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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.