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
Rupert of Hentzau Book Title The manuscript Subscribe
to View 		1966-03
Rupert of Hentzau 1898 Book Title Manuscript Subscribe
to View 		1966-03
Rupert of Hentzau [1898] Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2023-03
Rupprecht Press Subject 2008-03
Ruralia Commoda 1471 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1967-02
Ruscha, Edward Author Twelve titles making - Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
Ruskin, John Author 550 letters from Ruskin to Charles Howell Subscribe
to View 		1961-03
Ruskin, John Author Letters to Mrs Alfred Hunt 1867 to 1887 Subscribe
to View 		1967-02
Ruskin, John Author 65 letters to Thomas Lupton Subscribe
to View 		1971-01
Ruskin, John Author Letter to Henry Acland Subscribe
to View 		1977-02
Ruskin, John Author His diaries, withdrawn 1978-01
Ruskin, John Author Papers relating to his cousin, Joan Severn Subscribe
to View 		1992-01
Ruskin, John Author 64 letters Subscribe
to View 		1992-03
Ruskin, John Author Correspondence with Windus, sold as a lot - Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
Ruskin, John Author Thirteen letters to a coin-dealer Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
Ruskin, John Author A 'famous' letter Subscribe
to View 		2011-02
Ruskin, John Author A letter Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Ruskin, John Author Four letters Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
Ruskin, John Author 75 letters to the Revd F.A. Malleson Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
Ruskin, John Author 40 'largely unpublished' letters to Sir John Simon Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
Ruskin, John Author 98 letters from Ruskin to Fairfax Murray Subscribe
to View 		1961-03
Russell, Sir George Collection Letters from Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Kingsley, Leech and Thackeray, totalling - Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
Russia Subject Children's books 2011-01
Russia Subject Children's books 2013-01
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 1967-01
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 1987-02
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 1990-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2005-04
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2006-02
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2006-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2006-04
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2007-01
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2007-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2008-01
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2008-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2008-04
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2009-01
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2009-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2010-03
Russia Subject Culture, history & literature 2011-01
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