the Governor of Reading Gaol Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
The Importance of Being Earnest 1899 Book Title Dedication copy to Robbie Ross Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The Indian Grammar 1666 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-02
The Indian Kings of Canada Book Title Four mezzotints, the Siebert sale Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
The Indian Primer 1720 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2008-02
The Infant's Library c. 1800 Book Title With its imitation bookcase box Subscribe
to View 		1968-02
The Inheritors 1901 Book Title 'Inscribed family copy' Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
The Inheritors 1901 Book Title Inscribed to H.G. Wells Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
The Injured Daughter 1768 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2002-02
The Innocents Abroad 1869 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-04
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudiah Equiano...n.d Book Title The second edition Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
The Irish Cricketers in the United States 1879 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The Jesuit: or, the History of Anthony Babington 1799 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
The Jew, Being a Defence of Judaism 1824 Book Title New York Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
The Jockey's Guide 1697 Book Title Complete with publisher's advertisements Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
The Journal of George Washington Book Title The Phillipps copy Subscribe
to View 		1962-02
The Journal of the Excursion to the United States 1796 Book Title Author's own drawings inserted Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
The Jubilee Book of Cricket 1897 Book Title The de luxe edition Subscribe
to View 		2017-02
The Jubilee Book of Cricket 1897 Book Title The limited edition signed by the 1902 Australians, with photos Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
The Jungle Books 1894-95 Book Title Two volumes Subscribe
to View 		2019-04
The Kaffirs Illustrated 1849 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
The Kaffirs Illustrated 1849 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1953-04
The Kama Sutra 1883 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
The Kamoos or the Ocean: an Arabic Dictionary 1817 Book Title Calcutta printing Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
The Kentish Angler 1804 Book Title Rare Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
The Kentish Cricketers, a Poem 1773 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
The Key to Theosophy 1889 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
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