Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Book Sale, 102822, Norwich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2022 - October 28, 2022
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LORD JOHN SOMERS | A COLLECTION OF SCARCE AND VALUABLE TRACTS ON THE MOST INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS ..., A SECOND COLLECTION..., THIRD COLLECTION ..., FOURTH COLLECTION, |
London | 1748-51 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 2 | CHRISTOPHER LOWE AND WALLACE SOUTHAM | GONE LADIES, |
London | 1978 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 3 | TOM HARPER | THE MOSAIC OF SHADOWS, |
London | 2004 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 4 | PAUL MULDOON | GENERAL ADMISSION |
2006 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 5 | ABEL CHAPMAN | BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS RECORDS OF WILD SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY ON MOORLAND AND SEA, |
London | 1889 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 6 | REES HOWELL GRONOW | REMINISCENCES AND ANECDOTES, |
London | 1862 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 7 | ANON | THE NORFOLK STING OR THE HISTORY AND FALL OF EVIL MINISTERS, |
London | 1732 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 8 | ADA L HARRIS | ROUND AND ROUND PICTURES, |
London | circa1914 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 9 | CHARLES F TUNNICLIFFE (ILLUSTRATED) | 4 Ladybird Book titles: THE FARM, A LADYBIRD LEARNING TO READ BOOK |
1958 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 10 | JOHN BUCHAN | 6 titles: GREENMANTLE, |
London | 1916 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 11 | CAPT A T MAHAN | 2 titles: THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN, |
London | 1899 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 12 | JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, trans Abraham Hayward, | FAUST |
London | 1833 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 13 | PAUL THEROUX | SAILING THROUGH CHINA |
1983 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 14 | PAUL THEROUX, | 2 titles THE CONSUL'S FILE, |
London | 1977 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 15 | C F Brown | The Turf Expositor |
1829 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 16 | THE NIGERIAN TEACHER (LATER NIGERIA) |
1933 - 1939 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 17 | EDWARD, EARL OF CLARENDON | THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND …, Ed W Dunn Macray |
1958 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 18 | EDEN PHILPOTTS | MY SHRUBS, |
London | 1915 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 19 | CLAUD B TICEHURST | HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK, |
London | 1932 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 20 | T E LAWRENCE | SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, |
London | 1935 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 21 | MODERN COMICS - BLACKHAWK (SPINE TITLE), bound volume of |
US | 1950s | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 22 | GENERAL STAFF WAR OFFICE - THE GERMAN FORCES IN THE FIELD, October |
1917 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | ||
| 23 | REVEREND T D FOSBROKE; RICHARD JOHNSON | THE WYE TOUR, OR GILPIN ON THE WYE ..., Ross 1826 ; THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD ..., |
London & Hereford | 1868 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 24 | intro S L Greenslade, Folkestone, W Dawson | THE COVERDALE BIBLE, |
1975 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 25 | [SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD] | SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS, THE PUBLICK REVENUES, AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLIES, GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT OCCASION'D BY A LATE PAMPHLET, INTITLED AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF OUR DOMESTICK AFFAIRS..., |
London | 1735 | Not Available | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.