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
229 John Nash RA (1893-1977)

'Common Buttercup, Gold Knots, Upright Crowfoot'

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 286.00
230 Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981)

A Dream'; 'The Crater'; 'Supplication'; 'Mother Camin'(?) [female nude and volcano]

 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
252 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

St George's, Hanover Square', c.1924

 c.1924 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 260.00
253 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

The Coffee Stall', c.1925

 c.1925 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 390.00
254 After Ethelbert White

Woman by a Window', c.1926

 c.1926 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 156.00
255 After Ethelbert White

'The Punch and Judy Show'

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 104.00
256 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

The Weeping Ash', 1920

1920 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 156.00
257 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

The Ploughman's (Plowman's) Cottage', 1924

 1924 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 416.00
258 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

'The Hamlet', 1920

 1920 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
259 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

Barge Breakers, Bayonne', c.1924; 'Portofino', 1924; 'Rapallo' (Old Rapallo), 1924

 1924 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 260.00
260 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

Recco, c.1930; Portofino, 1924; Rapallo (Old Rapallo), 1924

 1924 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 130.00
261 Ethelbert White (1891-1972)

Designs for wall decorations

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
284 Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977)

'Picnic', Paul and Nusch Eluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Ady Fidelin photographed at Ile Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes, 1937

 2020 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 546.00
285 Lee Miller (American, 1907-1977)

Solarised portrait, Paris, 1932, thought to be Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim

 2020 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 650.00
286 Paul Facchetti (Italian-French, 1912-2010)

Andre Breton, rue Fontaine, c.1953

 c.1953 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 364.00
287 Patrick Lichfield (1939-2005)

Boy Wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh', c.1960

 c.1960 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
288 Tom Murray (b.1943)

The Beatles 'Mad Day Out', 1968

 1968, printed later GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
289 Chris Cheetham (b.1951)

Nude', 1985

 1968, printed later GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
290 Chris Cheetham (b.1951)

'Nude on Sofa', 1985

 1985 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
291 Paul Schutze (Australian, b.1958)

All That Was Solid...II', 2008

 2008 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
292 Melanie Manchot (German, b.1966)

Blue Light' from the '100' series, 2013

 2013 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
293 Lirone (French, b.1964)

New York at night

 2012 GBP 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
294 Lirone (French, b.1964)

Paris at night

2013 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
295 Lirone (French, b.1964)

Venice at night

 2012 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
305 John Banting (1902-1972)

Guitarist, 1935 (made)

 1971/1935 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
  • <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.