Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK33, Exeter

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Page Size: 478 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ANTHONY, Gordon	BALLET. Russian Ballet, camera studies...	London	1939	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 18.90
2	BENESCH, Otto	The Drawings of Rembrandt	London	1954-57	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 163.80
3		BOOK AUCTION RECORDS	Folkestone		GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 6.30
4		CERAMICS & FINE ART. Reference works. BURSCHEL, Carlo and Heinz Scheiffele		2006	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 25.20
5		CHINA China at the Inception of the Second Millenium, Art and Culture of the Sung Dynasty		2000	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
6	MONTGOMERY, Charles F.	FURNITURE, REFERENCE. American Furniture The Federal Pariod...	London	1967	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
7	HIPKINS, Alfred James	Musical Instruments Historic	Edinburgh	1888	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 163.80
8	HOBSON, R. L.	The Wares of the Ming Dynasty	London	1923	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
9	IRELAND, John	Hogarth illustrated from his own manuscripts	London	1812	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 56.70
10	KABLUS, Oscar	Vom Werden deutscher filmkunst	Altona-Bahrenfeld	1935	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
11	LEE, Man-Fong (compiler)	Paintings and Statues from the collection of President Sukarno of the Republic of Indonesia	Jakarta	1964	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
12		'MONUMENT DU COSTUME', 1774-1789	Paris	1774	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
13	NOTT, Charles Stanley	Chinese Jade throughout the ages	London	1936	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 12.60
14	[PIROLI, Tommaso]	Le Antichita di Ercolano, Pitture Tomo Primo & Secundo	Rome	1789	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 163.80
15	CHAFFERS, William	PORCELAIN AND ART REFERENCE	London	1906	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
16	RUSKIN, John	The Stones of Venice	Orpington	1886	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 12.60
17	SHAW, Henry	Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages	London	1843	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.00
18		SHEET MUSIC, early C19th		early C19th	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
19	SOLON, Marc Louis Emmanuel	A Brief History of Old English Porcelain and its Manufactories	London	1903	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	Not Sold
20	[VELDE, W. van de]	ROBINSON, M. S. Van de Velde, A Catalogue of the Paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde	Greenwich	1990	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 88.20
21	ALLINGHAM, William	The Music Master, ...	London	1855	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 441.00
22	ARDIZZONE, Edward (illust.)	Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel	London	nd [1948]	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
23	BLAIR, Claude (ed.)	The Crown Jewels, The History of the Coronation Regalia in the Jewel House of the Tower of London	London	1998	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 403.20
24	BUCHANAN, Robert	Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life...	London	1867	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 69.30
25	[MACLAREN, Archibald]	BURNE-JONES, Edward (illust.), The Fairy Family	London	1857	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 214.20

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.