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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
251a Helen and Lewis Melville.

EMBOSSED MOROCCO BINDING. An Anthology of Humorous Verse from Robert Herrick to Owen Seaman.

1910 GBP 10.00 - 30.00 GBP 18.96
252 Captain Eric G. Roberts

Hunter's Moon and other hunting Verses

GBP 10.00 - 30.00 GBP 50.56
253

POETRY BINDINGS: 6 Titles: THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON

London ND Not Available GBP 22.75
254 JOHN MASEFIELD AND JACYNTH PARSONS [Illus]

ILLUSTRATED POETRY: 2 Titles: SOUTH AND EAST

London 1929 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.75
255

DANTE ALIGHIERI [Transl: THE REV HENRY FRANCIS]

London 1892 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 69.52
256 WILLIAM MORRIS

2 Titles: THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE AND OTHER POEMS

London 1904 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 69.52
257 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI AND FLORENCE HARRISON

POEMS

London ND GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 107.44
258 ROBERT BRIDGES

POETRY: 3 Titles: THE TESTAMENT OF BEAUTY

Oxford 1930 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 53.09
259 STEPHEN RICHARDS (Ed)

THE CHARLES BRONSON BOOK OF POEMS 'BIRDMAN OPENS HIS MIND', BOOK ONE

Newcastle Upon Tyne 1999 Not Available GBP 6.32
260 ROBERT HERRICK

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (Ed): ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN POEMS

London 1955 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 44.24
261 BRIAN PATTEN

SPECIAL EDITION POETRY: 4 Titles: LITTLE JOHNNY'S CONFESSION

London 1973 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.75
262

WALTER THORNBURY: HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY BALLADS AND SONGS

Boston 1876 Not Available GBP 18.96
263 W S GILBERT

FIFTY 'BAB' BALLADS - MUCH SOUND AND LITTLE SENSE

London 1884 Not Available GBP 5.06
264 IOHANNES VAHLEN

ENNIANAE POESIS RELIQUIAE [THE REMAINS OF ENNIUS' POETRY]

Lipsiae 1903 GBP 35.00 - 55.00 GBP 27.81
265 ALFRED WILLIAMS

FOLK SONGS OF THE UPPER THAMES

London 1923 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 18.96
266

MUSIC INTEREST: 2 Titles: EMMA MARSHALL: IN THE CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY - A STORY OF HENRY PURCELL'S DAYS

London 1906 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
267 EDWARD FITZGERALD [Transl] AND EDMUND DULAC [Illus]

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

London GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 53.09
268

ILLUSTRATED CLOTH: OLIVER GOLDSMITH AND W LEE HANKEY [Illus]: THE DESERTED VILLAGE

London ND GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 18.96
269

STRAFFORD RIGGS AND HENRY PITZ [Illus]: THE STORY OF BEOWULF

New York 1933 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.28
270 SEBASTIAN EVANS [Transl] and JESSIE KING [Illus]

THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL

London 1903 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 581.44
271 DAVID DAY

TOLKIEN INTEREST: 3 Titles: A TOLKIEN BESTIARY

London 1979 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 35.39
272

SURREALIST POEMS

1954 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 467.68
273 DEL KATHRYN BARTON [Illus]

OSCAR WILDE'S THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

NSW 2012 GBP 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
274 FRIEDRICH SCHILLER AND C JAGER / U MULLER (Illus)

DAS LIED VON DER GLOCKE [THE SONG OF THE BELL]

Munich ND GBP 20.00 - 35.00 GBP 6.32
275 ARTHUR WALEY

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE

New York 1941 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
  • 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.