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
274 WHITFIELD, H. J.

ISLES OF SCILLY. Scilly and its Legends

Penzance 1852 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 107.10
275 WOODLEY, George

ISLES OF SCILLY. A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands

London 1822 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 277.20
276 LEWIS, Frederick Christian

The Scenery of the River Exe

London 1827 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
277 HARRISON, Walter

LONDON. A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, &c.

London] n.d. [c.1775] GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.50
278 KNIGHT, Charles (ed.)

LONDON. London

London 1841 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
279 LYSONS, Daniel & Samuel

Magna Britannia...

London 1822 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
280 WATSON, J. Paton, et al.

PLYMOUTH. A Plan for Plymouth

Plymouth 1943 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.60
281 PRINCE, John

Danmonii Orientales Illustres: or, The Worthies of Devon...

London 1810 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 31.50
282

RAILWAYS. London and South Western Railway, Ilfracombe line

1898 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
283 SHAW, Lauchlan

SCOTLAND. The History of the Province of Moray

Edinburgh 1775 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
284 BUTCHER, Edmund

SIDMOUTH. The Beauties of Sidmouth displayed

Sidmouth nd [c.1820] GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 214.20
285 SMITH, George

The Cassiterides: An inquiry into the commercial operations of the Phoenicians in Western Europe, with particular reference to The British Tin Trade

London 1863 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 151.20
286 SYKES, John, and FORDYCE, T.

Local Records; or, Historical; Register of Remarkable Events

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1866 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
287 [INCLEDON, Benjamin]

TIVERTON, BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL. Donations of Peter Blundell

Exeter [1790] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.40
288 BANKS, M. L.

TIVERTON, BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL. Blundell's Worthies

London 1904 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
289

TIVERTON. A collection of histories and works including: HARDING, Lt. Col. The History of Tiverton

Tiverton 1845 & 1847 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
290 DUNSFORD, Martin

TIVERTON. Historical Memoirs of the Town and Parish of Tiverton

Exeter 1790 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
291

TOPOGRAPHY & LOCAL HISTORY. A group of 6 vols: BRITTON, John. Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Claverley Estate...

London 1832 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 63.00
292 FOSTER, Birket et al. (illust.)

TOPOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATED. Picturesque Europe

London nd [c.1880] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 50.40
293 KEYS, John

BEEKEEPING. A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees

London 1814 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
294 BEWICK, Thomas

History of British Birds

Newcastle 1804 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 138.60
295 BEWICK, Thomas

History of British Birds

Newcastle 1804 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 113.40
296 BOYLE, Robert

The Works of The Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. Epitomiz'd

London 1699 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
297 BRACKEN, Henry

The Traveller's Pocket-Farrier...

London 1743 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
298 CHAPTAL, Jean-Antoine

Elemens de Chimie

Montpellier 1790 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 163.80
  • 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.