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
Warre, Henry James Author 'Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory' 1848 Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Warsaw plan, 1762 Subject Subscribe
to View 		2020-01
Warton, Joseph Author Seven letters Subscribe
to View 		1984-04
Warwick Castle Collection 1969-04
Warwick Castle Collection 1998-01
Washington Square Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-04
Washington, George, President Author A letter Subscribe
to View 		1952-03
Washington, George, President Author Two letters, $2500 and - Subscribe
to View 		1964-01
Washington, George, President Author One-page letter of 1779, on courts martial Subscribe
to View 		1964-03
Washington, George, President Author Important letter of 1788 Subscribe
to View 		1968-03
Washington, George, President Author Letter to Jefferson Subscribe
to View 		1970-04
Washington, George, President Author Long letter of 1787 Subscribe
to View 		1973-02
Washington, George, President Author 22pp letter sent on his retirement in 1783 Subscribe
to View 		1973-03
Washington, George, President Author Body of the letter not in his hand Subscribe
to View 		1985-02
Washington, George, President Author 11 page autograph autobiography Subscribe
to View 		1989-01
Washington, George, President Author His copy of 'The Federalist' Subscribe
to View 		1990-04
Washington, George, President Author Two important letters, $100,000 and - Subscribe
to View 		2002-01
Washington, George, President Author In 1985 it made $22,000. Now the letter made - Subscribe
to View 		2002-03
Washington, George, President Author Eleven-page account of his early career Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
Washington, George, President Author Letter Subscribe
to View 		2003-03
Washington, George, President Author Irving's 'Life' 1855-59 Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
Washington, George, President Author Letter to the Emperor of Morocco Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Washington, George, President Author Letter sending the new constitution to Jefferson in Paris Subscribe
to View 		2007-01
Washington, George, President Author Letter to Bryan Fairfax Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Washington, George, President Author Letter of November 1787 on the merits of the new Constitution Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
Washington, George, President Author 'A long reflective letter on the new Constitution' Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
Washington, George, President Author Military orders, ranging upwards from - Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Washington, George, President Author Letter after seeing the British flag lowered in New York Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
Washington, George, President Author Letter with a Lafayette p.s. Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
Washington, George, President Subject Autograph map of Mount Vernon Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
Washington, George, President Subject Seven books from his library, together - Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
Washington, George, President Subject Cincinnatti medal Subscribe
to View 		2008-01
Washington, George, President Subject Copy of 'The Acts Passed at a Congress 1789' Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Washington, George, President Author First inaugural address, draft, two leaves Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
Washington, George, President Subject Fob seal Subscribe
to View 		2014-01
Washington, George, President Subject Letter about his spectacles Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
Washington, George, President Author Letter accepting the Presidency Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Washington, George, President Author On building the Capitol Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
Washington, George, President Book Title 'Journal to the River Ohio' in The Maryland Gazette Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
Washington, George, President Author 56 documents as director of the Potomac Company 1785/86 Subscribe
to View 		2014-03
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