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
125 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

London 1839 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.40
126 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

London 1839 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
127 DICKENS, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club

London 1837 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
128 DICKENS, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club

London 1837 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.60
129 DICKENS, Charles

DICKENS, Charles. Works

London nd [c.1930's] GBP 25.00 - 35.00 GBP 31.50
130 DIODATI, Giovanni

Pious Annotations upon the Holy Bible

London 1643 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 63.00
131 DOUCE, Francis

The Dance of Death exhibited in elegant engravings on wood...

London 1833 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 138.60
132 DUBROCA, Louis

Interesting Anecdotes of the Heroic Conduct of Women during the French Revolution

London 1802 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 88.20
133

FICTION. A group including: DONNE, Clare. The Unguarded Moment

London 1934 GBP 25.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
134 STANLEY, Lady Dorothy (nee Tennant)

FINE BINDING. Ragamuffins, Twenty-Four Drawings and Verses

London 1929 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 100.80
135 HULME, David

FINE BINDINGS. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688

London 1811 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 94.50
136 FRASER, Eric (illust.)

FOLIO SOCIETY. A collection of 75 vols., including: The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

London 1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
137 THORPE, Lewis (transl.)

FOLIO SOCIETY. A group of 29 vols., including: The Bayeaux Tapestry and the Norman Invasion

London 1973 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
138 KIPLING, Rudyard

FOLIO SOCIETY. Short Stories

London [2005 ?] GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
139 WOLFE, Gene Rodman

FOLIO SOCIETY. The Book of the New Sun

London 2021 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 88.20
140 FOX, John

The New and Complete Book of Martyrs...

London nd [c.1813] GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.00
141 LE SAGE, Alain Rene

FRENCH. Histoire De Gil Blas De Santillane

London 1790 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
142 FRERE, Mary

Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends...

London 1912 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 31.50
143 GAY, Francis

The Friendship Book, a run, 1940-2022

London 1940-2022 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.60
144 GIBBON, Edward

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire...

London 1854-1855 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 69.30
145 HALL, Jos[eph]

A Recollection of Such Treatises as have bene heretofore severally published...

London 1615 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 302.40
146 [HALSE, George]

'Rattlebrain'. Sir Guy de Guy: A Stirring Romaunt

London 1864 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 56.70
147 HARRIS, John (ed.)

The Altar of the Household

London nd GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
148 HARRISON, Frederic

A collection of works, many association copies

London 1886 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
149 WELLS, H. G.

HISTORY, LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATED. The Outline of History

London 1921 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 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.