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
76 SMITH, Pamela Colman

Widicombe Fair

New York and London 1899 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 214.20
77 VERNE, Jules

Around the World in Eighty Days

London nd GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.60
78

VIRTUE & Co. (pub.). The Shakspere Gallery being a collection of Forty-Five Steel Engravings after pictures by eminent artists

London nd GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 31.50
79 WILMOTT, Robert Aris (ed.)

English Sacred Poetry, ...

London 1862 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.40
80

[ANON]. The Art of Drawing and Painting in Water-Colours...

London 1757 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 37.80
81

[ANON]. The Universal Pocket Book

London 1740 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 69.30
82 ASHBY-STERRY, Joseph

The Lazy Minstrel, association copy

London 1892 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
83 BARCLAY, James

A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language

London nd [preface 1848] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
84 BARING-GOULD, Sabine

A collection of volumes

London nd GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 75.60
85 [BEARDSLEY, Aubrey et al.]

The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

London April 1894 - April 1897 GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
86 BEARDSLEY, Aubrey, et al. (illust.)

The Yellow book, An Illustrated Quarterly

London 1894 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 44.10
87

BIBLE [English, Geneva ('Breeches')]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages ...

London 1614/13 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 945.00
88

BIBLE [English, King James', with Geneva notes]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament And the New...

[Amsterdam] 1683 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,512.00
89 EADIE, John (ed.)

BIBLE, ENGLISH. The National Comprehensive Family Bible

s.l. n.d. GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 37.80
90 SMITH, S.

BIBLE, English. The History of the Old and New Testament: or, a Family Bible...

London 1735 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 94.50
91

BIBLE, English. The Christian's Complete Family Bible

Manchester 1739 [i.e. 1789] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.40
92

BIBLE, ENGLISH. The Holy Bible Containing the old Testament and the New...

Cambridge 1677 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 239.40
93

BIBLE, ENGLISH. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and The New...

London 1660 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 163.80
94

BIBLE, ENGLISH. The Holy Bible

London 1772/1 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.00
95 [SCOTT, Walter]

BINDINGS, HISTORY. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Exeter 1827 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 113.40
96

BINDINGS, LITERATURE, MISC. A collection of works

C18th-C20th GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 113.40
97 MOORE, Thomas

BINDINGS, LITERATURE. Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance

London 1817 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 107.10
98

BINDINGS, MISCELLANEOUS. The Daily Telegraph Library

London nd [c.1900] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 56.70
99

BINDINGS. A group of 53 vols.

Edinburgh 1860-1861 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 94.50
100

BINDINGS. A group of 7 prize bindings, including GUERBER, H. A. Myths of the Norsemen

London 1912 & 1916 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 119.70
  • 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.