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
451 YA FICTION

9 Titles: MALORIE BLACKMAN: NOBLE CONFLICT

London 2013 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 53.09
452 GILES MILTON

INSCRIBED MODERN FICTION: 4 Titles: SAMURAI WILLIAM

London 2002 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 15.17
453 JULIAN BARNES FIRSTS

4 Titles: THE SENSE OF AN ENDING

London 2011 Not Available GBP 6.32
454 ELIZABETH BOWEN

CLOTHBOUND FICTION: 7 Titles: THE HEAT OF THE DAY

London 1949 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.96
455 ROBERT GIBBINGS

SWEET THAMES RUN SOFTLY

London 1940 Not Available GBP 15.17
456 HENRY WILLIAMSON

SALAR THE SALMON

London 1936 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 27.81
457 LILIAS RIDER HAGGARD (Ed)

6 Titles: THE RABBIT SKIN CAP

London 1950 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 35.39
458 HENRY WILLIAMSON FIRSTS

6 Titles: THE SUN IN THE SANDS

London 1945 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 48.03
459 HENRY WILLIAMSON

TARKA THE OTTER

London 1945 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 82.16
460 J B PRIESTLEY

DUSTJACKETS: 5 Titles: LOST EMPIRES

London 1965 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 22.75
461 HENRY JAMES

2 Titles: THE OTHER HOUSE

London 1949 Not Available Not Sold
462 GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPIES: 2 Titles: CALCUTTA

London 1971 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
463 ELIZABETH VON ARNIM

9 Titles: THE CARAVANERS

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 35.39
464 TEMPLE SCOTT (Ed)

THE NOVELS OF THE BRONTE SISTERS

Edinburgh 1924 GBP 175.00 - 245.00 GBP 252.80
465 BEVERLEY NICHOLS

5 Titles: WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST

London early 1930s Not Available GBP 25.28
466 MRS GASKELL

DECORATIVE CLOTH FEMALE AUTHORS / ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMPSON: 3 Titles: CRANFORD

London 1891 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 75.84
467 A CONAN DOYLE

UNCLE BERNAC

London 1897 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 31.60
468 THOMAS INGOLDSBY

THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS

London 1855 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
469 JANE AUSTEN GEORGIAN

5 Titles SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

London 1927 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 151.68
470 S R CROCKETT

3 Titles: THE RAIDERS

London 1894 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
471 GEORGE BORROW

3 Titles: THE ROMANY RYE

London 1900 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
472 JOHN BUCHAN

3 Titles: THE ISLAND OF SHEEP

London 1936 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
473 ELIZABETH HARCOURT MITCHELL

DECORATIVE CLOTH CHILDRENS': 6 Titles: THE BEAUTIFUL FACE

London 1895 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
474 W M THACKERAY

5 Titles: THE YELLOWPLUSH CORRESPONDENCE ETC

London 1903 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 15.17
475 W S MAUGHAM

3 Titles: DON FERNANDO

London 1935 Not Available GBP 63.20
  • 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.