Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper, 93025a, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Page Size: 228 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Photography -- India -- Cricket

Photograph of the Dhaka College Cricket Team,

1896 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
77

Photographic albumen prints, Afghanistan -- North West Fontier

. [1878 -- 1880] GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
78

Jamini Roy at work, two black and white photographs, each showing the artist at work on a painting of a cow,

Calcutta 1942 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
79 Lin-Le [Augustus F. Lindley]

Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh; The History Of The Ti- Ping Revolution, Including A Narrative Of The Author's Personal Adventures,

Day & Son 1866 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 113.00
80 Odell (Noel E.) [1890 -- 1938]

Archive Everest Expeditions. 1924 and 1938

1924 and 1938 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,300.00
81 Harrington & Company

Country Dancers. 'Tibetans'; 'The Witch of Gloom' & 2 others, albumen prints,

Darjeeling [c. 1890's] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
82

A Gold Damascened Iron Pen Case

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,008.00
83 Ogawa [Kazumasa]

Scenes in Nikko and Vicinity [with] Costumes & Customs in Japan, 2 vols.

1895 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 227.00
84

Photographs. [Japan].

[c. 1885] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 189.00
85 Heyder (H. M.) Captain, Northumberland Fusilliers

'War Diary 1919' [Turkey and Georgia] A typewritten account,

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,386.00
86

Mirkhand Books 3 and 4, Rawzat As-Safa Fi Sirat Al Anbia Wa'l Moluk Wa'l Khulafa (The Garden of Purity in the Histories of the Prohets, and Kings and Caliphs),

Iran 18th century GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,772.00
87 Saadi (1210-1291)

Poetry folio from book 2, Bustan (The Orchard, completed 1257), with four miniatures,

mostly Iran 18th and 19th century GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
88 Trinkler (Emil)

Through the Heart of Afghanistan,

1928 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 151.00
89 Curzon Jun. (Hon. Robert)

Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, First edition, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 15 plates (1 folding),

1849 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
90 Walsh (Robert)

Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to England,

1828 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
91 Le Vaillant (Francois)

Voyage...dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique, par Le Cap de Bonne-Esperance.

Paris 1790. --Second Voyage dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
92 Slavery in South Africa.

A collection of letters and documents.

1816-1838. GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,008.00
93 Edwards (Bryan)

The History, Civil And Commercial, Of The British Colonies In The West Indies,

1807 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 101.00
94 Mountford (Charles P.)

Nomads of the Australian Desert,

Adelaide 1976 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
95

The City of... Berlin, Leipzig & Breslau,

[1794 - 1812] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 63.00
96

Spain: Travel and history, including Peninsular War

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
97 [Percy (M. J.) artist]

Rose Castle.

[1829] GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
98 Dugdale (Thomas)

Curiosities of Great Britain. England & Wales Delineated,

L. Tallis n.d. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
99

HMSO Royal Commission on London Traffic.

HMSO 1906 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
100 Jefferys (Thomas)

A Profile of the River Thames from Boulters Lock to Mortlake Surveyed by Order of the City of London in 1770 by James Brindley Engineer,

1771 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 126.00
  • 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.