Rare Book Monthly

Articles - July - 2004 Issue

Book Related Web Site Rankings for July

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

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

  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.

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