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
26 GEORGE EARLIE SHANKLE

STATE NAMES, FLAGS, SEALS, SONGS, BIRDS, FLOWERS, AND OTHER SYMBOLS

New York 1941 Not Available GBP 6.32
27 W DE GRAY BIRCH

CATALOGUE OF SEALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

London 1900 Not Available GBP 69.52
28

THE LATE SIR BERNARD BURKE: BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE PEERAGE, BARONETAGE AND KNIGHTAGE, PRIVY COUNCIL, AND ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

1938 Not Available GBP 37.92
29 WILLIAM CURTIS

THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE; OR FLOWER-GARDEN DISPLAYED

London 1793 - 1801 GBP 210.00 - 420.00 Not Sold
30

THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL

London For the years 1840 - 1843 GBP 35.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
31 JANE ELIZABETH GIRAUD (Illus)

THE FLOWERS OF SHAKSPEARE

London 1847 GBP 55.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
32 Jisaburo Ohwi

JAPAN Flora of Japan [In English]

1965 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.28
33

EDWARD STEP: 2 Titles: WILD FLOWERS IN THEIR NATURAL HAUNTS

Darlington ND GBP 10.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
34

BOTANICAL INTEREST BINDINGS: 3 Titles: ANON: CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY

London 1828 GBP 35.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
35 CHARLES MCINTOSH

THE PRACTICAL GARDENER AND MODERN HORTICULTURALIST

London 1828 - 1829 GBP 25.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
36 EDWARD STEP AND WILLIAM WATSON

FAVOURITE FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE

London 1896-1897 GBP 140.00 - 210.00 Not Sold
37 B MAUND

THE BOTANIC GARDEN

London 1825-1826 GBP 210.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
38

THE FLORIST, FRUITIST AND GARDEN MISCELLANY

London 1848-1861 GBP 210.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
39 ANNE PRATT

THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN

London 1861 GBP 55.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
40 SIR HERBERT MAXWELL

BOTANY INTEREST: 2 Titles: FLOWERS - A GARDEN NOTEBOOK

Glasgow 1923 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
41 N B BAGENAL

BOTANICAL INTEREST: 5 Titles: THE FRUIT GROWER'S HANDBOOK

London 1949 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
42 Oliver (Daniel)

Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom

GBP 10.00 - 30.00 GBP 56.88
43 JOS MILNER, JIM ALEXANDER AND CY GRIFFIN

DEER INTEREST: 7 Titles: A HIGHLAND DEER HERD AND ITS HABITAT

London 2002 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
44 RICHARD PRIOR

WILDLIFE AND DEER: 7 Titles: THE ROE DEER OF CRANBORNE CHASE

Oxford 1968 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
45 G KENNETH WHITEHEAD

DEER INTEREST: 7 Titles: THE WHITEHEAD ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DEER

Shrewsbury 1993 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
46 JOHN ROSS (Ed)

SPORTING INTEREST: 2 Titles: THE BOOK OF RED DEER

London 1825 Not Available GBP 31.60
47 PROFESSOR J ARTHUR THOMSON

THE NEW NATURAL HISTORY

London ND Not Available Not Sold
48 L DUDLEY STAMP

NEW NATURALIST: 10 Titles: BRITAIN'S STRUCTURE AND SCENERY, 1946; L HARRISON MATTHEWS: BRITISH MAMMALS

London 1963 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
49

HUTCHINSON'S ANIMALS OF ALL COUNTRIES - THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD IN PICTURE AND STORY

London ND GBP 20.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
50 BRETLAND FARMER (ED)

THE BOOK OF NATURE STUDY

London ND 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.