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
725 LINDA PARRY (Ed)

WILLIAM MORRIS ART: 2 Titles: WILLIAM MORRIS

London 1996 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
726 HERMAN BRONDEEL

ECCLESIASTICAL ART AND DECORATION: 5 Titles: THE GHENT ALTARPIECE

Gent 1996 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 22.75
727 MRS CHARLES HEATON

THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF ALBRECHT DURER OF NURNBERG

London 1870 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 63.20
728 WALTER CRANE

LINE AND FORM

London 1900 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 35.39
729 DOUGLAS MARTIN

ILLUSTRATORS: 2 titles: CHARLES KEEPING - AN ILLUSTRATOR'S LIFE

London 1993 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
730

JAPAN. Five volumes

1957 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
731

JADE INTEREST: UNA POPE-HENNESSEY: A JADE MISCELLANY

London 1946 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 37.92
732 W. V. Seidlitz

JAPAN 1897 "Geschichte des japanischen Farbenholzschnitts" DRESDEN VERLAG VON GERHARD KUHTMANN

1897 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
733 MRS JAMESON

SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART

London 1905 Not Available GBP 6.32
734 BERNARD RACKHAM

[VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM] CATALOGUE OF ITALIAN MAIOLICA

London 1940 Not Available Not Sold
735 SIR HENRY DE LA BECHE AND TRENHAM REEKS

CATALOGUE OF SPECIMENS IN THE MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURE OF BRITISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN

London 1876 GBP 40.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
736

THE JAMESON MAUFACTURERS' PRACTICAL RECIPES - COMPRISING PROCESSES AND RECIPES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COMMODITIES USED IN ALL THE ARTS, INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS

Lonson ND Not Available Not Sold
737 THERESE DE DILLMONT

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF NEEDLEWORK

Mulhouse c1900-1907 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
738

ESTHER SINGLETON: DUTCH AND FLEMISH FURNITURE

London 1907 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
739 DAVID JOEL

THE ADVENTURE OF BRITISH FURNITURE 1851-1951

London 1953 Not Available Not Sold
740 NATHANIEL LLOYD

2 Titles: A HISTORY OF ENGLISH BRICKWORK

London 1983 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 60.67
741 ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS (Ed)

ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD

London ND Not Available Not Sold
742 R THURSTON HOPKINS [WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR BECKETT]

OLD WATERMILLS AND WINDMILLS

London ND Not Available Not Sold
743 G E MITTON

RAILWAY INTEREST: 2 Titles: THE BOOK OF THE RAILWAY

London 1914 Not Available GBP 12.64
744 WILLIAM CAMDEN

BRITANNIA: OR A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, TOGETHER WITH THE ADJACENT LANDS

London 1722 Not Available GBP 56.88
745 REV CHARLES PARKIN

THE TOPOGRAPHY OF FREEBRIDGE, HUNDRED AND HALF, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

London 1762 GBP 40.00 - 55.00 Not Sold
746 LEWIS CARROLL

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE

London 1872 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 176.96
747

A mid-19th century prayer book

Oxford 1847 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 126.40
748 Wesley

Hymns for Methodists, Miniature Bibles & Religious Books, the Wesley Hymns

London ealry 19th century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 164.32
749

Seven 18th century Shakespeare volumes

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 25.28
  • 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.