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

Auction Details

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
850

ONE BOX: Modern children's illustrated literature, to include Alan Lee, Michael Palin, Alan Aldridge etc

GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 25.28
851

ONE BOX: Beatrix Potter interest

GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 15.17
852

ONE BOX: Children's first editions

Not Available GBP 53.09
853

ONE BOX: Various childrens' pop-up books

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 37.92
854

ONE BOX: HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 37.92
855

ONE BOX: Various modern hardback firsts, to include: Anthony Burgess, P D James, Bruce Chatwin, John Berger etc

Not Available GBP 27.81
856

ONE BOX: A large collection of various crime fiction, to include Dick Francis, Patricia Cornwell etc

Not Available GBP 6.32
857

ONE BOX: By and about Henry Williamson

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
858

ONE BOX: Vintage dustjackets to include: Dennis Wheatley: Traitor's Gate

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 27.81
859

DUDLEY POPE: 10 various hardback titles

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
860

ONE BOX: Various modern horror and fantasy titles

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 15.17
861

ONE BOX: Inscribed hardback firsts, to include: Philip Pullman, John Le Carre, Melvyn Bragg etc

GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 227.52
862

ONE BOX: First hardback editions, Dirk Bogarde and Michael Dibdin

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 94.80
863

ONE BOX: Inscribed first hardbacks, Julian Barnes and Sebastian Faulks

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 113.76
864

ALEXANDER KENT: Various hardback titles

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
865

ONE BOX: MIXED FICTION AND LITERARY INTEREST

Not Available Not Sold
866

ONE BOX: PATRICK O'BRIAN: CLARISSA OATES and others by or about the author

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
867

MODERN CRIME THRILLERS

GBP 10.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
868

ONE BOX: Modern hardback first editions, to include: Martin Amis, Michael Dibdin, William Boyd, Ellis Peters etc

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
869

ONE BOX: A small collection of mixed crime fiction

Not Available Not Sold
870

ONE BOX: Mixed contemporary crime fiction

GBP 10.00 - 35.00 GBP 6.32
871

ONE BOX: Hardback crime and thriller firsts, to include Karin Slaughter, John Le Carre, Alan Judd, Colin Forbes, Mark Billingham etc

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
872

ONE BOX: Various historical fiction hardbacks

GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
873

ONE BOX: Various hardback firsts, to include: WILBUR SMITH, COLIN FORBES, MORRIS WEST, BERNARD CORNWELL etc

GBP 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
874

MODERN CRIME THRILLERS

GBP 10.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
  • 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.