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
276 *ARTHUR BORIS KLEIN (1893-1985)

Scenes from the 'Dirty Dogs of Paris' series

GBP 80.00 - 150.00 GBP 195.00
277 AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)

'Portrait of Claude Dereut and His Son, Jean'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
421

A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE BY MALBY & SON OF PARKER STREET, LONDON

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 117.00
452 ABBOTT AEU BECKETT, GILBERT

THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
453 AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS

DE RE METALLICA'

London 1912 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 390.00
454 AIKIN, J

THE WOODLAND COMPANION'

London 1820 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
455 AIMSWORTH, ROBERT

THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'

London 1796 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
456 ALDIN, CECIL

'DOGS OF CHARACTER'

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 247.00
457 ARDIZZONE, AINGELDA AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

TWO COPIES OF 'THE NIGHT RIDE'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
458 ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

EIGHT 'TIM' STORIES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 442.00
459 ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

SEVEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 78.00
460 ARISTOPHANE

LYSISTRATA' illustrated by Alain Bonnefoit,

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
461 AYRTON, MICHAEL

TITTIVULUS'

London 1953 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
462 BAILEY, NICHOLAS

AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY'

London 1735 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
463 BATES, H. E.

'MY UNCLE SILAS'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
464 BEARDSLEY, AUBREY

'THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY'

London 1899 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
465 BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

THE DECAMERON'

1893 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
466 BOUILLON DE LA GRANGE, E.J.B

MANUEL D'UN COURS DE CHIMIE' volumes 1 and 2,

Paris An VII GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
467 BRADLEY, JOHN

THE HISTORY OF THE SEYCHELLES'

Victoria 1940 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 117.00
468 BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES' volumes 1-6,

London 1801 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 182.00
469 CARY, JOHN

CARY'S NEW ITINERARY'

London 1798 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
470 CAVALLO, TIBERIUS

A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY'

London 1795 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 195.00
471 CAVE, WILLIAM

PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY OR THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIANS'

London 1676 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
472 CHEYNE, GEORGE

AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE'

London 1725 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 78.00
473 CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR

THE GREAR BOER WAR'

London 1900 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
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    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
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    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.