Duke's: Autumn Auction, 1129, Dorchester

Auction Details

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
574		DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADEMIE FRANQAISE'	Paris		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 19.50
575		WINKLE'S ARCHITECTURAL AND PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND WALES	London	1860	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
576		JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS' volumes 1-33 (1513-1773)			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 130.00
577		THE BRITISH CLASSICS' volumes 1-11, 13-16, 18, 22, 23 and 24,			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 130.00
578	edited by Charles Holme	ENGLISH - WATERCOLOUR' , parts 1-8,	London	1902	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
579		THE HIVE OR WEEKLY ENTERTAINING REGISTER' volumes 1 (no. 1) - 3 (no. 81),	London	1821	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
580		KNIGHT'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS'	London	1851	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
581		THREE ARGONAUT PRESS VOLUMES comprising			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
582		APOCRYPHA' - an 18th century copy from The King James Version books 1-14,			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
583		THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE' with introduction by F.J. Furnivall, volumes 1-3,	London	1894	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
584		TOWNSON & MERCER'S CATALOGUE OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS AND CHEMICALS'		1846	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
585		A COLLECTION OF FRENCH HISTORY AND LITERATURE BOOKS 18th century and later,			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
586		NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE' volumes 22-36,	Paris	1818-9	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 130.00
587		STATUTES OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH'		1812	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 117.00
588	RECREATIVE SCIENCE	A RECORD AND REMEMBRANCER' volumes 1-3,	London	1860	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
589		THE CABINET MAKER'S GUIDE' new edition,	London	1825	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 65.00
590		ARCANA OF SCIENCE AND ART'	London	1834 and 1835	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
591	FOLIO SOCIETY	MATHERS, POWYS		1980	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
592		A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON EDWARD ARDIZZONE	London	1970	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 39.00
593		GAME PIE - A GUINNESS INDOOR SPORTFOLIO'			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
594		FIVE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH/ENGLISH CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED PHRASE BOOKS			GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 598.00
595		A LATE 18TH CENTURY VELLUM BOUND RECIPE AND QUACK CURE BOOK			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 845.00
596	SARAH ATKINSON	A 19TH CENTURY SCRAP ALBUM			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 91.00
597	ELIZABETH FOWLE	A 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND ALBUM			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 156.00
598		ANN LOVEDAY'S RIDDLE BOOK'	Oxford		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,300.00

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.