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
750	ALFRED CROWQUILL [Pseud: A H Forrester]	A BUNDLE OF CROWQUILLS DROPPED BY AC IN HIS ECCENTRIC FLIGHTS OVER THE FIELDS OF LITERATURE	London	1854	Not Available	GBP 31.60
751	ROBERT BLOOMFIELD	THE FARMERS BOY	London	1811	Not Available	Not Sold
752		ANECDOTES OF MR. HOGARTH AND EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES OF HOGARTH RESTORED	London	1801	Not Available	Not Sold
753	W M THACKARAY	LOVEL THE WIDOWER	London	1866	Not Available	Not Sold
754		CHARLES LEVER:ST PATRICK'S EVE	London	1845	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
755	LUCY AIKIN	THE WORKS OF ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD WITH A MEMOIR	London	1825	Not Available	GBP 10.11
756	EDWY AND ELGIVA, AND SIR EVERARD	THE REV ROBERT BLAND: TWO TALES	London	1808	Not Available	GBP 6.32
757	CHARLES BUXTON (Ed)	MEMOIRS OF SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON	London	1855	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
758		THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND	London	1849	Not Available	GBP 6.32
759		Syllogologia: An Historical Discourse of Parliaments in their Original before the Conquest and Continuance together with the original growth and continuance of these courts following	London	1656	GBP 245.00 - 280.00	GBP 303.36
760	THE REV J G WOOD	MAN AND HIS HANDIWORK	London	1886	Not Available	GBP 6.32
761	W M THOMSON	THE LAND AND THE BOOK OR, BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN FROM THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, THE SCENES AND SCENERY OF THE HOLY LAND	London	1870	Not Available	Not Sold
762	WILLIAM ROBERTSON	AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA	London	1799	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	GBP 15.17
763	NICOLAS AUBIN	THE CHEATS AND ILLUSIONS OF ROMISH PRIESTS AND EXORCISTS, DISCOVER'D IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN		1703	GBP 280.00 - 420.00	Not Sold
764	M GUIZOT	HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH FROM THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES THE FIRST TO THE DEATH OF CROMWELL	London	1854	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	Not Sold
765	JOHN BUNYAN	THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, FROM THIS WORLD TO WHICH IS TO COME: DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM	London	1795	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 15.17
766		The Triumvirate		1860-61	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 189.60
767		GAELIC BIBLE: LEABHRAICHEAN AN T-SEANN TIOMNAIDH AIR AN TARRUING O'N CHEUD CHANAIN CHUM GAELIC ALBANNAICH	Edinburgh	1842	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 40.45
768	M. DE RAMSEY	THE TRAVELS OF CYRUS	Philadelphia	1796	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
769		WITCHCRAFT NECROMANCY SUPERNATURAL, SUICIDE, DUNGEONS		Early 19th century	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,643.20
770	JONATHAN SWIFT [Simon Wagstaff]	A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation.. In Three Dialogues		18th century	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
771	VYNER, R.T.	Notitia Venatica : A Treatise on Fox-Hunting		1842	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
772	JOHN WILSON	ANTIQUARIAN HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE: 3 Titles: PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION	Edinburgh	1798	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.56
773	PROFESSOR JAMERON, JAMES WILSON AND HUGH MURRAY	ANTIQUARIAN TOPOGRAPHICAL INTEREST: 3 Titles	Edinburgh	1830	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
774	GEORGE ELIOT	MIXED NOVELS, POETRY, LECTURES: 7 Titles: SILAS MARNER - THE WEAVER OF RAVELOW	Edinburgh	ND	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 18.96

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.