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
524 CHARLES HINDLEY

THE TRUE STORY OF TOM AND JERRY

London C1888 Not Available GBP 31.60
525 J G LOCKHART

MEMOIRS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT

Edinburgh 1869 Not Available GBP 37.92
526 JOHN GUILLE MILLAIS

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY

London 1899 GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 15.17
527 PHILIP WHITWELL WILSON

THE GREVILLE DIARY - INCLUDING PASSAGES HITHERTO WITHHELD FROM PUBLICATION

New York 1927 Not Available GBP 5.06
528 J. M. Ring

The Decameron of Boccaccio

London Undated GBP 5.00 - 20.00 GBP 5.06
529 B C WALPOLE

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HONORABLE CHARLES JAMES FOX

London 1806 GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 6.32
530 T BABINGTON MACAULAY

CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS

GBP 55.00 - 80.00 GBP 63.20
531 FRED UHLMAN

THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISHMAN

London 1960 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 107.44
532 HORACE FLETCHER

FLETCHERISM - WHAT IS IT, OR HOW I BECAME YOUNG AT SIXTY

London ND Not Available GBP 6.32
533

ASSOCIATION FAMILY COPY Memoirs of the celebrated Eugene Aram who was executed for the murder of Daniel Clark in 1759..

London 1838 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.28
535 Samuel Johnson

A Diary of a Journey into North Wales, in the Year 1744

London 1816 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 101.12
536 edited by the rev Robert Lynam

The Works of Samuel Johnson with Murphy's Essay

1825 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
537 THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES THE SECOND

London 1856 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
538 W H WILKINS

MRS. FITZHERBERT AND GEORGE IV

London 1905 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
539 Fenn (John) edit

The Paston Letters'

1787-1823 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 910.08
540

PASTON LETTERS; AN IMPORTANT ARCHIVE COMPRISING FENN'S ORIGINAL MS LETTERS

1789 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 10,617.60
541 JOHN MORELY

THE LIFE OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

London 1903 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.64
542 NICHOLAS EVERITT

SHOTS FROM A LAWYER'S GUN

London 1910 Not Available GBP 12.64
543 RICHARD R HOLMES [Librarian to the Queen]

QUEEN VICTORIA

London 1897 GBP 25.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
544 John Gough Nichols and Charles John Smith

Autographs of Royal, Noble, Learned, and Remarkable Personages Conspicuous in English History, from the Reign of Richard the Second to that of Charles the Second

London 1829 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
545 Dr Forbes

Full View of the Public Transactions in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth or a particular account of all the Memorable Affairs of that Queen

1740-41 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 50.56
546

The Biographical Mirrour

1795-1802 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.80
547

THE DRAWING-ROOM PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT PERSONAGES

London 1859 Not Available GBP 6.32
548 C SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS AND PHILEMON HOLLAND [Transl]

THE HISTORIE OF THE TWELVE CAESARS - EMPREROS OF ROME

London 1931 GBP 35.00 - 70.00 GBP 40.45
549

THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF MILITARY ENQUIRY - AN ACT TO APPOINT COMMISSIONERS TO ENQUIRE AND EXAMINE INTO THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE...IN THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

1806 Not Available GBP 6.32
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • 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.