Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Book Sale, 102822, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2022 - October 28, 2022

Page Size: 145 items in 6 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	GILBERT WHITE	THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, illustrated Thomas Bewick,	London	1875	Not Available	Unknown
27	EDMUND HILLARY	HIGH ADVENTURE,	London	1955	Not Available	Unknown
28	GEORGE C SHERRIN	THE MONTAGU MOTOR BOOK, ed Lord Montagu,	London	1913	Not Available	Unknown
29	EDWARD STANFORD	NORFOLK, large scale map from Ordnance Survey		circa1900	Not Available	Unknown
30	E Dulac	STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS		1907	Not Available	Unknown
31	WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Ill Charles Robinson,	THE SONGS AND SONNETS	London	1950	Not Available	Unknown
32	COLIN DEXTER, 10 titles	SERVICE OF ALL THE DEAD,	New York	1979	Not Available	Unknown
33	G A HENTY	AT AGINCOURT,	London	1897 [1896]	Not Available	Unknown
34	HENRY SEEBOHM, Edited Richard Bowdler-Sharpe,	COLOURED FIGURES OF THE EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS	Sheffield	1896	Not Available	Unknown
35	SIR GEORGE WATT	INDIAN ART AT DELHI 1903 - BEING THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE DELHI EXHIBITION		1902-1903	Not Available	Unknown
36	DAVID HAMILTON	A SUMMER IN ST TROPEZ		1982	Not Available	Unknown
37	DR OTTO LEGRADY (ED)	EUROPE AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS, WAR OR PEACE, Budapest "Pesti Hirlap"		1933	Not Available	Unknown
38	MARGOT FONTEYN	A DANCER'S WORLD		1978	Not Available	Unknown
39	CHARLES HEATH	BEAUTIES OF THE OPERA AND BALLET ILLUSTRATED WITH TEN HIGHLY FINISHED PORTRAITS ENGRAVED ON STEEL AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD ...,	London	1844	Not Available	Unknown
40	BERNARD CORNWELL	4 titles: SHARPE'S HONOUR,	London	1985	Not Available	Unknown
41	LEE CHILD	KILLING FLOOR,	New York	1997	Not Available	Unknown
42	BERNARD CORNWELL	SHARPE'S GOLD,	London	1981	Not Available	Unknown
43	DAPHNE DU MAURIER	JAMAICA INN,	London	1936	Not Available	Unknown
44	J H INGRAM	NORTH MIDLAND COUNTRY, A SURVEY OF CHESHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE		1947-8	Not Available	Unknown
45	LAWRENCE DURRELL, 8 titles	CEFALU,	London	1947	Not Available	Unknown
46		THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January ? June 1878		1878	Not Available	Unknown
47	GEORGE CRUIKSHANK	THE BOTTLE IN 8 PLATES, (cover title),	London	1847	Not Available	Unknown
48		JOURNAL DES VOYAGESET DES AVENTURES DE TERRE ET DE MER, July 1877-June 1885		1877-1885	Not Available	Unknown
49		THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January - June 1887		N/A	Not Available	Unknown
50		THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, January ? June 1851		N/A	Not Available	Unknown

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’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, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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.