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
926		ONE BOX: MARITIME AND NAVAL HISTORY			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 22.75
927		ONE BOX: MARITIME AND NAVAL HISTORY			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.60
928		The Times History of the War			GBP 5.00 - 35.00	GBP 56.88
929		ONE BOX: Nelson, Lady Hamilton and Naval interest			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 48.03
930		RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND MARTIN GILBERT: WINSTON CHURCHILL			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
931		ONE BOX: WINSTON CHURCHILL INTEREST			GBP 10.00 - 15.00	GBP 12.64
932	RANDOLPH S CHURCHILL / MARTIN GILBERT	WINSTON S CHURCHILL	London	1966 - 1988	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
933		ONE BOX: Mixed, to include Henry Williamson novels, history, biography			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 18.96
934		ONE BOX: CHITTY'S BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER			Not Available	Not Sold
935		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
936		A collection of approximately 400 Acts of Parliament		Mostly 19th century [with some 18th century]	GBP 35.00 - 70.00	GBP 37.92
937		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 15.17
938		ONE BOX: Various late 19th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			Not Available	Not Sold
939		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
940		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
941		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
942		ONE BOX: Various early to mid 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
943		ONE BOX: Various mid 20th century bound Statutes at large record compendiums, formerly held in the archive of a Loddon law Firm			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
944		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound law compendiums			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
945		ONE BOX: Various early 20th century bound law compendiums			GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 22.75
946		ONE BOX: Various late 19th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
947		ONE BOX: Various late 19th - early 20th century bound Justice of the Peace record compendiums			GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
948		One Box of 1940s-70s photograph albums			GBP 10.00 - 50.00	GBP 10.11
949		A very Large Quantity of reports regarding Medicine, Quarantine, Outbreaks, Plague and other subjects		19th Century and early 20th century	GBP 60.00 - 400.00	GBP 214.88
950		MEDICAL PAMPHLETS. A very large quantity of hundreds of Medical Pamphlets and Offprints from the early 20th century to early 19th century		early 20th century to early 19th century	GBP 50.00 - 200.00	GBP 404.48

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.