Duke's: Autumn Auction, 1129, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
Page Size: 283 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
549 SEARLE, RONALD

SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE'

1989 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
550 SIMSON, ROBERT

ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS'

Glasgow 1817 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
551 SOAVE, FRANCESCO

ELEMENTI DI GEOMETRIA TEORICO-PRATICA'

Venice 1793 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
552 SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE

DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN' 6 volumes,

Paris 1743 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
553 STACKHOUSE, REVEREND THOMAS

A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE' volumes 1-2,

London 1755 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
554 STEP, EDWARD

WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS' volumes 1-3,

London 1941/4 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
555 STERNE, LAURENCE

TRISTRAM SHANDY' illustrated by John Austin,

London 1928 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
556 STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE

SILVA BRITANNICA; OR PORTRAITS OF FOREST TREES'

London 1830 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
557 SURTEES, R.S.

'HUNTING WITH MR. JORROCKS'

1956 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
558 SYMONDS, JOHN

'ELFRIDA AND THE PIG'

London 1959 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 442.00
559 TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS

OPERA' edited by Gabriel Brotier, Latin text, volumes 1-4,

Edinburgh , London 1796 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
560 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE

'THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND ESQ'

1958 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
561 THOMAS, DYLAN

TWO COPIES OF 'A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
562 TINDAL, WILLIAM

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM'

Evesham , London 1794 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 32.50
563 URE, ANDREW

A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY'

London 1821 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
564 VALMONT DE BOMARE, M.

DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE' volumes 1-5,

Paris 1764 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
565 VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS

TWO WORKS - 'SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY' AND 'NEW ATLANTIS'

London 1631 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
566 WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO' second edition,

London 1889 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
567 WESLEY

PRIMITIVE PHYSIC' twenty-fourth edition,

London 1792 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
568 WHITE, GILBERT

'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE'

London 1900 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
569 WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL

'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS'

London 1938-41 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
570 WOOD, JAMES

THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS'

Cambridge 1811 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 19.50
571 WOOD, J. G.

'THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY'

London GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 32.50
572

THE HOLY BIBLE' with notes by Thomas Scott, fifth edition, volumes 1-6,

London 1822 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
573

LA SAINTE BIBLE' with notes by David Martin,

Amsterdam 1712 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
  • 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.