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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025
Page Size: 392 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
352 Tartt (Donna)

The Goldfinch

New York 2013 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 533.40
353 Tchernine (Odette)

The Snowman and Company

1960 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
354 Tennant (Stephen)

Leaves from a Missionary's Notebook

1929 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 165.10
355 Themerson (Stefan)

On Semantic Poetry

1975 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 215.90
356 Thomas (D.M.)

The Flute Player

1979 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 31.75
357 Thomas (Dylan)

Collected Poems 1934-1952

1952 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 190.50
358 Thubron (Colin)

Mirror to Damascus

1967 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
359 Todd (Barbara Euphan)

Worzel Gummidge

1936 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 101.60
360 Todd (Barbara Euphan)

More About Worzel Gummidge

1938 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 381.00
361 Tolkien (J.R.R.)

The Two Towers; The Return of the King

1954-55. GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,160.00
362 Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Baynes (Pauline)

A Map of Middle Earth

1970 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 533.40
363 Toole (John Kennedy)

A Confederacy of Dunces

1981 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 431.80
364 Updike (John)

Rabbit, Run

New York 1960 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 215.90
365 Vidal (Gore)

Lincoln

Franklin Center, PA 1984 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
366 Vonnegut (Kurt)

Slaughterhouse-Five; or, the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death

[New York], [1969]. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 584.20
367 Walker (Alice)

The Color Purple

New York 1982 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
368 Waugh (Evelyn)

Black Mischief

1932 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 203.20
369 Waugh (Evelyn)

The Loved One

[1948]. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 482.60
370 Waugh (Evelyn)

The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

1957 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
371 White (Patrick)

Sketches from "Nine Sharp"

1938 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
372 White (T.H.)

The Once & Future King

1958 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 406.40
373 White (T.H.)

Verses

Alderney, 1962 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 533.40
374 Williamson (Henry)

The Patriot's Progress

1930 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
375 Wittgenstein (Ludwig)

Philosphical Investigations

1953 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 635.00
376 Wittgenstein (Ludwig)

The Blue and Brown Books

1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 431.80
  • 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.