Sworders: Paint. Print. Sculpt., A1240, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025
Page Size: 194 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
29 After Eric Ravilious

The Hansom Cab and Pigeons', 1935

 1935, printed later GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
30 After Eric Ravilious

'Desert'

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
31 After Eric Ravilious

No. 5 Planets', 1933

 1933, printed later GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 520.00
33 Richard Bawden (1936-2024)

'Novodevichy Convent, Moscow'

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
34 Richard Bawden (1936-2024)

'Studio in the Sky: Aldeburgh from the South Tower'

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 260.00
36 Bernard Cheese RCA RE (1925-2013)

'Salmon Nets Drying'

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 260.00
37 Bernard Cheese RCA RE (1925-2013)

'Pale & Burton'

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 260.00
39 Chloe Cheese (b.1952)

'My Mother's House'

 1986 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 130.00
46 Walter Hoyle (1922-2000)

'Henley Business College'

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 286.00
47 Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997)

West Front, Durham

1976 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
48 Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997)

Tractor in Landscape', 1945

 1945 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
49 Michael Rothenstein RA (1908-1993)

Cockerel

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 390.00
50 Michael Rothenstein RA (1908-1993)

'Friends'

 1983 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 390.00
53 Norman Thomas Janes RWS RE RSMA (1892-1980)

'The Rope Merchants, Greenwich'

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 260.00
54 Eric Gill ARA (1882-1940)

'The Passion'

 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
55 John Buckland Wright (1897-1954)

'Laus Veneris'

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 130.00
56 Theodore Dunham Peter Luling (American-British, 1902-1978)

'The Mill Pond'

 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 91.00
57 John Buckland Wright (1897-1954)

Bathers in a pool

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 182.00
58

A selection of prints by various artists to include: R... M... Hewitt (20th century) Dancer; Woman in a dress

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
59 Suzanne Cooper (1916-1992)

'The Falcon, Uppingham'

 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 260.00
66 Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

'Amusement Arcade'

 1938 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
67 Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

'Knife Grinder'

 1938 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 117.00
68 Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

'Naturalist, Furrier, Plumassier'

 1938 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 130.00
69 Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

'Public House'

1938 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
70 Eric Ravilious (1903-1942)

'Undertaker'

 1938 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>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…</i>
    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.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.