The Swan: Antiques & Interiors to include Jewellery, Watches, Silver, Porcelain, Books, Paintings & Furniture, 11525, Oxfordshire

Auction Details

Auction Date
January 15, 2025 - January 15, 2025
Page Size: 48 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
108

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A SET OF FOUR HERALDIC COLOURED PRINTS

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
110

A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE ARCHITECTURAL LITHOGRAPH PRINTS Albert Memorial in Hyde Park and Church view

20TH CENTURY GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
112

AFTER THE ANTIQUE,A PAIR OF 'ATLAS HISTORIQUE' HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS Tome 1V and 11 'Chez les freres chatelain a Amsterdam'

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
114

AFTER THE ANTIQUE,A PAIR OF COLOURED ARCHITECTURAL PRINTS Titled 'Medusa Head' and 'Roman Garden',

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
120 PETER CARLING

PETER CARLING, A 'ROYAL ASCOT JUBILEE YEAR 2002' LIMITED EDITION PRINT Equestrian scene

N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
161 AFTER JOHANN JAKOB WALTHER

AFTER JOHANN JAKOB WALTHER, A SET OF THREE STILL LIFE COLOURED PRINTS

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
164

IN THE MANNER OF FRANK AUERBACH, BN 1931, A BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAIT

N/A GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
166

A PAIR OF CONTEMPORARY STILL LIFE LITHOGRAPH PRINTS Titled 'Dandelions'

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
172 AFTER ANTOINE WATTEAU

AFTER ANTOINE WATTEAU, A PAIR OF BLACK AND WHITE LITHOGRAPH PRINTS Titled 'L'Ete '

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
174 AFTER MARIE SIBILLE MERIAN

AFTER MARIE SIBILLE MERIAN, A SET OF THREE BUTTERFLY LITHOGRAPH PRINTS Titled 'Dissertation sur la generation et le transformations des insectes de suriname'

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
176 AFTER REMBRANDT

AFTER REMBRANDT, TWO BLACK AND WHITE LITHOGRAPH PRINTS Titled 'Two women teaching a child to walk'

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
180

A PAIR OF CONTEMPORARY STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, ENGRAVED Transparent flower studies,

N/A GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
182

A SET OF FIVE MODERN ARCH FORM PRINTS ON WOODEN PANEL, ITALIAN GARDEN VIEWS Titled 'La Pretata', 'Belvedere Con Pitti' and 'Mariguolle' etc,

N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
197

A PAIR OF 20TH CENTURY 'JOUSTING KNIGHTS' FIGURAL LITHOGRAPH PRINTS

20TH CENTURY GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
198

A PAIR OF DECORATIVE FAN FORM 20TH CENTURY COLOURED PRINTS, THE ROMAN FORUM AND THE TOMB OF CAECILIA METELLA, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

20TH CENTURY GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
201

A PAIR OF THE DUKE OF YORK ROYAL COAT OF ARMS PRINTS

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
202

A SET OF SIX 'CHINESE JUNK SHIP' LITHOGRAPH PRINTS

N/A GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
230 John Wright

THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE, A SET OF EDWARDIAN ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK BOOKS

N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
234 MARY RODD

A SET OF TWO LIMITED EDITION SIGNED MARY RODD, ENGLISH, 1901 - 1981, PRINTS

N/A GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Unknown
235

EIGHT VARIOUS ITALIAN COLOURED PRINTS Examples of 18th Century flowers with Latin titles

18th Century GBP 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
238 CAMDEN WILLIAM

CAMDEN WILLIAM ANNALES OR THE HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED AND VICTORIOUS PRINCESSE ELIZABETH, LATE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

London, 1635 GBP 850.00 - 950.00 Unknown
362

AN 18TH CENTURY ROBERT MODERN HAND COLOURED COPPER ENGRAVING MAP OF HEREFORDSHIRE Sold by Abel Swale

18TH CENTURY GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
391

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL,A MID CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT

Published by The Imperial Fine Art Corporation, London MID CENTURY GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
  • June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.
    June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950