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 Life of Charles Dickens 1847 Book Title Trollope's copy with his signature and bookplate Subscribe
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1984-03
The Life of Charlotte Brontë 1857 Book Title With three letters to Nussey Subscribe
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2013-01
The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 4th edition Book Title Inscribed by Patrick Brontë Subscribe
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2017-03
The Life of George Cruikshank 1882 Book Title With additional plates and a Dickens letter Subscribe
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2000-01
The Life of George Cruikshank 1882 Book Title With additional plates Subscribe
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2006-02
The Life of George Washington 1855/59 Book Title Extra-illustrated Subscribe
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2005-03
The Life of Mrs Godolphin 1847 Book Title Copyists's MS for the first edition Subscribe
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1956-03
The Life of our Lady 1484 Book Title 15th-century manuscript Subscribe
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1953-03
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1791 Book Title Subscribe
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1986-03
The Life of Sir Francis Bernard 1790 Book Title Subscribe
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2014-01
The Life of the Virgin Book Title The Dürer edition, Fürstenberg's copy Subscribe
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2014-01
The Life of Voltaire 1821 Book Title Beckford's copy Subscribe
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1976-01
The Light of Navigation 1625 Book Title Subscribe
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1993-03
The Lightning Columne 1677 Book Title Wardington sale, 'rare' Subscribe
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2006-04
The Lincolne Nosegay 1814 Book Title 'A staggering price' Subscribe
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2013-03
The Line of Proportion 1673 Book Title Subscribe
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2005-02
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 Book Title Subscribe
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2005-02
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 Book Title Subscribe
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2007-01
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 Book Title Signed copy Subscribe
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2010-04
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 Book Title Inscribed 'unusually' Subscribe
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2012-04
The Little Minister 1891 Book Title Barrie's corrected proofs Subscribe
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1974-04
The Little Prince 1943 Book Title 'Signed' Subscribe
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2015-03
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters...1568 Book Title Subscribe
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2007-03
The London Gazette Book Title 'An unusually long run' Subscribe
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1970-02
The London Magazine 1774-76, 1778-82 Book Title 'Almost unbroken' run Subscribe
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2009-03
The London Prodigall 1605 Book Title Subscribe
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1997-03
The Long Goodbye 1953 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
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2005-01
The Lord Fish 1933 Book Title Illustrated by Whistler, signed by the author Subscribe
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2017-04
The Lord of the Rings 1953/54 Book Title Subscribe
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2008-03
The Lord of the Rings 1954 Book Title In unsophisticated d/j Subscribe
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2017-04
The Lord of the Rings 1954-55 Book Title In fine d/ws Subscribe
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2019-01
The Lord of the Rings 1954/55 Book Title Corrected proofs Subscribe
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1992-03
The Lord of the Rings 1954/55 Book Title 'In Bayntun's best morocco' Subscribe
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2002-01
The Lord of the Rings 1954/55 Book Title No d.w. but with an amusing letter from Tolkien Subscribe
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2006-03
The Lord of the Rings 1954/55 Book Title Inscribed by Tolkien Subscribe
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2013-03
The Lord of the Rings 1954/55 Book Title Mint Subscribe
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2015-03
The Lord of the Rings 1969 Book Title On India paper, a 'celebrated' copy Subscribe
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2016-04
The Lord of the Rings 1969 Book Title First India Paper edition, signed by the author Subscribe
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2018-04
The Lord of the Rings [1954/55] Book Title Subscribe
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2012-04
The Lost World 1912 Book Title In d.w. Subscribe
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2013-03