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
351 KATE GREENAWAY

UNDER THE WINDOW - PICTURES AND RHYMES FOR CHILDREN

London c1910 Not Available GBP 5.06
352 ENID BLYTON

7 Titles: STORYTIME BOOK

London 1964 Not Available GBP 5.06
353 S. G. Hulme Beaman

Five titles including Larry the Lamb and the Toy Flier

1957 GBP 5.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
354 C S LEWIS

THE SILVER CHAIR

New York 1953 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
355

CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED

London 1850s[?] GBP 5.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
356

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S STORIES, DECORATIVE CLOTH: 6 Titles: ANON: THE STORY OF UNDINE AND HOUSE ISLAND

London 1907 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
357 POST WHEELER (Ed)

DECORATIVE CLOTH CHILDREN'S NOVELS: 8 Titles: RUSSAIN WONDER TALES

London 1912 GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 31.60
358 ENID BLYTON

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 2 Titles: BOYS' AND GIRLS' STORYBOOK NO. 2

London c1934 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 6.32
359 RUDYARD KIPLING

VINTAGE CHILDRENS': 2 Titles: THY SERVANT A DOG, TOLD BY BOOTS

London 1930 Not Available GBP 6.32
360 RUDYARD KIPLING

3 Titles: THE FIVE NATIONS

London 1903 Not Available GBP 6.32
361 CAPT W E JOHNS

3 Titles: BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR

London ND Not Available GBP 5.06
362

YOUNG BRITAIN MAGAZINE

GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 6.32
363 VERILY ANDERSON

SCRAMBLED EGG FOR CHRISTMAS

London 1970 Not Available GBP 6.32
364

THE BOY'S BOOK OF TRADES AND THE TOOLS USED IN THEM

London ND Not Available Not Sold
365

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 4 Titles: THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY: THE MAGIC INK-POT

London 1928 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 27.81
366 A A MILNE AND E H SHEPARD (Illus)

THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER

London 1928 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
367 CAPT. W E JOHNS

2 Titles: BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME

London 1951 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 10.11
368 ANDREW LANG

8 Titles: FIFTY FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES

London 1973 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
369 MARY ANGELA DICKENS ET AL

CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM DICKENS

London 1911 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
370 WILLIAM COWPER AND RANDOLPH CALDECOTT (Illus)

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 2 Titles: THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GALPIN

London ND GBP 10.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
371

ANON: BLACK BOB THE DANDY WONDER DOG

London ND Not Available Not Sold
372 A A MILNE

4 Titles: WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG

London 1942 Not Available GBP 6.32
373 CARLO COLLODI, M A MURRAY [Trans] AND K WIESE / R GERVIS [Illus]

PINOCCHIO - THE STORY OF A PUPPETT

London 1947 Not Available Not Sold
374 ALICE M CHESTERTON

VINTAGE CHILDREN'S: 2 Titles: RHONDA'S HOLIDAY

London ND Not Available GBP 10.11
375 RUDYARD KIPLING

THE SEVEN SEAS

London 1915 Not Available GBP 6.32
  • 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.