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.

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Title Sales Category Sub Category Sale Price View PDF
Audubon, John James Author 'The Birds of America', the Portland copy Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Audubon, John James Author 'Viviparous Quadrupeds' 1845-48 Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Audubon, John James Author 'White Ibis' Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
Audubon, John James Author 'Summer or Wood Duck' Subscribe
to View 		2015-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2016-02
Audubon, John James Author Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Audubon, John James Author 'Birds of America' 1840, the octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Audubon, John James Book Title 'Viviparous Quadrupeds' 1845-48 Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Audubon, John James Author Birds of America, with 13 of the extra plates in two states Subscribe
to View 		1970-01
Audubon, John James Author Birds of America, folio, Chetham's Library copy Subscribe
to View 		1972-04
Audubon, John James Author Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		1974-01
Audubon, John James Author Birds of America 1860, imperfect copy Subscribe
to View 		1976-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, folio, 1827/38, a large and fresh copy from Conington Castle Subscribe
to View 		1955-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, excellent copy with early watermarks for the first ten plates Subscribe
to View 		1977-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, 'excellent copy but with late watermarks': incl. premium - Subscribe
to View 		1978-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, National Academy of Sciences copy Subscribe
to View 		1984-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, copy of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society Subscribe
to View 		1990-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, the Bradley Martin copy Subscribe
to View 		1990-04
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, the Edinburgh University copy Subscribe
to View 		1992-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, the Providence Athenaeum's subscription copy Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, octavo, 1839/44 Subscribe
to View 		2009-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Birds of America, the Welbeck copy Subscribe
to View 		2012-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition, 1839/71 Subscribe
to View 		1971-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2005-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition 1839-44 Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Audubon, John James Book Title A set, the octavo edition and 'Quadrupeds' Subscribe
to View 		2011-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2011-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2012-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2013-01
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo edition Subscribe
to View 		2013-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Octavo 1860 'Birds of America' Subscribe
to View 		2014-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Ornithological Biographies 1827/39 sold with 'Birds of America' both the Bute copies, for - Subscribe
to View 		2000-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Illustrated Notes 1852, presentation copy Subscribe
to View 		2007-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Illustrated Notes 1852, hand-coloured Subscribe
to View 		2015-02
Audubon, John James Book Title Havell painting of the Hudson River Subscribe
to View 		2006-03
Audubon, John James Book Title Journal of his voyage to Britain Subscribe
to View 		1990-04
Audubon, John James Book Title Nine letters Subscribe
to View 		1970-04
Audubon, John James Book Title Letters, prices not shown 1990-04
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