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

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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
326 BEATRIX POTTER

10 Titles: THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT

London ND GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 94.80
327 CHARLES PERRAULT

VINTAGE FAIRY TALES: 6 Titles: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

London 1993 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
328 BERNARD MILES

ILLUSTRATED BY VICTOR G AMBRUS: 7 Titles: FAVOURITE TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE

London 1980 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 22.75
329 LEONARD CLARK

ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES KEEPING: 10 Titles: THE TALE OF PRINCE IGOR

London 1979 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 48.03
330 CECIL ALDIN

DOG STORIES: 2 Titles: JUST AMONG FRIENDS - PAGES FROM MY SKETCHBOOKS

London 1934 Not Available GBP 6.32
331 BY AND ABOUT MAURICE SENDAK

5 Titles: CALDECOTT & CO - NOTES ON BOOKS AND PICTURES

London 1988 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
332 CHRIS RIDDELL

YA FICTION - PROOF COPIES: 3 Titles: THE CLOUD HORSE CHRONICLES - GUARDIANS OF MAGIC

London 2019 Not Available GBP 10.11
333 RUDYARD KIPLING

4 Titles: PUCK OF POOK'S HILL

London 1940 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
334 ENID BLYTON

4 Titles: THE SHIP OF ADVENTURE

London 1952 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 37.92
335

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S TITLES: 5 Titles: JOSEPHINE AND HER DOLLS

London ND GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 22.75
336 FLORENCE HARRISON

2 Titles: ELFIN SONG - A BOOK OF VERSE AND PICTURES

London ND GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 366.56
337 T S ELIOT

2 Titles: OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

London 1939 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 50.56
338 ERNEST SETON

2 Titles: WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN

London 1903 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
339 DANIEL DE FOE

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

London 1901 Not Available GBP 27.81
340

ARTHUR RANSOM REPRINTS

London GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 60.67
341 HUGH LOFTING

VINTAGE CHILDRENS': 6 Titles: DOCTOR DOLITTLE'S RETURN

London 1933 GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
342 A A MILNE

2 Titles: WINNIE THE POOH

London 1954 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
343 ROBERT B ADDISON AND HARRIETT M BENNETT (Illus)

CHILDREN'S VOICES

London c1884 Not Available GBP 6.32
344 KATE GREENAWAY

3 Titles: JANE AND ANNE TAYLOR: LITTLE ANN AND OTHER POEMS

London ND Not Available GBP 5.06
345 Kipling Rudyard

The Second Jungle Book

New York 1895 Not Available GBP 12.64
346 COLT HENDERSON

LONE RIDER'S RANCH

London 1958 Not Available GBP 25.28
347 A A MILNE

THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER

London 1928 GBP 105.00 - 140.00 GBP 113.76
348 CECILY HALLACK

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 3 Titles: FOR THE SMALLEST PERSON

London 1932 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.92
349

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S STORY BOOKS: 4 Titles: ANIMAL ANTICS

GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
350 HARRY GOLDING (Ed)

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 3 Titles: THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS

London GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 5.06
  • 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.