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

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.