Gorringes: Weekly Featuring Books, 100625, Lewes

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 06, 2025 - October 06, 2025

Page Size: 151 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1354	Lewis, William Bourne (civil engineer, 1831-1902).	Manuscript Diaries, 9 various volumes (1873-1902, relating to time in England);			GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 338.00
1355		Course of the Exchange, &.			GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 78.00
1356	Bible	[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke ...With most profitable Annotations ...]	London	1583	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,860.00
1357	Perkins, William	An Exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles.	Cambridge:	1595	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 286.00
1359		A BIBLE ARCHIVE A highly unusual collection of three English Bibles, having belonged to the Whytehead family (of Yorkshire's North and East Ridings); comprising The Bishops' (1573 edition), a Geneva (1603 edition) and a King James Bible (1619 edition).			GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 5,980.00
1361	[Foxe, John	Actes and Monuments of Matters most Speciall and Memorable happening in the Church ...		1596	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 845.00
1362		Kent 19th Century Taxation. Bromley Land Tax Assessment			GBP 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
1363		Kent 18th Century Taxation.			GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 104.00
1364		Kent General Tax Assessment Books.			GBP 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
1376		A framed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, King Charles and Princess Anne, signed		1954	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 312.00
1377		A framed handwritten letter, written by Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, addressed to David Scott Esq.		1797	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 312.00
1378		A framed photograph of Queen Mary, signed			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 208.00
1379		A pair of framed photographs of King George V and Queen Mary, signed			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00
1380		Four 20th century black and white agency photographs of Winston Churchill, together with a watercolour of Vera C.Clark by Vivian Entwistle			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 169.00
1383	Maitland, J.A. Fuller	The Musician's Pilgrimage: a study in artistic development.		1902	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
1385		An archive of autographs and signed books relating to Bella Emberg,			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 169.00
1386		Royal interest; a Christmas card (2002) signed by King Charles		2002	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.00
1552		An album of Edwardian and later postcards and a small WWI La Guerre Europeenne booklet of postcards			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 39.00
1584		Two vintage travel posters comprising Jet BOAC to Scotland and Irish International Airlines Aer Lingus, framed, largest 100 x 62cm			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 71.50
1711	George Roland Halkett (1856-1918),	Five original caricatures for Pall Mall magazine, each signed or initialled, largest 30 x 20cm			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 286.00
1714	Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, RWS, RBA, (1867-1956),	'Pont San Angelo, Rome', signed in pencil, dry point etching			GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
1715	Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, RWS, RBA, (1867-1956),	'Estaminet at Montreuil', signed in pencil, c.1907, dry point etching		c.1907	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
1716	Sir Frank Brangwyn RA; RWS; RBA (1867-1956),	'A.B.C.D.E.', signed in pencil, sepia dry point etching, 23 x 18cm			GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 156.00
1716A	Sir Frank Brangwyn RA, RWS, RBA, (1867-1956),	'The Maple Tree, Barnard Castle'			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
1718	After Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, 1629-1658),	'The Large Cat', signed in the plate, engraving			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 2,080.00

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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.
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.