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 Mrs Thrale's Bible, its 'vast margins filled with her annotations' Subscribe
to View 		2004-02
Bibles Subject Missionary Bibles 2010-02
Bibles Book Title Malay New testament, Macclesfield copy, 1629-51 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Book Title Macklin, extended by prints from 6 to 25 volumes Subscribe
to View 		1973-02
Bibles Book Title Irish Bible 1603 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Book Title Hungarian, first Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
Bibles Book Title Bible Historiée 1498/99 Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Bibles Subject Gospel of Nicodemus in Langue d'oc Subscribe
to View 		2012-02
Bibles Subject George III’s Prayer book, 1790 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Subject Gerard Manley Hopkins' Bible, 1865, annotated 'but only lightly' Subscribe
to View 		1991-01
Bibles Subject Finnish bible, Macclesfield copy, 1642 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Subject Feyerabend 1570, in a velvet binding Subscribe
to View 		2001-01
Bibles Subject Erasmus's Greek New Testament 1516 Subscribe
to View 		1972-02
Bibles Subject Einstein's Bible Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
Bibles Subject Cardinal Albergati's Bible Subscribe
to View 		1969-03
Bibles Subject Bruce Rogers Lectern Bible 1935 Subscribe
to View 		1970-01
Bibles Subject Bomberg 1524-25 Subscribe
to View 		2011-02
Bibles Subject Bomberg's third Rabbinic bible, Venice 1546-48 Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Bibles Subject Bomberg 1524, 'a really fine copy' in four volumes Subscribe
to View 		2003-02
Bibles Subject Bomberg Venice Old Testament 1524, Sassoon copy Subscribe
to View 		1970-03
Bibles Subject Bohairic, 10th century, a single leaf Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Bibles Subject Coptic Bible fragment on vellum, 9th century Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Subject Bishops' Bible Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Bibles Subject Bishops' Bible 1568 Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Bibles Subject Bishops' Bible, imperfect, price not shown 1999-01
Bibles Subject Basque New Testament c.1700 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Subject Basque New Testament Subscribe
to View 		1995-03
Bibles Subject Baskerville, bound in 5 volumes Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Bibles Subject Baskerville Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Bibles Subject Aitken’s New Testament 1777 Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Bibles Subject Aitken Bible 1782, lacking three leaves Subscribe
to View 		2009-04
Bibles Subject Aitken Bible, 1782 Subscribe
to View 		2001-01
Bibles Subject Aitken Bible 1781/2, Philadelphia, an 'indifferent' copy Subscribe
to View 		1985-02
Bibles Subject Wycliffe, a modern-spelling edition reviewed 2002-04
Bibles Subject 3 Wycliffe New Testament MSS 1993-03
Bibles Subject A Wycliffe gospel book Subscribe
to View 		1986-03
Bibles Subject Wycliffe, Acts - Apocalypse only 'but rarer now than once' Subscribe
to View 		1986-01
Bibles Subject Walton Polyglot 1655/57 Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
Bibles Subject Walton Polyglot: its 'vast supplement', 'Critici Sacri' 1660 Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
Bibles Subject Walton Polyglot, Macclesfield copy, 7 volumes 1655-57 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
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