Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025

Page Size: 376 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
150	Poynting, F	1- Eggs of British Birds		1895-1896	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 512.50
151	Seebohm, Henry	With Autograph Letter: A History of British Birds		1883-85	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 243.75
152	Bunyard, Edna (ill)	Limited edn. 50 copies only: Eggs of the Rarer Limicolae and Variations	Leeds	1993	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 243.75
153	Hewitson, William C	BIRDS: 1- Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds		1856	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
154	White, Gilbert; Eric Ravilious (ill)	NONESUCH Press- The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne Selected and edited with an introduction by H. J. Massingham		1938	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 662.50
155	Tennyson, Alfred, Lord	NONESUCH Press- 1- In Memoriam		1339	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
156	ELLIS, Havelock	NONESUCH Press- 1- Chapman - with illustrative passages		1934	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
157		NONESUCH Press- 1- The Nonesuch Century, An Appraisal, A Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923 - 1934		1936	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
158	SCOTT, Walter	Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border		1902	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
159		NONESUCH Press- 1- The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus	London	1935	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
160	Rousseau, J. J	NONESUCH Press- 1 - Renolds Stone (ill)- The Confessions of J. J Rousseau in an Anonymous		1938	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 162.50
161		NONESUCH Press. The Apocrypha. According to the Authorised Version	London	1929	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
162		NONESUCH Press- HOMER- The Iliad [and] The Odyssey		1931	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 762.50
163	BLAKE, WILLIAM	NONESUCH Press- 1- 'The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Phillips		1937	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
164	Dickens, Charles	NONESUCH Press- DICKENS- The Nonesuch Dickens, 1937-38		1940-09-01	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,687.50
165	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	NONESUCH Press- 10 Volumes of Poetry: Selected poetry & prose (Two copies, one India paper)		1933	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
166	(Lawrence, T. E)	Golden Cockerel Press Crusader Castles		1936	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 131.25
167	Ruskin, John	Kelmscott Press/William MORRIS: The Nature of Gothic: a Chapter of The Stones of Venice	Hammersmith and London	1892	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 700.00
168		ABERDEEN (Directories, etc): 1- The CON-ACCORD Directory, 1842-43	Aberdeen	1842	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
169		EDINBURGH Directories: 1829-1902 (11)			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
170		DUNDEE, DUMFRIES & DUNFERMLINE: The Municipal History of the Royal Burgh of Dundee	Dundee	1873	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
171	SHEPHERD, T. H	EDINBURGH: 1- Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views, or EDINBURGH	London	1829	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
172	MAITLAND, William	SCOTTISH HISTORY: The history and antiquities of SCOTLAND	London	1757	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
173		Eight GLASGOW Directories: GLASGOW Post-Office Annual Directory		1834-35	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
174		SCOTLAND, Etc: Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1825-6			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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