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
649 JOSEPH BEDIER [Transl] AND MAURICE LALAU [Illus]

THE ROMANCE OF TRISTRAM AND ISEULT

London 1910 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 53.09
650 T W ROLLESTON

PRESENTED BY WILLY POGANY: PARSIFAL

London ND GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 139.04
651 T W ROLLESTON [AFTER THE DRAMA OF RICHARD WAGNER AND PRESENTED BY WILLY POGANY]

THE TALE OF LOHENGRIN

London ND GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 151.68
652 JAMES ELROY FLECKER

ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S: 2 Titles: HASSAN

London 1924 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
653

ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S: 2 Titles: SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL [Illus W HEATH ROBINSON]

London ND GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
654 HARRY CLARK

THE FAIRY TALES OF PERRAULT

London 1922 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 278.08
655

ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK BRANGWYN: THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR

London 1920 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 44.24
656 PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AND CHARLES ROBINSON [Illus]

THE SENSITIVE PLANT

London ND GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 56.88
657 EDWARD FITZGERALD AND WILLY POGANY

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

London 1930 GBP 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
658 ILLUSTRATED BY ANNE ANDERSON

3 Titles: THE ANNE ANDERSON FAIRY-TALE BOOK

London 1923 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 151.68
659 ELEANOR FORTESCUE BRICKDALE

GOLDEN BOOK OF FAMOUS WOMEN

London ND GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 63.20
660 DR I. KUNOS AND WILLY POGANY [Illus]

FORTY-FOUR TURKISH TALES

London 1913 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 265.44
661

ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES

London 1927 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 94.80
662 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

CHILREN'S ILLUSTRATED: 2 Titles: THE TEMPEST [Illustrated by Paul Woodroffe with songs by Joseph Moorat]

London 1908 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 48.03
663 SEWELL STOKES ET AL

ILLUSTRATED BY GLADYS PETO: 3 Titles: THE CHINA COW AND OTHER STORIES

London ND GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 151.68
664

BRITANNIA - A JOURNAL OF ROMANO-BRITISH AND KINDRED STUDIES PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ROMAN STUDIES

London [1970] - [1984] Not Available GBP 6.32
665

EAST ANGLIAN ARCHAEOLOGY REPORTS - NORFOLK

Not Available GBP 6.32
666

A mixed collection of ephemera and booklets pertaining to ancient treasure finds

Not Available GBP 6.32
667

PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES AND TREASURE ANNUAL REPORTS, for the years 2004; 2005/6; 2007 and 2008

Not Available GBP 12.64
668

TREASURE COLLECTING / METAL DETECTING: 4 Titles: KEVIN LEAHY AND MICHAEL LEWIS: FINDS IDENTIFIED - AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO METAL DETECTING AND ARCHAELOGICAL FINDS

Essex 2018 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 18.96
669 D M METCALF

THRYMSAS ANS SCEATTAS IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OXFORD

London 1993 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 252.80
670 BRIAN READ

ANCIENT CRAFTED ARTIFACTS: 6 Titles: METAL BUTTONS C.900BC - C.AD 1700

Somerset 2005 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 25.28
671 BARRY CUNLIFFE

EXCAVATIONS AT FISHBOURNE

Leeds 1971 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.96
672 REYNOLD HIGGINS

ANCIENT JEWELLERY: 6 Titles: GREEK AND ROMAN JEWELLERY

London 1961 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 75.84
673

THE BOOKMAN CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

1913; 19914; 1923; 1924; 1927; 1930 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 37.92
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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    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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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
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    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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    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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    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.
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    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.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
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    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.
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