Alexander Pope
40 copies for sale · $20–$35,000 · 14 first editions
Notable copies for sale
The Iliad of Homer. with The Odyssey of Homer (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$35,000
Ode for Musick (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$10,000
Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I. (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$6,500
Miscellaneous Poems and Translations (first edition) — Manhattan Rare Books$4,300
The Works with … Volume II (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE, IMITATED. bound with THE SECOND EPISTLE OF (first edition) — Phillip J. Pirages$700
The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace … Imitated in a Dialogue Between Alexander P (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$400
The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated … (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
Works of Alexander Pope (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$195
AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM (first edition) — Kay Craddock Antiquarian BooksellerA$175
The Works of Alexander Pope in 9 vols — Whitmore Rare Books$3,850
Works on the market
An Essay on Man3 copies · $35–$75
The Iliad of Homer. with The Odyssey of Homer1 copy · $35,000
Ode for Musick1 copy · $10,000
Essay on Man. Address'd to a Friend. Part I.1 copy · $6,500
Miscellaneous Poems and Translations1 copy · $4,300
The Works of Alexander Pope in 9 vols1 copy · $3,850
The Works with … Volume II1 copy · $2,500
The Works …1 copy · $2,500
ESSAI SUR L'HOMME1 copy · $1,750
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq1 copy · $1,650
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. in Nine Volumes, Complete1 copy · A$1,250
Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Several of His Friends; The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope1 copy · $1,000
Versuch an dem Menschen, In Vier Sitten-Briefen an Henrich St. Jean, Grafen von Bolingbrok1 copy · $950
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq; in eight volumes, with his last corrections, additions, 1 copy · $950
The Works of...In nine volumes, complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improv1 copy · $900
An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot…1 copy · A$700
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE, IMITATED. bound with THE SECOND EPISTLE OF1 copy · $700
Market context
23 copies of Alexander Pope's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $80 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Works, 9 vol., J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751; an (forum, 2026-08-06)£220
The Dunciad an Heroic Poem to Dr. Jonathan Swift, Lawton Gilliver, 1736; and another (2) (forum, 2026-07-23)£130
The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, for A. Dob, 1729; and 3 others, (forum, 2026-06-04)£240
Cibber (Colley) A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope..., 1742; and others by or relating (forum, 2026-06-04)£850
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