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
175	[Burt, E]	SCOTLAND: Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in London		1822	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 118.75
176	Young, Robert	SCOTLAND: Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin, from the Twelfth Century to the Year 1876	Elgin	1879	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
177		SCOTLAND: A quantity of books relating to Scottish history and topography	Aberdeen	1937	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
178	Johnson, James	1- The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club		June 1771	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
179	MACILWAIN, George	MEDICAL: (Seven first editions bound in one volume): The general nature & treatment of Tumours	Churchill	1845	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
180	MACILWAIN, George	MEDICAL: (Five first editions bound in four volume): 1- Medicine & Surgery, one inductive science		1938	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
181		DIABETES: A collection of some 55 medical publications of ephemera relating to the condition		1892-1907	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
182	IAN FLEMING	From Russia With Love		1957	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 237.50
183	FLEMING, Ian	1- For Your Eyes Only		1960	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 462.50
184	Ian FLEMING	Live and Let Die		1954	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,312.50
185	Capote, T	Modern First Editions, a collection including: Breakfast at Tiffany's		1958	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 287.50
186	Wodehouse, PG	Modern first editions, etc.		1923	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.75
187	ROLT, L T C	12 Volumes, mostly first editions with dws			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
188	Crompton, Richmal	(7) 1st. Edns. With Dust Jackets			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
189	Prince Mirsky (Trasl)	GOGOL, Nicolas; The Diary of a Madman		1929	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
190	THOMSON, Hugh (illus)	LIMITED EDITIONS: 1- Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Night		no date (1912)	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 387.50
191	James Grace	Warwick Goble (ill); Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales		1910	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
192	Martin, W. Keble	GENERAL: Signed Limited Edition: The Concise British Flora In Colour		ND, C1965	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 575.00
193	POPE, A	1- First Edition, 1714- The rape of the lock: An heroi-comical poem in five cantos	London	1714	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
194	CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER	1- History of the Second World War			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
195	PETTY, Sir William	[The Father of STATISTICS] Political Arithmetick or a Discourse concerning the Extent and Value of Lands, People, Buildings	London	1691	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 575.00
196	CAREW (Richard)	The Survey of Cornwall	London	1602	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 512.50
197		Collection of early Newspapers, etc		March, 22 1681	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
198		MINIATURE Books, etc. Including: Punch's Pocket book for 1856			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 193.75
199		ESSEX Topography, Etc. Including: Excursions in the County of Essex		1818-19	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00

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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