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
Wagner, Richard Author Libretto of Tristan Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
Wagner, Richard Author Die Meistersinger: the autograph revision, failed to sell 2004-01
Wagner, Richard Author Full score of 'Wesendonck' songs Subscribe
to View 		2003-01
Wagner, Richard Author Inscribed score of 2nd version of 'Tannhäuser' Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
Wagner, Richard Author Annotated libretto of 'Die Meistersinger' Subscribe
to View 		2017-03
Waite, Arthur Author 'The Occult Sciences' 1891 Subscribe
to View 		2015-04
Waiting for Godot 1954 Book Title 1st US 'in the veryscarce dust jacket' Subscribe
to View 		2018-03
Walden 1854 Book Title A 'very good' copy Subscribe
to View 		2019-01
Walden 1854 Book Title Inscribed Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
Walden 1854 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
Walden 1954 Book Title Subscribe
to View 		2010-01
Waldseemüller Map of the World 1507 Subject 'One of the first two maps bearing the printed name of America', one of 2 known copies Subscribe
to View 		1960-03
Waldseemüller Map of the World 1507 Subject The gores Subscribe
to View 		2005-03
Waldseemüller map, the gores Book Title Withdrawn 2018-01
Waldseemüller, Martin Author Orbis typus universalis...1513 Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
Waldseemüller, Martin Author 'Cosmographiae Introduction' 1509 Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
Wales, the Saxton map of Subject 1986-03
Waley, Arthur Author Chinese Poems 1916 'two copies of 4 known', £58 and - Subscribe
to View 		1963-01
Waley, Arthur Author The de Zoete letter file Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Waley, Arthur Collection Bloomsburyana Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Waley, Arthur Collection Correspondence with other Sinologists Subscribe
to View 		2012-01
Walker, Obadiah Author Author of the best-selling 'Of Education': a long run 2008-03
Waller, Lady Anne Book Title A spiritual diary 1646-1660 Subscribe
to View 		2015-01
Wallich, Nathaniel Author 'Plantae Asiaticae Rariores' 1829-32 Subscribe
to View 		2007-04
Wallis Budge, E.A. Collection From his collection 2012-02
Wallis, Edward Author 'New Game of Genius…'c 1835, with the rules booklet Subscribe
to View 		2020-03
Wallis, John Author MS translation of Pappus of Alexandria Subscribe
to View 		2006-01
Wallis, John Author 'Opera Mathematica' 1693-99, stamp of Narcissus Luttrell Subscribe
to View 		2016-01
Walpole, Horace Author Two volumes of original portraits by George Virtue Subscribe
to View 		1953-04
Walpole, Horace Author Corrected proofs opf 'Historic Doubts', with letters Subscribe
to View 		1954-02
Walpole, Horace Author 'Anecdotes of Painting', 5 vols 1762 in a signed binding by Edwards of Halifax Subscribe
to View 		1963-01
Walpole, Horace Author 'A Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors...'1758, Walpole's own copy, interleaved and annotated Subscribe
to View 		1972-01
Walpole, Horace Author 'The Castle of Otranto' 1764 Subscribe
to View 		1978-02
Walpole, Horace Author Books by Walpole, including 'Anecdotes of Painting' Subscribe
to View 		1986-01
Walpole, Horace Author 6 books from his library, in 'wretched condition' Subscribe
to View 		1986-03
Walpole, Horace Author Letter (?s) to Robert Jephson Subscribe
to View 		1993-01
Walpole, Horace Author Books from his library including 'Fugitive Pieces' 1758 Subscribe
to View 		1999-01
Walpole, Horace Author Letters, no prices given 2000-01
Walpole, Horace Author 'A Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors...'1758, Walpole's own copy, interleaved and annotated Subscribe
to View 		2005-02
Walpole, Horace Author Letter to Fanny Burney Subscribe
to View 		2009-03
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