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
500 JOHN KIRBY

THE SUFFOLK TRAVELLER

c1801 Not Available GBP 12.64
501 DONALD MAXWELL

2 Titles: UNKNOWN SUFFOLK

London 1926 Not Available GBP 12.64
502 A A C HEDGES

GREAT YARMOUTH INTEREST: 4 Titles: YARMOUTH IS AN ANTIENT TOWN

1973 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
503 FRANK MEERES

A HISTORY OF GREAT YARMOUTH

Chicester 2007 Not Available GBP 5.06
504 R H MOTTRAM

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEREST: 5 Titles: EAST ANGLIA - ENGLAND'S EASTERN PROVINCE

London ND GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 5.06
505 H J DUKINFIELD ASTLEY (Ed)

MEMORIALS OF OLD NORFOLK

London 1908 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 25.28
506 CHARLES G HARPER

THE CAMBRIDGE ELY AND KING'S LYNN ROAD - THE GREAT FENLAND HIGHWAY

London 1902 Not Available Not Sold
507 GILBERT WHITE

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE

London 1890 GBP 35.00 - 55.00 GBP 31.60
508 M R JAMES AND G E CHAMBERS (Illus)

SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK - A PERAMBULATION OF THE TWO COUNTIES WITH NOTICES OF THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR ANCIENT BUILDINGS

London 1950 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 12.64
509 ARTHUR H PATTERSON

2 Titles: NOTES-OF-AN-EAST-COAST-NATURALIST

London 1904 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 12.64
510 HAMON LE STRANGE

NORWICH INTEREST: 5 Titles: HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN NORFOLK 1724-1895

Norwich 1896 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 101.12
511

CAMBRIDGE INTEREST: AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

London 1959 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.75
512 AYMER VALLANCE

ENGLISH CHURCH SCREENS

London 1936 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 25.28
513 C WISE

ROCKINGHAM CASTLE AND THE WATSONS

London 1891 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
514 M R JAMES

SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK

London 1939 Not Available GBP 6.32
515 ABBOT GASQUET

THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND

London 1908 Not Available GBP 22.75
516 THE REV CHARLES COATES

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF READING

London 1802 Not Available GBP 5.06
517 BASIL SPENCE

PHOENIX AT COVENTRY

London 1962 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
517A JOHN OGILBY FACSIMILE

BRITANNIA, VOLUME THE FIRST: OR, AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND AND DOMINION OF WALES

London 1939 Not Available GBP 6.32
518 THOMAS WRIGHT

THE HOMES OF OTHER DAYS - A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC MANNERS AND SENTIMENTS IN ENGLAND FROM THE EARLIEST KNOWN PERIOD TO MODERN TIMES

London 1871 Not Available GBP 5.06
519

HEBER RIMMER MEMORIAL [Architect and Topographer 1869 - 1895)

London 1896 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
520 BASIL HANSARD

LEADERS OF THE EMPIRE

London c1913 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
521

RIVIERE BINDING. Marie Antoinette The Dauphine

c1896 GBP 100.00 - 300.00 GBP 101.12
522

SIGNED AND DEDICATED COPY

1918 GBP 10.00 - 30.00 GBP 12.64
523

The Works of William Cowper, Esq. Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations with a Life of the Author

1835-37 GBP 10.00 - 35.00 GBP 10.11
  • 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.