Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 100825, Norwich

Auction Details

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
575		HEBREW - CHALDEE	London	1832	GBP 30.00 - 80.00	GBP 27.81
576	M. V. Seton-Williams	MIDDLE EAST. Britain and the Arab States		1948	GBP 20.00 - 60.00	GBP 53.09
577	NEGLEY FARSON	10 Titles: SAILING ACROSS EUROPE			GBP 35.00 - 55.00	GBP 63.20
578	ALAN MOORHEAD	8 Titles: GALLIPOLI			GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 35.39
579	ARMINIUS VAMBERY	HISTORY OF BOKHARA - FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE PRESENT	London	1873	GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 40.45
580	DR HENRY SCHLIEMANN	MYCENAE; A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES AT MYCENAE AND TIRYNS	London	1878	GBP 70.00 - 105.00	GBP 53.09
581	BRIGADIER-GENERAL HON. C. G BRUCE	THE ASSAULT ON MOUNT EVEREST 1922	London	1923	GBP 70.00 - 105.00	GBP 126.40
582	Zahra Freeth	MIDDLE EAST. Kuwait was my home		1956	GBP 20.00 - 60.00	GBP 69.52
583	CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD BURTON	WANDERINGS IN THREE WONTINENTS	London	1901	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 18.96
584	DAVID FRASER	THE MARCHES OF HINDUSTAN, THE RECORD OF A JOURNEY IN THIBET, TRANS-HIMALAYA INDIA, CHINESE TURKESTAN, RUSSIAN TURKESTAN AND PERSIA	London	1907	GBP 140.00 - 175.00	GBP 113.76
585	CAPTAIN H H DEASY	IN TIBET AND CHINESE TURKESTAN BEING THE RECORD OF THREE YEARS' EXPLORATION	London	1901	GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 214.88
586	SVEN HEDIN	JEHOL - CITY OF EMPERORS	London	1932	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 69.52
587	HANS HELFRITZ	LAND WITHOUT SHADE	London	1935	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 6.32
588	EMIL TRINKLER	THE STORMSWEPT ROOF OF ASIA	London	1931	GBP 35.00 - 55.00	GBP 15.17
589	D. VAN DER MEULEN AND DR. H. VON WISSMAN	HADRAMAUT- SOME OF ITS MYSTERIES UNVEILED	Leyden	1932	GBP 40.00 - 55.00	GBP 31.60
590	JOHN LEWIS BURCKHARDT	TRAVELS OF M BURCKHARDT IN EGYPT AND NUBIA	London	1819	GBP 105.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
591	ELLA K MAILLART	TURKESTAN SOLO	New York	1935	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 10.11
592	Elias	Book of Polar Exploration	London	1930	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 12.64
593	HUGH RUTTLEDGE	EVEREST 1933	London	1934	GBP 35.00 - 55.00	GBP 18.96
593a	HUDSON (WH)	THE PURPLE LAND	New York	1904	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
594	FRED RICHARDS	A PERSIAN JOURNEY BEING AN ETCHER'S IMPRESSIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST	London	1931	GBP 25.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.64
595	SIR FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND	PEKING TO LHASA - THE NARRATIVE OF JOURNEYS IN THE CHINESE EMPIRE MADE BY THE LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE PEREIRA...	London	1925	GBP 25.00 - 55.00	GBP 31.60
596	CAPTAIN B K FEATHERSTONE	AN UNEXPLORED PASS - A NARRATIVE OF A THOUSAND-MILE JOURNEY TO THE KARA-KORAM HIMALAYAS	London	ND	GBP 40.00 - 45.00	GBP 25.28
597	L A WADDELL	AMONG THE HIMALAYAS	London	1900	GBP 35.00 - 40.00	GBP 25.28
598	HON GEORGE N CURZON	RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA IN 1889 AND THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN QUESTION	London	1889	GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 40.45

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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.

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.
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.