Duke's: Autumn Auction, 1129, Dorchester
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 524 | MAETERLINCK, MAURICE | THE LIFE OF THE BEE' illustrated by E.J. Detmold, |
London | 1912 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 525 | MARDUS, J. C. | 'LE LIVRE DES MILLE NUITS ET UNE NUIT' |
Paris | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 526 | MIEGE, GUY | THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND' |
London | 1723 | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 527 | MURPHY, JOHN | A TREATISE ON THE ART OF WEAVING' |
Glasgow | 1847 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 528 | NEMNICH, PHILIP ANDREW | AN UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF MERCHANDISE' |
London | 1799 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 529 | NEWTON, ISAAC | ARITHMETICA UNIVERSALIS' volume 2, |
Amsterdam, London | 1761 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 530 | NICHOLSON, WILLIAM | THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY' |
London | 1796 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 531 | NICHOLSON, WILLIAM | A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY' volumes 1 and 2, |
London | 1795 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 532 | NICHOLSON, WILLIAM | THE BRITISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA or DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES' volumes 1-6, |
London | 1809 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 533 | NOLLET, ABBE | LECONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPERIMENTALE' seventh edition, volumes 1-6, |
Paris | 1771 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 534 | OZANAM, M. | RECREATIONS MATHEMATIQUES ET PHYSIQUES' volumes 1-4, |
Paris | 1790 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 535 | PARKES, SAMUEL | THE CHEMICAL CATECHISM' seventh edition, |
London | 1816 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 536 | PARSONS, REV. B | ANTI-BACCHUS AN ESSAY' |
London | 1843 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 537 | PENNANT, THOMAS | THE LITERARY LIFE OF THE LATE THOMAS PENNANT ESQ. BY HIMSELF' |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 538 | PHILLIPS, EDWARD | THE NEW WORLD OF WORDS OR THE UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY' |
London | 1706 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 260.00 |
| 539 | PITT, WILLIAM | A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE' |
Newcastle under Lyme | 1817 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 540 | PLANTA, EDWARD | A NEW PICTURE OF PARIS' fourteenth edition, |
London | 1824 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 541 | PRATT, ANNE | THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THEIR ALLIES' |
London | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 | |
| 542 | RACKHAM, ARTHUR (ILLUS) - | FIVE VOLUMES comprising 'A Midsummer-Night's Dream', 'The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie', a French language version of the same work, 'Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods' and 'Poor Cecco', 1908-1923, |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 338.00 | ||
| 543 | RAPIN DE THOYRAS | THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND' translated by M. Tindal, |
London | 1732 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 544 | RAY, CYRIL | 'MERRY ENGLAND' |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.00 | ||
| 545 | REEVES, JAMES | TEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 52.00 | ||
| 546 | REGNAULT, P | LES ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES' |
Paris | 1732 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 547 | RITCHIE, EWING J | 'THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE' |
London | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 548 | SADELER, MARCO | VESTIGI DELLE ANTICHITA DI ROMA' |
1660 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 156.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
