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
370	Trafford (Sir Humphrey F. de)	The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland Their Masters and Huntsmen	London	1906	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 104.00
371	Fleming (Ian)	[James Bond] to include From Russia with Love	London	1966	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 45.50
372	Seneca (Lucius Annaeus)	L. & M. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae: post omnes omnium editions recensionesque editae denuo & notis Tho. Farnabii illustratae	London	1624	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 195.00
373	Quillet (Claudius)	Callipaedia. A Poem. in four books. with some other pieces ... made English by N. Rowe	London	1712	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 143.00
374		[Pepysiana] An archive of manuscript documents relating to the Samuel Pepys heirs, the executor Hewer, and court cases arising thereof, comprising			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 325.00
375	[Aler (Paul)]	Gradus ad Parnassum; sive novus synonymorum, epithetorum, versum, phrasium poeticarum ac versuum Thesaurus	London	1738	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
376	Taylor (Jeremy)	A Choice Manual containing What is to be believed, practised and Desired or Praised for; the Praiers being fitted to the several Days of the Weeke;	London	1669. 16mo	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 169.00
377	Carter (Matthew)	Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory	London	1673	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 169.00
378	March (John)	Actions for Slaunder, Or, A Methodical Collection under certain Grounds and Heads, of what words are actionable in the Law, and what not? ... added Awards or Arbitrements	London	1647	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 260.00
379		An Exact Collection of the Debates of the House of Commons held at Westminster October 21, 1680 ... with Debates of the House of Commons at Oxford	London	1689	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
380		[Bindings] A collection of pictorial bindings to include Pogany (Willy, illustrator) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts By Samuel Taylor Coleridge	London	1910	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 182.00
381		[Binding] The Book of Common Prayer,	Oxford	1840	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 260.00
382	xDale (Alan)	Familiar Chats with the Queens of the Stage,	New York	1890	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 26.00
383		[London] Grand Panorama of London and the River Thames	London	circa1860	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 260.00
384	[Anon]	False prophets discovered Being a true story of the lives and deaths of two weavers (late of Colchester) viz. Richard Farnham and John Bull; ...	London,	1642	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 520.00
385	Cartwright, (Chr[istopher])	Certamen Religiosum: or, A Conference between the late King of England, and the late Lord Marquesse of Worcester, ...	London	1652	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
386	Locke (John)	Some Thoughts Concerning Education	London	1693	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,105.00
387	Flavel (John)	Husbandry Spiritualiz'd, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter ...	London	1714	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 169.00
388		[Almanacks] to include The Ladies Diary: or, The Woman's Almanack 1716-1719	London	1716-1719	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 156.00
389		[Binding] The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New	London	1676	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 585.00
390		[Binding] The Holy Bible [English, illustrated] containing the Old Testament and the New	London	1671	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 845.00
391		[Bindings, Holy Bible in English, illustrated] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated,	Oxford	1739	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 520.00
392	Carew (Bampfylde-Moore),	The Life and Adventures of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, commonly Called the King of the Beggars ...	London	1798	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 123.50
393		[Martin Luther, Bible in German] Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heil[ige] Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, Verteutschet durch D. Martin Luthern,	Hamburg	1713	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
394	Milns (William)	The Penman's Repository containing Seventy correct Alphabets, a valuable selection of Flourishes and a variety of Designs	London	1795	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.