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Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 296 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Seymour (Sir George Francis) & Seymour (George Henry, )

Collection of general letters to various people

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 203.20
52 Lloyd (Pattie, of Sewerby Hall, Bridlington, Yorkshire, d. 1870)

The Pearl of Poesie; being A Collection of Songs and Hymns, from the Holy Scriptures

1866 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
53 Pleydell-Bouverie family.-

Victorian Photograph Album complied by Philip Pleydell-Bouverie of his family and important figures of the period

nineteenth century GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 584.20
54 Farnham Burke (Sir Henry, herald, Garter King of Arms 1859-1930)

History of the Family of the Family of Daubeney from the Collections and from the Records of the Heralds College &c.

[c. 1900]. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
55 [Creech (Leslie)]

John Carter. Collection of poems

n.d. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 241.30
56 Farnham Burke (Sir Henry) & Lindsay (William Alexander,)

Grant of Arms to Sir Charles Frederick Higham

. 2nd April 1924. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 381.00
57 Heraldry.- Howard (Sir Algar) & Cochrane (Sir Arthur)

Grant of Arms to Sir Francis Joseph Edwin Brake

1946 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
58 Rainolds (John)

De Romanae Ecclesiae idololatria [sic]

Oxford, 1596. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
59 James I and VI (King of England and Scotland)

The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince

1616 [but 1620] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,397.00
60

Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The)

[Cambridge], 1630 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 533.40
61 Heraldry.- Guillim (John)

A Display of Heraldrie

1632 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 304.80
62 Crusades.- Fuller (Thomas)

The Historie of the Holy Warre

Cambridge, 1639 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 228.60
63 [Adam (Melchior)]

The Life and Death of Dr. Martin Luther

1641 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
64 Religious tracts.- Goodman (John)

A Discourse concerning Auricular Confession

1648 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 76.20
65 Law.- Sheppard (William)

The Court-Keepers Guide...

1650 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 228.60
66 Hartlib (Samuel)

The True and Readie Way To Learne the Latine Tongue

1654 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 330.20
67 Gunning (Peter)

The Pachal or Lent-Fast Apostolical & Perpetual

1662 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 254.00
68

Exact Relation (An) of the Defeat of the Rebels at Bothwell-Bridge

1679 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
69 Heraldry.- Guillim (John)

A Display of Heraldry

1679 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 609.60
70 Livius (Titus)

The Roman History Written in Latine

1686 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 609.60
71

Restoration binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), and Administration of the Sacraments

1687. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
72 [Boyer (Abel)]

A View of Paris, and Places adjoining

1701 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 431.80
73 [Ward (Edward)]

Hudibras Redivivus; or, A Burlesque Poem on the Times

1705-07 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 228.60
74

Book of Common Prayer (The)

1707 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 508.00
75

Law, Government, Economic Pamphlets.- Collection of 22 pamphlets on law and economics

[1713-99] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • 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.