Chorley's: The September Auctions, 92325, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 23, 2025 - September 24, 2025

Page Size: 353 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
545	Strutt (Joseph)	Glig Gamena Angel Deod or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England	London	1810	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 117.00
546		[The Sportsman] British Sports & Sportsmen to include British Sports & Sportsmen: Sportsmen of the Past, Part I and II	London	[1908]	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
547		[South Africa] British Sports and Sportsmen	London	n.d.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 364.00
548	Thompson (Charles)	Rules for Bad Horsemen, or those who depend on Practice without Principles	London	1787	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
549	[Moore (John)] Edward.	Various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners, chiefly in England ... by the author of Zeluco	London	1796	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
550	Comyns (John)	A Digest of the Law of England,	Dublin	1785	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 286.00
551		[Guides: Brighton & London] [Anon] Brighton New Guide; or, a description of Brighthelmston, and the adjacent country ... third edition	London	[map dated 1799], 1797	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
552	Puckle (James)	England's Path to Wealth and Honour in a Dialogue Bteween an English-Man and a Dutch-Man	London	1718	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
553	[Poetry] to include Pindar (Peter) [Wolcot (John)]	The Rights of Kings; or Loyal Odes to Disloyal Academicians	London	1791	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
554		[Literature] to include Greville (Fulke) Maxims, Characters, and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical and Moral	London	1756	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
555		[Biography] to include Pigott (Charles) A Political Dictionary: Explaining the True Meaning of Words ... exemplified in the Lives, Morals, Character and Conduct of ... most illustrious Personages,	New York	1796	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
556		[Scotland] to include [Anon] The Life of Dr. Archibald Cameron, Brother to Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Chief of that Clan	London	1753	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
557		[Periodicals] to include [Osborn (George)] The Mitre and Crown; or, Great Britain's True Interest. in which our Constitution in Church and State will be explain'd and defended	London	1748-1749	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
558		[Education] to include Knox (Vicesimus) Liberal Education: or, a practical Treatise on the methods of acquiring useful and polite learning	London	1783	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 650.00
559		[Geography and History] to include Guthrie (William) A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar	London	1794	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
560		[Mathematics] to include Birks (Anthony and John) Arithmetical Collections and Improvements, being a complete System of Practical Arithmetic	London	1766	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 117.00
561		[Trinity College, Cambridge] Bentley (Richard) [Sammelband on the debates surrounding the Reforms at Trinity College, Cambridge] 8vo	London	1710	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 455.00
562	Fitz-Adam (Adam) [Moore (Edward)	The world for the Year one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Three	London	n.d.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 52.00
563		Sammelband of Almanacks [1752-1755], 12mo, half vellum and marbled paper boards, indistinct title inscribed to spine, to include: The Ladies Diary: or, Woman's Almanack for the Year of our Lord		1752-1755	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 221.00
564	Stevens (Sacheverell)	Miscellaneous Remarks made on the Spot, in a late Seven Years Tour through France, Italy, Germany and Holland	London	1756	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
565	[Mackenzie (Henry)	The Man of the World	London	1773	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
566	[Anon]	Love at first sight; or, the Gay in a Flutter. Being a Collection of Advertisements, Chiefly Comic	London	1751	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 234.00
567	[Cumberland (Richard)]	L'Heureuse Revolution ou Histoire de M. Arundel,	Brussels	1789	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
568	[Anon]	The Oxfordshire Contest: or the whole controversy between the old and new interest ...	London	1753	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
569	[Soret (Charles)]	The Comical History of Francion, Satyrically Exposing Folly and Vice, in Variety of Humours and Adventures	London	1703	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 117.00

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.