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

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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
299 CUVIER, Georges

The Animal Kingdom, arranged after its organization, ...

London nd [c.1870] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.20
300 DARWIN, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

London 1861 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,764.00
301 DARWIN, Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

London 1871 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
302

ENTOMOLOGY (& Arachnology). A collection of works

London 1836 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
303 JAFFREY, Mrs P (compiler)

FERN ALBUM, INDIA, late 19th Century. 'Darjeeling Ferns'

late 19th Century GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,016.00
304

FISH, FRESHWATER, CLIMATE. A group of 4 vols: RUSSEL, Alex. The Salmon

Edinburgh 1864 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
305 FREUD, Sigmund

Collected Papers

London 1924-1925 & 1950 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.60
306 GARNETT, Thomas

A Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Harrogate

[Bradford] 1792 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 63.00
307 GOLDSMITH, Oliver

Hanes y Ddaear a'r Creaduriaid Byw

Edinburgh a Llundain nd [1866] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 69.30
308 HOGG, Robert, and JOHNSON, George W.

The Wild Flowers of Great Britain described, and illustrated...

London 1874-1880 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 226.80
309 [HOLLAND, Philemon (transl.)]

[Regimen Sanitatis Salerni], The Regiment of Health

[London] [1617] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 81.90
310 HOLMES, T.

A treatise on Surgery its principles and practice

London 1878 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.20
311 HUNT, P. Francis

Orchidaceae

1973 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 119.70
312 HUNT, P. Francis

Orchidaceae

1973 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
313 JONES, Thomas Rymer

A General Outline of The Animal Kingdom, and Manual of Comparative Anatomy

London 1841 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 44.10
314 LYDEKKER, Richard

The Royal Natural History

London 1893-96 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 94.50
315 MARKHAM, Gervase

The Inrichment Of the Weald of Kent. Or, A Direction to the Husband-man...

London 1653 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
315A QUAIN, Jones & WILSON, W. J. Erasmus (ed's)

MEDICINE. A group of 3 vols: The Viscera of The Human Body...in a series of plates

London 1840 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 126.00
316 MERLET, Jean

L'Abrege des bons Fruits, avec la maniere de les connoistre, & de cultiver les Arbres

Paris 1690 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
317

METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE. Cloud Atlas for Aviators

London 1952 GBP 5.00 - 10.00 Not Sold
318 MORRIS, Francis Orpen

A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds

London 1896 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 277.20
319

NATURAL HISTORY, ENTOMOLOGY. The New Naturalist

London 1945 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
320 MILLER, Hugh

NATURAL HISTORY, EVOLUTION. The Testimony of the Rocks

Edinburgh 1857 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
321

NATURAL HISTORY, PLATES. A group of incomplete editions

London nd [c.1839] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 163.80
322 BELL, Thomas

NATURAL HISTORY. A History of British Reptiles

London 1849 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 44.10
  • 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.