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
449 BANKS, Iain

Canal Dreams

London 1989 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
450 BARAKA BLUE

The Art of Remembrance

2022 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.60
451 CHRISTIE, Agatha

The Body in the Library

London 1942 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
451A CHRISTIE, Agatha

CRIME CLUB. A group of 4 vols: Hallowe'en Party

London 1969 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.80
452

CRIME FICTION. A group including: MACKENZIE, Andrew. The Reaching Hand

London 1957 GBP 25.00 - 35.00 GBP 50.40
453 DAHL, Roald

Two Fables

Harmondsworth 1986 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 119.70
454 DURRELL, Gerald

Six 1st editions: The Overloaded Ark

London 1953 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
455 FLEMING, Ian

Dr. No

London 1958 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 302.40
455A FLEMING, Ian

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

London 1963 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.80
456 FLINT, William Russell

In Pursuit

London 1970 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
457 GREENE, Graham

The Quiet American

London 1955 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
458 HORNBY, Nick

High Fidelity

London 1995 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
459 LAWRENCE, T. E.

The Mint

London 1955 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
460 LENKIEWICZ, Robert O.

The Mary Notebook

Plymouth 1998 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
461 LEWIS, C. S.

The Last Battle

London 1956 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 151.20
462 LOFTS, Norah

A collection of the works of Norah Lofts

1937 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
463 MILNE, A. A.

Winnie-The-Pooh

London 1926 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 441.00
463A

MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. A large collection of circa 190 modern first editions

London 1949 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 352.80
464 ORWELL, George

The Road to Wigan Pier

London 1937 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
465 PRATCHETT, Terry

A group of eleven 1st editions

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 756.00
466 PRATCHETT, Terry

Eric, A Discworld Story

London 1990 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 88.20
467 PRATCHETT, Terry

Thud!

London 2005 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 63.00
468 PRIESTLEY, J. B.

Angel Pavement

London 1930 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
469

PRIVATE PRESS LIMITED EDITIONS. A group of six works: PLANTE, David

New York 1987 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.40
470 RAVEN, Simon

Doctors Wear Scarlet

London 1960 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 12.60
  • 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.