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
599	JOHN HANBURY-TRACY	TIBET INTEREST: 2 Titles: BLACK RIVER OF TIBET	London	1938	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 18.96
600	SVEN HEDIN	MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER	London	1926	GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 31.60
601	SVEN HEDIN	TRANS-HIMALAYA - DISCOVERIES AND ADVENTURES IN TIBET	London	1909	GBP 210.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
602	SVEN HEDIN	OVERLAND TO INDIA	London	1912	GBP 55.00 - 80.00	GBP 53.09
603	SIR SAMUEL W BAKER	THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA AND THE SWORD HUNTERS OF THE HAMRAN ARABS	London	ND	GBP 40.00 - 55.00	GBP 63.20
604	JOHN F KEANE	MY JOURNEY TO MEDINAH: DESCRIBING A PILGRIMMAGE TO MEDINAH, PERFORMED BY THE AUTHOR DISGUISED AS A MOHAMMEDEN	London	1881	GBP 140.00 - 210.00	GBP 227.52
605	CHENG TIEN-HSI	CHINA MOULDED BY CONFUCIUS - THE CHINA WAY IN WESTERN LIGHT	London	1946	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 18.96
606	KARL BAEDEKER	THE MEDITERRANEAN - SEAPORTS AND SEA ROUTES INCLUDING MADEIRA, THE CANARY ISLANDS, THE COAST OF MOROCCO, ALGERIA AND TUNISIA	Leipzig	1911	Not Available	GBP 18.96
607	MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSH	CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO, BY WAY OF LISBON, ATHENS, CONSTANTINOPLE, AND JERUSALEM, PERFORMED IN THE STEAMERS OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY	London	1846	Not Available	GBP 6.32
608		MIDDLE EAST. International Bar Association	Hamburg, Germany	July 1-4, 1981	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 27.81
609	CAPTAIN S. S. COOK	SKETCHES IN SPAIN DURING THE YEARS 1829, 30, 31 & 35	London	1834	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 27.81
610	J G TAIT (Ed)	THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT	Edinburgh	1939 - 1946	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 15.17
611	Arnold T. Wilson	IRAQ - MESOPOTAMIA. Loyalties Mesopotamia Two volume set		1936	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 88.48
612	ANDRE MIGOT	DUSTJACKETS: TOPOGRAPHICAL INTEREST: 8 Titles: TIBETAN MARCHES	London	1955	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 48.03
613	RALPH A BAGNOLD	THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND ASIA: 9 Titles: LIBYAN SANDS	London	1943	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 60.67
614	WA-SHA-QUON-ASIN [GREY OWL]	TALES OF AN EMPTY CABIN	London	1936	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 88.48
615	CAPTAIN ROBERT F SCOTT	THE VOYAGE OF 'THE DISCOVERY'	London	1905	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 107.44
616		VARIOUS: THE CANADIAN CENTENNIAL LIBRARY	Toronto	1965	Not Available	GBP 6.32
617	J E ROBBINS AND W KAYE LAMB (Eds)	ENCYCLOPAEDIA CANADIANA	Ottawa	1957	Not Available	GBP 10.11
618	RICHARD DOYLE	FOREIGN TOUR OF MESSRS BROWN, JONES AND ROBINSON	London	1854	GBP 35.00 - 60.00	GBP 27.81
619	B K SHRIVASTAVYA (Ed)	THE ANGREYS OF KOLABA IN BRITISH RECORDS (1719AD TO 1884 AD)	Muzaffarpur	ND	GBP 40.00 - 55.00	GBP 40.45
620		PENNY BLOOD - PENNY DREADFUL	London	1847	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 63.20
621	the Hon. George H. Cursor	PERSIA. Persia and The Persian Question		1892	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 164.32
622	Joseph Lauterer	JAPAN. 10 Volumes including; Japan Das Land der aufgehenden Sonne		c1908	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.60
623	James Murdoch	JAPAN. A History of Japan		1910, 1925, 1926	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 25.28

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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.
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.