Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 100825, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 09, 2025

Page Size: 1118 items in 45 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	JOHN BARROW	THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH	London	1848	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 56.88
2	BARCK, D. C (Ed)	LETTER-BOOKS AND ORDER BOOK OF GEORGE, LORD RODNEY	New York	1832	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 53.09
3	JOHN KNOX LAUGHTON (Ed)	STATE PAPERS RELATING TO THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA ANNO 1558	London	1894	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 44.24
4	MICHAEL LEWIS	THE NAVY IN BRITAIN - A HISTORICAL PORTRAIT	London	1948	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
5		CAPTAIN NIGEL NICOLSON AND PATRICK FORBES: THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945	Aldershot	1949	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
6		ANON / VARIOUS: BULLETINS OF THE CAMPAIGN 1799			GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 44.24
7		BURMA INTEREST: 4 Titles: IAN LYALL GRANT AND KAZUO TAMAYAMA: BURMA 1942 - THE JAPANESE INVASION	Chichester	1999	GBP 10.00 - 15.00	GBP 12.64
8		BERNARD FERGUSSON: 4 Titles: BEYOND THE CHINDWIN	London	1945	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	GBP 12.64
9	DUDLEY JARRETT	BRITISH NAVAL DRESS	London	1960	Not Available	GBP 6.32
10	ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE	THE INVASION OF CRIMEA: ITS ORIGIN, AND AN ACCOUNT OF ITS PROGRESS DOWN TO THE DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN	London	1863-1887	GBP 175.00 - 245.00	GBP 252.80
11	COLONEL F I MAXSE	SEYMOUR VANDELEUR - THE STORY OF A BRITISH OFFICER BEING A MEMOIR OF BREVET-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL VANDELEUR, DSO, SCOTS GUARDS AND IRISH GUARDS WITH A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF HIS CAMPAIGNS	London	1905	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
12	J MACLAREN-ROSS	THE STUFF TO GIVE THE TROOPS - TWENTY-FIVE TALES OF ARMY LIFE	London	1944	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
13	RUDYARD KIPLING (Ed)	THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR	London	1923	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	GBP 37.92
14	LIEUT. GEN. SIR F W HAMILTON	THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE FIRST GRENADIER GUARDS...	London	1874	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
15	WALTER VON EBERHARDT (Ed)	UNSERE LUFT-STREITKFRAFTE 1914-1918 [OUR AIR FORCE 1914-19]	Berlin	1930	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
16	J M BRUCE	MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTEREST: 5 Titles: BRITISH AEROPLANES 1914-1918	London	1957	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
17	RUDOLPH STARK	MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTEREST: 3 Titles: WINGS OF WAR - AN AIRMAN'S DIARY OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR I	London	1973	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
18	SIR EUSTACE H.W.	TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT: A SHIPBUILDER'S YARN - THE RECORD OF A NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR	London	ND	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 15.17
19	LIEUT-COLONEL THE RIGHT HON. SIR FREDERICK PNSONBY	THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918	London	1920	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
20	CAPTAIN H. O'DONNELL (Ed)	HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE 14TH REGIMENT, NOW THE PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN (WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT) FROM ITS FORMATION, IN 1685, TO 1892	Devonport	ND	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
21	FAMIANI STRADAE	ROMANI E SOCIETE IESV DE BELLO BELGICO DECAS SECUNDA AB INITIO PRAEFECTURAE ALEXANDER FARNESII PARMAE PLACENTIAEQUE DUCIS III AN MDLCCCVIII USQUE AD AN MDCX CUM PRIVILEGIIS			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 126.40
22	H W WILSON	WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA - A HISTORY OF THE BOER WAR OF 1899-1900	London	1900-1901	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
23	LaCROIX, Paul	COSTUMES MIDDLE AGES		1871	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.28
24	PAUL LACROIX	MILITARY AND RELIGIOUS LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND A THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE	London	ND	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
25	JOHN ASHTON	OLD TIMES - A PICTURE OF SOCIAL LIFE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	London	1885	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	Not Sold

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.
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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