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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
Page Size: 386 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Sonnets from the Portuguese

[E. Aurora] [1898] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
227 Schanilec, Gaylord

YTWOK

1999 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
228

The Book of Job From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611

New York 1946 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
229

The Living Races of Mankind: A Popular Illustrated Account of the Customs, Habits, Pursuits, Feasts & Ceremonies of the Races of Mankind Throughout the World by Eminent Specialists

London Early 20th century USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
230 Toussaint, C. J.

Memento des architectes et ingenieurs. Des Entrepreneurs, Toiseurs, Verificateurs, &c. Et des personnes qui sont Batir

Paris [1838] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 112.50
231 Bowles, William

Introduccion a la Historia Natural, y a la Geografia Fisica de Espana, por D. Guillermo Bowles

Madrid 1789 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 62.50
232 Caesar, Julius

C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant: Ex Recensione Ios. Scaligeri

Amstelodami [i.e. Amsterdam] 1644 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 112.50
233 Chaplin, Charlie

Salutation and signature of Charlie Chaplin on a letter from a fan requesting an autograph, with the original envelope in which Chaplin returned the letter

West Newton, Massachusetts & Los Angeles, California 1924 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 112.50
234 Balzac, Honore de; [A.Dutacq, ed.]

Les Contes Drolatiques...

Paris 1855 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 87.50
235 Douglas, David

Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827...

London 1914 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
236 Dykes, William Rickatson

The Genus Iris

Cambridge 1913 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
237 Eddington, A. S.

The Nature of the Physical World

Cambridge 1928 USD 10.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
238

The Art of Speaking

Dublin 1779 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
239 Congreve, Mistress A. E.

The One Maid Book of Cookery

New York 1913 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
240 Oliver, Michel

La cuisine est un jeu d'enfants [avec] Les hors d'oeure sont un jeu d'enfants

Paris 1963-1969 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
241 Rhett, Blanche S.

200 Years of Charleston Cooking

New York [1930] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
242 Robinson, Mrs. H. M.

The Practical Cook Book

New York 1864 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
243 The Author of Hobomok [Child, Lydia Maria]

The Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who are not Ashamed of Economy

Boston 1831 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
244 Odell, C. F.

History of the Pretoria Country Club, 1909-1975

[Pretoria, South Africa] [1977] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
245 Horn, Walter & Ernest Born

The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery

Berkeley 1979 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 62.50
246 Hudson, W. H.

Two copies of Birds in a Village [with] Birds and Man

London 1893-1901 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
247 Kinsey, Alfred C., et al.

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male [with] Sexual Behavior in the Human Female

Philadelphia 1948-1953 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
248 Le Corbusier

Towards a New Architecture

New York [1927] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 187.50
249 Marzials, Theodore and Walter Crane

Pan Pipes: A Book of Old Songs Newly Arranged & with Accompaniments by Theo. Marzials, Set to Pictures by Walter Crane. Engraved & Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans

London [c.1883] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
250

Les Jeux de l'Amour. Annee 1820

Paris [1819] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
  • 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.
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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.