Edmund Spenser
25 copies for sale · $20–$100,000 · 6 first editions · 1 signed
Notable copies for sale
COMPLAINTS (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$29,000
The Faerie Queene with: The Second Part of the Faerie Queene (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$100,000
Three works bound together: I. The Shepheards Calender 1591 ; II. The Faerie Queene 1596 ; (first edition) — Liber Antiquus$85,000
Faerie Queene (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$95
Faerie Queene; Book Six and the Mutabilitie Cantos (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$30
The Faerie Queen — Jonkers Rare Books£85,000
SPENSER, Edmund. — Sokol Books£8,500
Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, The — David Brass Rare Books$1,850
The Complete Works In Verse And Prose Of Edmund Spenser Edited With A New Life Based On Or — MW Books€1,195
The Works of Edmund Spenser in 8 vols. — Whitmore Rare Books$975
THE FAIRY QUEEN VOLUMES 1-2 — Rare Book Cellar$858
The Works Of Edmund Spenser E With The Principle Illustrations Of Various Commentators To — Rulon-Miller Books$850
Works on the market
THE POETICAL WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER2 copies · $227–$350
THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR AND OTHER POEMS2 copies · A$20
The Faerie Queene with: The Second Part of the Faerie Queene1 copy · $100,000
The Faerie Queen1 copy · £85,000
Three works bound together: I. The Shepheards Calender 1591 ; II. The Faerie Queene 1596 ;1 copy · $85,000
COMPLAINTS1 copy · $29,000
SPENSER, Edmund.1 copy · £8,500
THE WORKS OF EDMUND SPENSER1 copy · A$3,000
Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, The1 copy · $1,850
The Complete Works In Verse And Prose Of Edmund Spenser Edited With A New Life Based On Or1 copy · €1,195
The Works of Edmund Spenser in 8 vols.1 copy · $975
THE FAIRY QUEEN VOLUMES 1-21 copy · $858
The Shepheardes Calender, Conteyning Twelve Æglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes1 copy · $850
The Works Of Edmund Spenser E With The Principle Illustrations Of Various Commentators To 1 copy · $850
Prothalamion and Epithalamion1 copy · $275
Faerie Queene1 copy · $95
PROTHALAMION; EPITHALAMION1 copy · $50
Market context
20 copies of Edmund Spenser's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $64 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar..., first collected edition, second issue, H. L. (forum, 2026-08-06)£400
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