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
175 MAXWELL, Herbert (transl.)

Scalacronica ...

Glasgow 1907 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
176 MILNE, Christopher

The Enchanted Places

London 1980 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
177 MILTON, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books

London 1678 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,512.00
178 MILTON, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books

London 1778 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 56.70
179 DILLMONT, Therese de

MISCELLANEOUS. Encyclopedia of Needlework

Dornach nd GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.20
180 [MONTESQUIEU, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de]

Lettres Persanes

Amsterdam 1730 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
181 MOORE, George

Heloise and Abelard

London 1500 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.20
182 MUSSET Alfred de

OEuvres Completes Illustrees

Paris 1928-29 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.60
183

OCCULTA. The Computation of 666...

London 1891 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 176.40
184 PEAKE, Mervyn

Titus Groan

London 1968, 1968, 1970 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 151.20
185 PEPYS, Samuel

The Diary of Samuel Pepys...

London 1893-1899 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
186 PLUTARCH

Lives ... translated from the Greek

London 1758 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.80
187 [SALMON, William]

[PSEUDO-ARISTOTLE]. 'The works of Aristotle

s.l. s.d. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.00
188 ROSSETTI, Christina

Annus Domini: A Prayer for each Day of the Year

London 1875 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 302.40
189 Blackmore, R. D.

[ROSSETTI, Christina.] Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

London 1874 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 504.00
190 ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel

ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Poems

London 1870 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 176.40
191 SCOTT, Walter

Novels

1912 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
192 SCOTT, Walter

SCOTT, Walter. The Works

London 1901-5 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
193 [SCOTT, Walter]

Kenilworth; A Romance

Edinburgh 1821 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.90
194 SCUDERY, Madeleine de

Les Femmes Illustre ou les Harangues Heroiques...

Rouen 1664 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.40
195 [SEBILLET, Thomas]

FREGOSO, Battista. PLATINA, Bartolomeo Sacchi, called Platina

Paris 1581 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,646.00
196 SEWEL, William

The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress Of the Christian People called Quaker

London 1722 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
197 SHAKESPEARE, William

The Plays of William Shakespeare

London 1823 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 75.60
198 SHAKESPEARE, William

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Works of, The Larger Temple Shakespeare

London 1899 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
199 SHEPPERLEY, William

The Priestess of Ida and Other Poems

London 1913 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
  • 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.