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Articles - July - 2004 Issue

Book Related Web Site Rankings for July

Web ratings are an important tool both for site developers and site selectors.

Site Site Address 7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
eBay www.ebay.com 8 1 8 1
Sotheby's www.sothebys.com 23,351 2 24,437 2
Christie's www.christies.com 26,555 3 27,530 3
Butterfield's www.butterfields.com 47,503 4 46,280 4
Skinner, Inc. www.skinnerinc.com 155,375 5 151,318 5
Bonham's www.bonhams.com 162,801 6 153,401 6
PBA (Pacific) www.pacificbook.com 190,006 7 174,821 7
Doyle, New York www.doylenewyork.com 203,897 8 209,773 8
PIASA http://www.artweb.fr/fr/etudes/piasa/home.html 227,333 9 258,514 10
Old World Auctions www.oldworldauctions.com 272,767 10 247,484 9
Freeman's www.freemansauction.com 370,160 11 411,830 13
Dorotheum www.dorotheum.com/ 373,158 12 352,450 11
Holabird 431,206 13 430,629 14
Eldred's 469,377 14 496,349 17
Sanford Alderfer www.sanfordalderfer.com 471,683 15 385,666 12
Swann 477,021 16 452,899 15
Heritage Map Museum www.carto.com n.r. 462,800 16
Bloomsbury www.bloomsbury-book-auct.com/ n.r. n.r.
Waverly Auctions www.waverlyauctions.com n.r. n.r.
John's Western Gallery www.johnswesterngallery.com n.r. n.r.
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Amazon www.amazon.com 24 1 3 1
Barnes and Noble www.barnesandnoble.com 310 2 290 2
Alibris www.alibris.com 2,372 3 2,285 3
Alapage www.alapage.com 3,148 4 3,670 4
ABE Books www.abebooks.com 3,647 5 3,747 5
Powells www.powells.com 4,902 6 4,159 6
Chapters.Indigo.ca www.chapters.indigo.ca 5,415 7 5,413 7
Chapitre www.chapitre.com 23,681 8 19,293 8
Biblio www.biblio.com 27,427 9 24,742 9
ElephantBooks www.elephantbooks.com 46,508 10 44,571 10
Usedbookcentral www.usedbookcentral.com 68,561 11 60,012 11
TomFolio www.tomfolio.com 81,888 12 72,813 12
Antiqbook www.antiqbook.com 91,488 13 86,291 13
Choosebooks www.choosebooks.com 157,801 14 152,478 15
TheBookCellar www.thebookcellar.com 167,412 15 137,150 14
ABAA www.abaa.org 225,803 16 218,346
Biblion www.biblion.com 257,825 17 213,482 16
BaumanRareBooks www.baumanrarebooks.com 317,826 18 new
Maremagnum www.maremagnum.com 408,359 19 382,111 17
Oak Knoll Books www.oakknoll.com 415,817 20 new
Bibliodirect www.bibliodirect.com 417,852 21 417,351 18
Bookavenue www.bookavenue.com 444,409 22 430,408 19
ILAB-LILA www.ilab-lila.com 475,350 23 487,852
Bibliopoly www.bibliopoly.com n.r. 434,206 20
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Bookfinder www.bookfinder.com 6,328 1 5,555 1
Add-all www.addall.com 13,912 2 11,679 2
Usedbooksearch.uk www.usedbooksearch.co.uk 204,229 3 217,769 3
Abooksearch www.abooksearch.com 354,500 4 369,715 4
7/20/2004 Ranking 6/27/2004 Ranking
Library of Congress www.loc.gov 1,075 1 920 1
Huntington Library www.huntington.org 71,665 2 68,133 2
Americanaexchange.com www.americanaexchange.com 254,634 3 259,830 3
American Antiquarian Soc. www.americanaantiquarian.org 313,024 4 292,600 4
Bibliographical Society of A. www.bibsocamer.org n.r. Not rated
Grolier Club www.grolierclub.org n.r. Not rated
Rarebooks.fr www.rarebooks.info n.r. Not rated
Antiquarian Booksellers of C. www.abac.org n.r.

Rare Book Monthly

  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD

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