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 Devil's Law-Case 1623 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1980-03
The Dharma Bums 1958 Book Title Typescript roll: failed to sell 2002-01
The Dialects of England and Scotland 1863 Book Title In presentation morocco Subscribe
to View 		2012-02
The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed ?1530 Book Title Antwerp printing, 'distinctly rare' Subscribe
to View 		2017-01
The Disappearanc of Lady Frances Carfax 1911 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1978-02
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2000-03
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-01
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title The Holland House copy Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-03
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-04
The Discoverie of Witchcraft 1584 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
The Discoveries of John Lederer in Three Separate Marches...1672 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
The Discoveries of the World 1601 Book Title 'A notorious rarity' Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
The Distribution of Books by Catalogue 1965 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1984-01
The Divine Comedy Book Title Late 14th century codex, Dyson Perrins first MS sale Subscribe
to View 		1959-01
The Divine Comedy Book Title The Grimaldi Vellutello Dante bound by "Maestro Luigi" Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
The Divine Comedy Book Title Bill Reese collection: Bohn, 1847 signed and annotated by Melville Subscribe
to View 		2022-04
The Divine Comedy 1481 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
The Divine Comedy 1481 Book Title D.G. Rossetti's copy Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The Divine Comedy 1481 Book Title Illustrated: unsold 2017-03
The Divine Comedy 1481 Book Title With two Botticelli engravings Subscribe
to View 		1989-03
The Divine Comedy 1482 Book Title Poor copy Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
The Divine Comedy 1487 Book Title Brescia: first illustrated Dante Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
The Divine Comedy 1487 Book Title Brescia Subscribe
to View 		1955-02
The Divine Comedy 1487 Book Title Brescia Subscribe
to View 		1961-03
The Divine Comedy 1487 Book Title Brescia Subscribe
to View 		1968-01
The Divine Comedy 1487 Book Title Brescia Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The Divine Comedy 1491 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
The Divine Comedy 1506 Book Title Giunta edition Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
The Divine Comedy 1597 Book Title Paris Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
The Divine Comedy 1757 Book Title Zatta edition Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
The Divine Comedy ?1515 Book Title Paganino, bound by the Fugger Binder Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
The Dodo and Kindred Birds 1953 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2020-01
The Doome Warning All Men 1581 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
The Doubtful Guest 1957 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
The Dove 1613 Book Title Rare Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
The Dream of Gerontius 1865 Book Title 'An attractive copy of the rare first edition' Subscribe
to View 		1987-01
The Dream of John Ball 1903 Book Title In a fine Katherine Adams binding Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
The Drums of Father Ned 1960 Book Title Revised typescript Subscribe
to View 		1982-03
The Duenna 1821 Book Title Bound for George IV Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
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