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
225

GURKHA RIFLES, 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own

London 1907 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 163.80
226

GURKHA RIFLES, 4th Prince of Wales's Own

London 1940 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 163.80
227 NORTHEY, W Brook & MORRIS, C. J.

GURKHAS. A group of 8 vols: The Gurkhas, their manners, customs and country

London 1928 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
228

GURKHAS. A group of Gurkha related ephemera and publications

1944 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
229 HAMMERTON, John

The Second Great War

London nd GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
230 HICKEY, Michael

The Unforgettable Army, Slim's XIVth Army in Burma

Tunbridge Wells 1992 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
231 KELLY, Christopher

A full and circumstantial account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo...

London 1818 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 50.40
232

MILITARY and NAVAL. A small group of vols: [CRIMEAN WAR]. A History of the Russian War

Halifax 1856 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 31.50
233

NAVAL & NAVAL HISTORY. JANE'S. Fighting Ships of World War I

London 2001 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
233A

9TH QUEENS ROYAL LANCERS

Aldershot Ltd., 1939 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 151.20
234 WALLACE, Nesbit Willoughb

REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. A Regimental Chronicle and List of Officers of the 60th, or The King's Royal Rifle Corps...

London 1879 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 63.00
235 ROBINSON, Charles N. (ed.)

Navy & Army illustrated

London 1895 to 1900 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
236 [HOOPER, William John]

ROYAL AIR FORCE, WWII. 'RAFF'. Behind the Spitfires

London 1941 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
237 SHADBOLT, Sydney H.

The Afghan Campaigns, of 1878-1880

London 1882 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 126.00
238

[TREATY OF VERSAILLES]. The Treaty of Peace between The Allied and Associated Powers and Germany ...

London 1919 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
239

WATERLOO. A group: PICTON, G. W. The Battle of Waterloo..

London nd [c.1816] GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 163.80
240 ACTON, Roger

The Abyssinian Expedition and the life and reign of King Theodore

London 1868 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 176.40
241 ADDISON [Joseph]

Remarks on several Parts of Italy, &c. In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703

Hague 1718 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 44.10
242

AFRICA. A collection of works and items, including: BUCKLEY, W. Big Game Hunting in Central Africa

London 1930 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
243

AFRICA. Guide to Rhodesia for the use of Tourists and Settlers with Illustrations Maps & Plans

London 1924 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 50.40
244 BAKER, Samuel W.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Philadelphia 1868 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 63.00
245 BROCKEDON, William

Journals of Excursions in the Alps

London 1833 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 44.10
246 COBBOLD, R. H.

CHINA. Pictures of the Chinese

London 1860 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 100.80
247 DEASY, H. H. P.

In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan being the record of three years' exploration

London 1901 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 302.40
248

FRANCE. A La France, Sites et Monuments

Paris 1902-1906 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
  • 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.