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
474 COOKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER

FIVE TITLES including Topographical and Statistical Descriptions of Bedford, Northampton, Cambridge Huntingdon and Norfolk,

London GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
475 CRABB, GEORGE

UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY' volumes 1 and 2,

London 1823 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
476 CRISWICK, J.

A WALK ROUND DORCHESTER'

Dorchester 1820 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
477 DAY LEWIS, CECIL

TWO COPIES OF 'CHRISTMAS EVE'

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
478 DE AZARA, FELIX

VOYAGES DANS L'AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE' volumes 1-4,

Paris 1809 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
479

DEL RIO, MARTIN 'DISQUISITIONUM MAGICARUM' books 1 & 2,

Mainz 1606 GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
480 DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (ILLUS.)

THE FABLES OF AESOP'

London GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
481 DICKENS, CHARLES

MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK' illustrated by George Cattermole & Hablot Browne, volumes 1 & 2,

London 1840/41 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
482 DICKENS, CHARLES

'DOMBEY AND SON'

London 1848 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
483 DICKENS, CHARLES

'LITTLE DORRIT'

London 1857 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
484 DICKENS, CHARLES

'THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB'

London 1837 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 39.00
485 EMERSON, W.

THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS' books 1-4,

London 1768 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
486 EVELYN, JOHN

SILVA, OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES' books 1 & 2,

London 1706 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
487 FABRE, J.H.

THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER', 'THE MASDON-BEES' and 'BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS'

1912 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
488 FARADAY, MICHAEL

TWO VOLUMES - 'VARIOUS FORCES OF NATURE' AND 'THE CHEMICAL HISTORY OF A CANDLE'

Piccadilly GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 91.00
489 FENNING, DANIEL

A NEW AND EASY GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE GLOBES'

London 1804 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
490 FERGUSON, JAMES

LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICSEU|.'

London 1852 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
491 FORSYTH, J.S.

THE ANTIQUARY'S PORTFOLIO' volumes 1 and 2,

London 1825 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
492 FOURCROY, A.F.

A GENERAL SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE' translated by William Nicholson, volumes 1-11 (10 and 11 bound together),

London 1804 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
493 GIRARDIN, M.J.

LECONS DE CHIMIE ELEMENTAIRE' fifth edition, volumes 1-5,

Paris GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
494 GLADSTONE, W. E

THE STATE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH' and 'CHURCH PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS'

London 1838 and 1840 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 26.00
495 GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

AN HISTORY OF THE EARTH' second edition, volumes 1-8,

Strand GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 104.00
496 GORHAM, MAURICE AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

THREE VOLUMES

London 1949 and 1951 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
497 GRAHAM, ELEANOR AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD

TWO COPIES OF 'J.M BARRIE'S PETER PAN'

1962 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
498 GRANVILLE FELL, H. (ILLUS.)

THE SONG OF SOLOMON'

London 1897 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 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.