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Auction Date: October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025

Page Size: 303 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Freeman J. Dyson	Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Lecture Notes, second edition, second printing, signed by Freeman Dyson		1951	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 635.00
227	John Milne	Earthquakes and other Earth Movements, fifth edition, inscribed by John Johnson Shaw		1903	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 76.20
228	Sir A. S. Eddington	Fundamental Theory	Cambridge	1949	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
229	Murray Gell-Mann	The Quark and the Jaguar, signed presentation inscription by the author	New York	1994	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
230	Kurt Godel	On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems, first American edition	New York	1962	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 165.10
231	Sir John F. W. Herschel	Third Series of Observations with a Twenty-Feet Reflector, Containing a Catalogue of 384 New Double Stars...		1828	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 203.20
232	Mark Kac and Gian-Carlo Rota et al.	Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Gian-Carlo Rota	Boston	1985	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
233	E. Lenz	Uber die Veranderungen der Hohe welche die Oberflache des Kaspichen Meeres..., presentation inscription to S.H. Christie 'with the author's respectful compliments'	St. Petersburg	1851	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
234	P. Dienes	An Introduction to the Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable, Saunders Mac Lane's copy with ink ownership inscription	Oxford	1931	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
235	A. Goffeau	Life with 6,000 genes, in Science, vol. 273, no. 5287		25 October 1996	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 406.40
236	John Darling	The Carpenters rule made easie: or the art of measuring superficies and solids; as timber, stone, boards, glass, and the like		1684	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
237	John Browne	A Compleat Treatise of Preternatural Tumours		1678	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 304.80
238	Sir Thomas Browne	Certain Miscellany Tracts		1684	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 330.20
239	John Grove	Epidemics Examined and Explained..., signed presentation inscription from author		1850	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 95.25
240	Charles Maclean	Evils of Quarantine Laws, and Non-Existence of Pestilential Contagion		1824	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 482.60
241	James Cowles Prichard	A Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System, Part the First all published		1822	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 304.80
242	Aage Bohr and Ben R. Mottelson	Nuclear Structure, 2 vol., autograph note signed by the authors	New York and Reading	1969-75	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
243	N.F. Mott and I.N. Sneddon	Wave Mechanics and its Applications, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's copy with ink ownership	Oxford	1948	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 635.00
244		The Journal of British Nuclear Energy Conference, vol. 1, nos.1-3		1956	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
245	John Dalrymple	Pathology of the Human Eye, first and only edition		1852	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
246	Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson	Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry, signed by Linus Pauling	New York	1935	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
247	College of Physicians of Philadelphia.	Facts and observations relative to the nature and origin of the pestilential fever, which prevailed in the city of Philadelphia, in 1793, 1797, and 1798		1799	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 63.50
248	Karl R. Popper	The Logic of Scientific Discovery, first English edition		1959	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 457.20
249	Albert Einstein	Uber die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitatstheorie	Braunschweig	1920	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
250	Sir William Thomson	Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, printed presentation copy signed in manuscript by the author		1872	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	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.