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Auction Date
December 11, 2025 - December 11, 2025
Page Size: 297 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
255 Fordyce (Lieut. Alex. Dingwall)

Maritime.- Navy.- Outlines of Naval Routine

1837 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
256 [Bernacchi (L.C.) and others]

Polar.- The Polar Book

[1930] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
257 Borchgrevink (C. E.)

Polar.- First on the Antarctic Continent

1901 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
258 Fuchs (Sir Vivian) and Sir Edmund Hillary

Polar.- The Crossing of Antarctica

1958 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
259 Parry (William Edward)

Polar.- Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

1821 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
260 Shackleton (Ernest H.)

Polar.- The Heart of the Antarctic

1909 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
261 Charcot (Dr. Jean)

Polar.- Antarctica.- The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic

[1911] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
262 Bulkeley (John) & James Cummins

Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1

Philadelphia 1757 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
263 Murray-Oliver (Anthony)

Voyages.- Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific 1769-1779

New Zealand 1969 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
264 Parry (William Edward)

Voyages.- Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

1824 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
265 Vincent (William)

Voyages.- The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea

1800 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
266 Acton (Roger)

Africa.- Ethiopia.- The Abyssinian Expedition and the Life and Reign of King Theodore

1920s-30s GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
267 [Saleb (Lieutenant Colonel Hamed)]

Africa.- [Egyptian Army. Maps, Aerial Photographs, Field Drawings, Land Navigation]

[Cairo] [1949] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
268 Statham (Colonel J.C.B.)

Africa.- Through Angola: A Coming Colony

1922 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
269

Asia.- Singapore 1936-1937, c.170 vintage photographic prints, mounted on thin card

[Singapore] [c.1937] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
270 Langlois (Hyacinthe, publisher)

Atlas.- Nouvel atlas portatif er itineraire de l'Europe

Paris 1819 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
271 Canadian School (19th century)

Canadiana.- Spencer Wood, Quebec, the Seat of M. H. Perceval, Esqr.

[circa 1820 or slightly later] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
272 Ellis (Henry)

China.- Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China

1817 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
273 Garstang (John)

Egypt.- The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, plates, some folding, newspaper clippings about Egypt loosely inserted, scattered spotting or foxing and marginal toning, cracking at gutter

1907 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
274

Europe.- Costume.- De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria

1804 [but c.1820] GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
275 Skelton (Joseph)

Europe.- Historical Illustrations of the Chateau D'Eu

1844 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
276 Charpentier (Henri, editor)

France.- Paris dans sa Splendeur

Paris 1861 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
277

France.- Monaco.- Descriptive Catalogue (A) of Chateau Malet, the Residence of Sir Edward and Lady Ermyntrude Malet...

1898 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
278 Drinkwater (John)

Gibraltar.- A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar

1785 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
279

India.- [Photograph Albums]

c.1931-37 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • 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.