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
51 WAUGH, Evelyn

ILLUSTRATED. Wine in Peace and War, with decorations by Rex Whistler

London nd [1947] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
52 INGELOW, Jean

INGELOW, Jean. Poems...

London 1867 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
53 KIMURA, Mary G.

A Day With Mitsu

Tokyo 1894 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
54 KIPLING, Rudyard

Just So Stories

London 1902 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.30
55 LANG, Andrew (ed.)

The Pink Fairy Book

London 1897 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 94.50
56 LENNON, John

A Spaniard in the Works

London 1965 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 63.00
57

LITERATURE AND ILLUSTRATED. A miscellaneous group

London 1924 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
58 MACDONALD, George

Dealings with the Fairies

London 1867 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,008.00
59

MICKEY MOUSE ANNUALS. A group of four annuals, for 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

London GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 94.50
60 MILLAIS, John Everett (illust.)

Little Songs for Me to Sing

London nd [1865] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.80
61

MONTY PYTHON. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book)

London 1977 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 25.20
62 MORRIS, William

Pre-Raphaelite Ballads

New York 1900 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 44.10
63 PENNELL, Joseph (illust.)

Eleven illustrated works

Philidelphia 1921 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.90
64 POTTER, Beatrix

Five early or 1st trade editions: The Tale of Peter Rabbit

[1903] GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 226.80
65

PUNCH. Punch, or the London Charivari

1886 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.90
66 RACKHAM, Arthur (illust.)

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

London 1906 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 239.40
67 [RANDS, William Brighty]

Lilliput Levee

London 1867 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 63.00
68 [RASPE, Rudolph Erich]

The Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, ...

London 1819 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 69.30
69 ROSSETTI, Christina

Goblin Market and other poems

Cambridge and London 1862 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 945.00
70 ROSSETTI, Christina

Goblin Market and other poems

London 1875 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 75.60
71 ROSSETTI, Christina

Goblin Market

London 1893 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 277.20
72 ROSSETTI, Christina

Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book...

London 1872 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 214.20
73 ROSSETTI, Christina

Speaking Likenesses, with pictures thereof by Arthur Hughes

London 1874 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 119.70
74 ROSSETTI, Christina

The Prince's Progress and Other Poems

London 1866 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 201.60
75 SELOUS, Henry Courtney (illust.)

The Plays of William Shakespeare

London nd [c.1890] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
  • 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.