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
Bibles Book Title Wilberforce's Bible, Cambridge 1795, annotated by him Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
Bibles Book Title Queen's Binder B 1680, 'stunningly beautiful' Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
Bibles Subject Ferrara Spanish Bible, 1553, Chatsworth sale Subscribe
to View 		1982-03
Bibles Subject Chatsworth sale: the Wilna Slavonic Gospels 1574/5 Subscribe
to View 		1982-03
Bibles Book Title Bologna, 13th-century Subscribe
to View 		1989-03
Bibles Book Title Erasmus's Greek New Testament 1516 Subscribe
to View 		1981-04
Bibles Book Title Matthew 1537 Subscribe
to View 		1981-04
Bibles Subject Folio, 12-volume 1789-1804 Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
Bibles Book Title Aulne Abbey c.1215 Subscribe
to View 		1982-01
Bibles Subject Bohemian 1419 Subscribe
to View 		1991-03
Bibles Book Title Estienne pocket Hebrew, 13 parts in 6 volumes, binding c.1575 Subscribe
to View 		1992-03
Bibles Book Title Baskerville in 'magnificent Irish red morocco' Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
Bibles Book Title Basle 1471, the first printed outside Germany Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
Bibles Book Title The first French 1476-77 Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
Bibles Book Title Hebrew 1264 Subscribe
to View 		1981-01
Bibles Book Title Wycliffe New Testament MSS, three copies, the best making - Subscribe
to View 		1993-03
Bibles Book Title Paris, c.1260, 'exceptionally fine' Subscribe
to View 		1993-03
Bibles Book Title Wycliffe New Testament: 'unusually fine' Subscribe
to View 		2008-03
Bibles Book Title 1530 (Antwerp) French bible Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
Bibles Book Title Erasmus's Greek New Testament 1516 Subscribe
to View 		1996-03
Bibles Book Title 3 copies, all poor, the best selling at - Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
Bibles Book Title The Doheny 1462 bible Subscribe
to View 		1998-03
Bibles Book Title Vulgate by the Carthusian Gobelin Speck Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Bibles Book Title Eliot, second edition Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Bibles Book Title Great 1539 Subscribe
to View 		1976-02
Bibles Book Title Coverdale 1537, quarto Subscribe
to View 		1976-02
Bibles Book Title 1674 in a Mearne binding Subscribe
to View 		2000-03
Bibles Subject Moscow Gospels 1564 Subscribe
to View 		1976-01
Bibles Book Title Hebrew c.1200 Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
Bibles Book Title Paris, 13th-century Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
Bibles Book Title Estienne's first Latin bible, 1528 Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
Bibles Book Title Estienne 1544/46 in Hebrew Subscribe
to View 		2001-03
Bibles Book Title Spanish 1569 Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
Bibles Book Title Paris, Mrs Doheny's copy Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
Bibles Subject The first French (1535) Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
Bibles Subject Venice 1528, 'not cut down as often' Subscribe
to View 		2003-02
Bibles Book Title German, 1560, for August of Saxony Subscribe
to View 		2004-01
Bibles Book Title Bruce Rogers Lectern Bible of 1935 Subscribe
to View 		1970-01
Bibles Book Title Jenson 1476, unsold 2017-01
Bibles Book Title Koberger 1475, unsold 2017-01
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