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
570	[Croft (Herbert)]	The Wreck of Westminster Abbey, being a selection from the Monumental Records of the Most Conspicuous Personages	London	2001 [i.e. 1788]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
571	[Croft (Herbert)]	The Abbey of Kilkhampton; or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980	London	1780	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
572	[Croft (Herbert)]	The Abbey of Kilkhampton or Monumental Records for the Year 1980	London	1780	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
573		[Religion] to include Hill (John) Sermons on several Occasions,	Edinburgh	1795	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
574	Barrington (Daines)	Observations on the more Ancient Statutes	London	1769	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
575		The Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chace and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize		1793-1840s	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
576	Bickham (George)	The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain.	London	1748	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 494.00
577	Wodroephe (John)	The Marrow of the French Tongue	London	1625	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
578	Skinner (Stephen)	Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae	London	1671	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
579	[Anon]	A Rod for Tunbridge Beaus, bundl'd up at the request of the Tunbridge Ladies,	London	1701	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,170.00
580	Love (James)	[Dance (James)] Poems on Several Occasions,	Edinburgh	1754	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 585.00
581	Waller (Major Henry)	A Rump and Dozen; being the conclusion of a letter to Thomas Lamb, Esq; Mayor of Rye	London	n.d. [1784?]	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
592		Medical and Apothecary Ephemera [relating to Lady Strickland of Boynton Hall and Apperley Court]		late 18th and 19th Century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,430.00
593		Manuscript Letter from Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766-1851) to Mr Walker regarding Richard Spooner (1783--1864)			GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
594	Byron [(Lord George Gordon)] 6th Baron Byron (1788 -- 1824)],	Manuscript autograph letter, 'Trinity College. Dec 9th 1805 'To Mrs Massingberd',			GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
595	Byron [(Lord George Gordon)], 6th Baron Byron (1788 -- 1824),	Manuscript autograph letter 'From Lord Byron to Mrs Massingberd, Piccadilly -- Brighton July 20th 1808.'			GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
596		A Leaf from a Book of Hours,	Flanders (probably Bruges),	c. 1460	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 910.00
597		An 18th Century and later bible cover red damask cloth with gilt metal thread spine details, with gilt metal trim to the interior deep purple velvet edges, containing [Holy Bible],	Cambridge	1769	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
598		[Malta] 18th Century Manuscript Letters relating to Georgio Roncali seven letters in manuscript on laid paper, in Italian	[Malta]	18th Century	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 143.00
599		[Magna Carta 18th Century facsimile] By Permission of..., Trustees of the Cottonian Library, This Plate being a correct Copy of King John's Great Charter ... examin'd & compared ... May 1733	London	1735	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 247.00
600	[Maynwaring (Mainwaring) (Arthur)]	Manuscript, The History & Fall of the Conformity Bill being an Excellent new Song to the tune of the Lady's fall, ...,		n.d. [circa 1704]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 182.00
601		[18th Century Horse Fair, Royal Borough of Sutton Coldfield		circa1780]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.00
602		[Taxation without Parliamentary consent] Davies (Sir John) An Argument Uppon the question of Impositions Divided in to Severall Chapters, manuscript		[c. 1620]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 104.00
603		[Spanish Commerce] English manuscript entitled A Brief Description of the Spanish Commerce in General with some few Remarks thereon,	v	circa1700]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 143.00
604		[Carruthers Family] A large collection of approximately 100 letter and documents		18th -19th Century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 286.00

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.