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
200 SHERIDAN, Thomas

A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, ...

Dublin nd [1790] GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 50.40
201 [RAWSON, Mary Anne (ed.)]

SLAVERY AND ABOLITION. The Bow in the Cloud; or, The Negro's Memorial

London 1834 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 604.80
202 STEINER-PRAG, Hugo (illust.)

Don Juan, by George Gordon

Norwalk 1971 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
203 STOKER, Bram

Dracula

Westminster 1904 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 819.00
204 [SWIFT, Jonathan]

Travels into several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver

London 1726 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
205 TANNER, Thomas

Notitia Monastica

London 1744 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 44.10
206 TARTIERE, Drue

The House Near Paris, An American Woman's Story of Traffic in Patriots

London 1947 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
207 [ADDISON, Joseph & STEELE, Richard (eds.)]

THE SPECTATOR

London GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
208 [ADDISON, Joseph & STEELE, Richard (eds.)]

THE SPECTATOR

London 1739 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
209

THE TATLER. The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.

London 1786 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
210 HENLEY, W. E. (ed.)

THE TUDOR TRANSLATIONS. North's Plutarch

London 1895-1909 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 31.50
211 HOADLY [Benjamin]

THEATRE, C18TH. 3 plays in 1 vol. The Suspicious Husband, a Comedy, ...

London 1776 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.80
212

TREASON TRIALS. The Trial of Thomas Hardy, for High Treason

London 1794 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.00
213 TROLLOPE, Anthony

The Last Chronicle of Barset

London 1867 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
214 OLLIER, Edmund

UNITED STATES. Cassell's History of the United States

London nd GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.90
215 VERNE, Jules

VERNE, Jules. Bindings

London 1882-86 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 226.80
216 VERNE, Jules

The Mysterious Island, Dropped From the Clouds

London 1875 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.40
217 WELCH, Ronald

Carey Novels

London 2013-2018 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 201.60
218 WOOD, Phyllis Taunton

Four Gates

London 1934 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
219 YOUNG, Arthur

Travels during the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789

Dublin 1793 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 189.00
220 CHURCHILL, Winston

The Story of the Malakand Field Force, 'The Silver Library'

London 1899 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 56.70
221 EVATT, J.

Historical Record of the 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles

Aldershot 1922 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 63.00
222

GOORKHA RIFLES, 2nd King Edward's Own (The Sirmoor Rifles)

Aldershot 1912 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.20
223

GURKHA RIFLES, 10th Princess Mary's Own

Edinburgh and London 1957 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 201.60
224

GURKHA RIFLES, 1st King George's Own (The Malaun Regiment)

London 1925 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 138.60
  • 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.