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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025
Page Size: 298 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Bawden (Edward)

Broomfield Church, Somerset,

circa 1978 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,905.00
77 Bawden (Edward).- Yorke (Malcolm)

The Inward Laugh: Edward Bawden and his Circle

2005 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 203.20
78 Bonnefoy (Yves)

Pierre ecrite

Paris 1958 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 635.00
79 Braque (Georges)

Lithographie

Monte-Carlo 1963. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 76.20
80 Caruso (Bruno)

La Mano dell'Uomo

Rome 1965 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 76.20
81 Chaucer (Geoffrey)

The Canterbury Tales

1985-86 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 177.80
82 Cheronnet (Louis)

Extra-muros, 'hors commerce'

Paris 1929 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
83 Clave (Antoni).- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de)

Candide

Paris 1948 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 635.00
84 White (T.H.)

Mistress Marsham's Repose

1990.?? The set book for Designer Bookbinders in 1990, the watercolour is attributed to Emily Hicks. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 431.80
85 Villon (Francois)

Autres poesies de Maistre Francois Villon & de son ecole

1901 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 304.80
86 Severin (Mark)

L'Escapade de la Statue

2002 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 406.40
87 Brett (Simon)

Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960

1998 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
88 Flint (Sir William Russell)

In Pursuit, An Autobiography

1969 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 698.50
89 King (Ronald)

The Song of Solomon

Surrey 1968 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 482.60
90 Lawrence (T.E.).- Knowles (Richard)

Two Superiors: The Motor-Cycling Friendship of George Brough & T.E.Lawrence

2005 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 330.20
91 Maret (Russell)

Roma Abstract: An Alphabet

New York 2017 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 304.80
92 Morris (Henry)

The Private Press-Man's Tale

Newtown Pa. 1990 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 254.00
93 Morris (William).- Vallance (Aymer)

The Art of William Morris: a Record

1897 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 254.00
94 Morris (William)

The Well at the World's End

1896 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 406.40
95 Nash (John and Paul).- Boulton (Janet, editor)

Dear Mercia: Paul Nash letters to Mercia Oakley 1909-18

1991 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 190.50
96 Pascal (Blaise)

Le Mystere de Jesus

Paris 1948 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 69.85
97 Piper (John, illustrator)

Tambimuttu. India Love Poems

1977 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 698.50
98 Cleverdon (Douglas)

The Engravings of David Jones: A Survey

1981 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 558.80
99 Gross (Anthony)

The Very Rich Hours of Le Boulve

Cambridge 1980 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 355.60
100 Morris (William)

The Story of Cupid and Psyche

London & Cambridge 1974 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 406.40
  • 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.