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.

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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
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		1974-04
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae], 'badly foxed' Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae], Bradley Martin sale Subscribe
to View 		1990-04
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2004-03
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
Gould, John Book Title Humming-birds [Trochilidae] Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
Gould, John Book Title Birds of New Guinea1875/88 Subscribe
to View 		1966-02
Gould, John Book Title Birds of New Guinea Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Icones Avium 1838, in wrappers, 'rare thus' Subscribe
to View 		1999-03
Gould, John Book Title Mammals of Australia 1850 Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Gould, John Book Title Odontophorinae 1850 Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
Gould, John Book Title Toucans [Ramphastidae] 1854 Subscribe
to View 		1954-03
Gould, John Book Title Toucans [Ramphastidae] Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
Gould, John Book Title 17 drawings, price not shown 1991-03
Gould, John Author The Birds of Australia Subscribe
to View 		2023-01
Gould, John: Gould's Goulds Book Title The artists's copies: plates numbered by hand in ball-point: unsold at £300,000 1987-03
Gourdelle, Pierre Author 60 coloured drawings in protofanfare calf Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Gournay, Mme de Author Montaigne's 'Essais' 1595, 5th edition, edited by de Gournay Subscribe
to View 		2004-01
Gouvernement des Princes Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1982-03
Gower manuscript of Carew Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
Gower's Balades Book Title Manuscript Subscribe
to View 		1976-01
Gowries Conspiracie 1600 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
Goya, Francisco Author 'Tauromaquia' 1816 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Desastres de la Guerra' 1863 Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Goya, Francisco Author 'Tauromaquia' 1816 Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Proverbios' 1864 Subscribe
to View 		2017-04
Goya, Francisco Author Letter with a tiny drawing Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Caprichos' 1799 Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Goya, Francisco Author 'Tauromaquia' 1816 Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Caprichos' 1799, first state Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Caprichos' 1799 Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Caprichos' 1799 Subscribe
to View 		2013-02
Goya, Francisco Author A receipt Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
Goya, Francisco Author 'Los Desastres de la Guerra' 1810-20 Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
Goya, Tauromachia 1816 Author Subscribe
to View 		2023-01
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