Over time we want to create an online price guide taking results from online auctions, ebay, sale room auctions and sales from web sites.

On all our author information pages we feature a First Edition Book Search which searches over 100 million books from the catalogues of 13,500 book dealers, and links to ebay auctions. Both these sources are invaluable to give a rough idea of pricing. There is a list of all the authors we feature at the bottom of the home page.

Unlike sale room auctions you can never be sure of the quality of books on online auctions. Always check feedback and if something looks to good to be true then check some more. That said online auctions are very accessible and often prices are lower than sale room acutions.

We will be adding regular updates to these pages of prices realised at auction and from sales, and prices posted on renowned book sites.

Specialist Auction Rooms

Bloomsbury Auctions - Specialist auction rooms for books and printed materials with sales rooms in London, New York and Rome. visit

Christies - Operating worldwide but main sales rooms in London and New York, Christies holds a number of book and manuscript sales throughout the year. Christie's holds the world auction record price for any book, $8.8 million for Audubon's Birds of America (March 2000). visit

Sothebys - Sothebys run a number of different book sales with a number featuring English Literature, Western Manuscripts and Childrens Literature. visit