Chiswick Auctions: Travel, Transport, and Exploration, 120425, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Ruga (Pietro)	Pianta della citta di Roma	1843	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 101.00
2	Saxton (Christopher)	Worcestershire Described		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 113.00
3		War Office Maps	1915-18	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 454.00
4		World War II Air Navigation and Military Maps		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 13.00
5		A group of Escape & Evade silk maps WWII		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 176.00
6		[White (John)] ..Account...Proposed Improvements Western..London		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 454.00
7	Ackermann (Rudolph)	The Microcosm of London. 3vol. [1808-10]		GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,780.00
8	Bowles (John)	Prospects of all the Cathedrals & Collegiate Churches		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
9	Clarke (Charles)	Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini	1819	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
10	Clarke (George B., editor)	Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, laid out by Mr. Bridgeman	1987	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 126.00
11	Cooke (Edward William)	and George Rennie Views of the Old and New London Bridges		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
12	Cussans (John Edwin)	History of Hertfordshire. 3 vol.	1870-81	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 302.00
13	Dugdale (William)	The History of St Paul's Cathedral in London..1658		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,008.00
14	Dugdale (William)	The History of St Paul's Cathedral in London..1658		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,008.00
15	Entick (John)	Survey of London, Westminster and Southwark	1766	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 139.00
16	Harris (John)	The History of Kent	1719	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,008.00
17	Harrison (Walter)	A New and Universal History, Description and Survey...of London and Westminster	1	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
18	Haywood (William)	Holborn Valley Improvements.	1872	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
19		HMSO Royal Commission on London Traffic.	1906	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 25.00
20	Howell (James)	Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration Of the City of London		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
21	Laborde (Charles) & Orlan (Pierre Mac)	Rues et Visages de Londres	1928	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
22	London and its Environs Described, and other titles. (12)	Group of volumes		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 580.00
23		London Interest.- Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent	1814	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
24	Lysons (Daniel)	The Environs of London	1810-11	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 403.00
25	Maitland (William)	History of London and 2 others,		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 252.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.