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
Shakespeare, William Book Title First Folio c.1700 Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title First Folio 'Midsummer Night's Dream' Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio 1632, lacking the leaf of verses Subscribe
to View 		1954-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		1955-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, 'battered' Subscribe
to View 		1968-02
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, among all four, the whole going for - Subscribe
to View 		1990-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		2000-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, the Shuckburgh copy Subscribe
to View 		2001-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, 'indifferent' copy Subscribe
to View 		2001-04
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, a few leaves supplied Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, the Curzon copy, failed to sell 2003-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio 1632, the Phillipps copy Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio 'with considerable restoration' Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, title page and another prelim in facsimile Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, not sold 2010-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Second Folio, the Walter Chetwinde copy Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		1976-02
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		1976-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio, bought in at £6,200 1982-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio: all four folios for - Subscribe
to View 		1990-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio, lacking the portrait Subscribe
to View 		1997-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio, 'complete but with some problems' Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio, imperfect, rebacked Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		2011-04
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio, John Pierpont Morgan's copy Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Third Folio Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio Subscribe
to View 		1955-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio, price not shown 1961-01
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio, 'excellent' copy Subscribe
to View 		1976-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio Subscribe
to View 		1981-02
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio in contemporary calf Subscribe
to View 		1987-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio, 'eye-catching' Subscribe
to View 		1989-03
Shakespeare, William Book Title Fourth Folio Subscribe
to View 		1997-03
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