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 Next Volume [1932] Book Title With a Whistler drawing Subscribe
to View 		2014-04
The Nigger of the Narcissus 1897 Book Title Copyright copy, one of eight Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
The Night Manager 1993, d/w Book Title Signed by the author Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Night Riders of Nacton 1839 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
The Nile Basin 1864 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
The Noble Art of Venerie 1575 Book Title Bound with 'The Art of Faulconrie; 1575 Subscribe
to View 		2006-02
The Noble Cricketers: a Poetical and Familiar Epistle 1778 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-04
The North American Atlas 1777 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2000-02
The North American Atlas 1777/80 Book Title William Faden Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Separate plates between $20 and - Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Grace Johnson's copy Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Ten fragments between $4500 and - Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
The North American Indian 1907/30 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
The North American Indian 1908/30 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
The North Ship 1945 Book Title Presentation copy to Nick Russel Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
The Nun's Story Book Title Audrey Hepburn's working script Subscribe
to View 		2017-04
The Nursery Alice 1889 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins 1622 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2007-02
The Occult Sciences 1891 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-04
The Odyssey 1932 Book Title T.E. Lawrence's translation Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Old Curiosity Shop 1840 Book Title Macready Starling copy Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
The Old Man and the Sea 1952 Book Title Inscribed Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
The Old Man and the Sea 1952 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2019-02
The Orchard of Syon 1517 Book Title 'Unique vellum' copy Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
The Orchid Album 1872/97 Book Title 11 volumes, 327 'exotic' plates Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
The Orchidaceae of Mexico 1837/43 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2003-03
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold 1957 Book Title Large paper, inscribed to Christopher Sykes Subscribe
to View 		2016-03
The Original of Laura [1977] Book Title Manuscript of Subscribe
to View 		2016-03
The Original of Laura [1977] Book Title Manuscript, failed to sell 2010-01
The Ornithology of Francis Willoughby 1678 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1967-01
The Ornithology of Francis Willoughby 1678 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1967-03
The Outcry 1911 Book Title Presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
The Oxford Almanack 1673 Book Title With 60 extra pages of autograph Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
The Oxford Book of Wild Flowers Book Title Inscribed to Sylvia Plath Subscribe
to View 		2018-02
The Oxford Broom Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1996-03
The Oxford Gazette Book Title The first 100-odd issues Subscribe
to View 		2000-01
The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1841 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
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