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
301

FOLIO SOCIETY: ANTHONY TROLLOPE: 12 Titles:THE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLYS

Not Available GBP 35.39
302 A J P TAYLOR

FOLIO SOCIETY: A CENTURY OF CONFLICT 1848-1948

1998 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
303 JOHN BUCHAN

FOLIO SOCIETY: 9 Titles: THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS

2003 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
304 LYN DAVIES

FOLIO SOCIETY: 9 Titles: A IS FOR OX

2006 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.20
305

WILLIAM S PETERSON: THE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, THE KELMSCOTT CHAUCER

2008 Not Available GBP 214.88
306 JACOB BURCKHARDT

FOLIO SOCIETY: 8 Titles: THE CIVILISATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 50.56
307

FOLIO SOCIETY: JANE AUSTEN BOXED SET

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 53.09
308

FOLIO SOCIETY: RUDYARD KIPLING: 2 sets: SHORT STORIES

2005 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 48.03
309 M I FINLEY

FOLIO SOCIETY: 5 Titles: THE WORLD OF ODYSSEUS

2002 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 15.17
310 JAMES MORRIS

FOLIO SOCIETY: PAX BRITANNIA

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
311

FOLIO SOCIETY: 6 Titles: GRIMM'S FAIRYTALES

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 69.52
312 NIKOLAUS PEVSNER AND PRISCILLA METCALF ET AL

FOLIO SOCIETY: 6 Titles: THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND - THE SOUTH EAST

2005 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
313 JOHN RUSKIN

FOLIO SOCIETY: 5 Titles: BETJEMAN'S BRITAIN; THE STONES OF VENICE

GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.75
314 GILBERT WHITE

FOLIO SOCIETY: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE

London 2009 Not Available GBP 15.17
315 R H BRUCE LOCKHART

FOLIO SOCIETY - HISTORY INTEREST: 6 Titles: MEMOIRS OF A BRITISH AGENT

2003 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 60.67
316 A A MILNE

WINNIE THE POOH BOXED

London 1999 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 75.84
317

CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED. Aristophanes The Eleven Comedies

New York 1928 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.28
318

INSCRIBED ENID BLYTON: THE STORY OF MY LIFE

London c1952 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 69.52
319 LEWIS CARROLL AND PETER BLAKE [Illus]

CHILDREN'S BOOKS: 5 Titles: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE

London 2006 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 50.56
320 MR PERRAULT AND JOHN AUSTEN [Illus]

FAIRY TALES: 4 Titles: TALES OF PASSED TIMES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN

London 1922 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 101.12
321 ANNE ANDERSON

5 Titles: THE GILLYFLOWER GARDEN BOOK

London GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 88.48
322 EDEN PHILLPOTTS AND ARTHUR RACKHAM [Illus]

A DISH OF APPLES

London ND GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 27.81
323 J R R TOLKIEN

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 3 Titles: THE HOBBIT

London 1972 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
324 MICHELLE MAGORIAN

CHILDREN'S HARDBACK FIRSTS: 15 Titles: GOODNIGHT MR. TOM

New York 1981 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
325

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES

London ND Not Available GBP 25.28
  • 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.