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
249

INDIA. A collection of volumes and maps

London 1911 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 327.60
250 TAYLOR, John

INDIA. Travels from England to India

London 1799 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 69.30
251 YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis

INDIA. Kashmir

London 1909 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.80
252

JAMAICA. The Handbook of Jamaica for 1894

London & Kingston 1894 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 176.40
253 GRENFELL, Wilfred

LABRADOR and Newfoundland. The Romance of Labrador

London 1934 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 12.60
254 POLAR. PEARY, R. E.

Nearest the Pole

London 1907 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
255 SHAW, Robert

Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashgar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and return journey over the Karakorum Pass

London 1871 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
256 TOZE, A. V. and STRANGE, S.

SINGAPORE & MALAYSIA. In Defence of Singapore

Preston 1947 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 31.50
257 WILKES, Charles

Narrative of The United States Exploring Expedition...

London 1852 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
258 WILLIS, N. P.

Canadian Scenery, Illustrated in a series of Views

London 1840 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
259 BORLASE, William

Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall...

London 1769 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 226.80
260 BRITTON, J.& BRAYLEY, E.W.

Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated

London 1832 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
261 COLERIDGE, [Bernard]

The Story of a Devonshire House

London 1905 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 6.30
262 DENMAN, Thomas

An Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery

London 1788 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 18.90
263 STIRLING, D. M.

DEVON. The Beauties of the Shore

Exeter 1838 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
264

EXETER. The Antient History and Description of the City of Exeter...

[Exeter] [c. 1765] GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
265 HEATH, Sydney and PRIDEAUX, W. de C.

Some Dorset Manor Houses

London 1907 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
266 HENSHALL, Samuel and John Wilkinson

Domesday, or an actual survey of South - Britain

London 1799 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.60
267 HERDMAN, William Gawin

Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool

London & Liverpool 1843 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
268

ISLES OF SCILLY and Cornwall. An extensive collection of works, History, Literature, and Natural History

C19th to C20th GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 214.20
269 ALFORD, D. P.

ISLES OF SCILLY. A collection of 7 vols. A Tale of Tresco, The Tavistock Chimes, and other poems

Tavistock 1894 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 75.60
270 BORLASE, William

ISLES OF SCILLY. Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly

Oxford 1756 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 252.00
271 HEATH, Robert

ISLES OF SCILLY. A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly, ...

London 1750 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 327.60
272 NORTH, I. W.

ISLES OF SCILLY. A Week in the Isles of Scilly

Penzance 1850 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 126.00
273 TROUTBECK, John

ISLES OF SCILLY. A Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands

Sherborne nd [1796] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 504.00
  • 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.