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
402 P G WODEHOUSE

VINTAGE FICTION: 3 Titles: NOTHING SERIOUS

London ND GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
403 H RIDER HAGGARD FIRSTS

2 Titles: ALLAN QUATERMAIN

London 1887 Not Available GBP 25.28
404 S L BENSUSAN

5 Titles: WILD-LIFE STORIES - STORIES FROM A HOME COUNTY

London 1907 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 Not Sold
405 DAVID LACK

COUNTRY FICTION: 4 Titles: THE LIFE OF THE ROBIN

London 1965 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
406 H V MORTON

4 Titles: A STRANGER IN SPAIN

London 1969 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
407 R. ANDOM [ALFRED WALTER BARRETT] AND L GUNNIS (Illus)

NEIGHBOURS OF MINE

London 1912 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
408 JOHN GALSWORTY

CARAVAN - THE ASSSEMBLED TALES OF JOHN GOLDSWORTY

London 1928 Not Available GBP 6.32
409 Payn, James

Lost Sir Massingberd A Romance in Real Life

Philadelphia C1870 GBP 5.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
410 W S MAUGHAM

2 Titles: THE MAGICIAN

London 1908 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 82.16
411

GERMAN FOLKLORE ENGLISH TRANSLATION. Popular Works of Musaeus

London C1865 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 82.16
412 GERALD DURRELL

9 Titles: A ZOO IN MY LUGGAGE

London 1960 GBP 25.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.96
413 HENRY WILLIAMSON

7 Titles: TALES OF MOORLAND AND ESTUARY

London 1953 GBP 20.00 - 35.00 GBP 10.11
414

CHARLOTTE M YONGE DECORATIVE CLOTH: 6 Titles: THE CONSTABLES TOWER

London ND Not Available Not Sold
415 B.B' AND D J WATKINS-PITCHFORD (Illus)

DARK ESTUARY

London 1953 Not Available GBP 5.06
416 JOY ADFAMSON

BORN FREE - A LIONESS OF TWO WORLD

London 1960 Not Available Not Sold
417 LESLEY BLANCH

8 Titles: THE NINE TIGER MAN

London 1965 GBP 20.00 - 35.00 GBP 6.32
418 H G WELLS

APROPOS OF DOLORES

London 1938 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 12.64
419 DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORS [''B.B'']

MANKA, THE SKY GIPSY - THE STORY OF A WILD GOOSE

London 1939 Not Available GBP 6.32
420 J H WILLIAMS

2 Titles: ELEPHANT BILL

London 1950 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
421 CHARLES KINGSLEY

6 Titles: ALTON LOCKE - TAILOR AND POET

London 1890 Not Available Not Sold
422

Edgar Rice Burroughs THUVIA MAID OF MARS

1920 GBP 5.00 - 30.00 GBP 82.16
423 PETER DAVISON (Ed)

GEORGE ORWELL - NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR - THE FACSIMILE OF THE EXTANT MANUSCRIPT

London 1984 Not Available GBP 63.20
424 KENNETH GRAHAME AND R J E MOONY (Illus)

THE GOLDEN AGE

London 1915 Not Available GBP 5.06
425

GHOST STORIES: 3 Titles: THE GHOST STORIES OF M. R JAMES

London 1931 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 53.09
426 MRS GASKELL AND HUGH THOMSON (Illus)

CRANFORD

London 1891 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 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.