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
951

MACMILLAN'S NATURE CLASS PICTURES

Not Available GBP 50.56
952

MARINE ATLAS OF ABU DHABI

2004 Not Available GBP 44.24
953 GORDON LINDSAY MACLEAN AND GAIL DARROLL

ORNITHOLOGY INTEREST: 3 Titles: DUCKS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Randburg (SA) 1986 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 82.16
954 MYLES NORTH AND ERIC SIMMS

WITHERBY'S SOUND-GUIDE TO BRITISH BIRDS

London 1938 GBP 20.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
955 ADRIAN THORPE (Ed)

THE BIRDS OF EDWARD LEAR - A SELECTION OF THE 12 FINEST BIRD PLATES OF THE ARTIST

London 1975 GBP 60.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.52
956 WILLIAM T COOPER AND JOSEPH M FORSHAW

THE BIRDS OF PARADISE AND BOWER BIRDS

London 1977 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 82.16
957 BRIAN P MARTIN AND RICHARD ROBJENT (Illus)

THE PHEASANT - STUDIES IN WORDS AND PICTURES

Holt 1995 GBP 140.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
958 ADRIAN THORPE (Ed)

THE BIRDS OF DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT - A SELECTION OF PHEASANTS AND PEACOCKS PAINTED BY JOSEPH WOLF AND TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL MONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK 1872

London 1979 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
959 JOSEPH M. FORSHAW AND WILLIAM T COOPER (Illus)

PARROTS OF THE WORLD,Melbourne [AUS]

1973 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
960 ROGER TORY PETERSON AND VIRGINIA MARIE PETERSON

AUDUBON'S BIRDS OF AMERICA

New York 1990 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
961

VARIOUS: THE BIRDS OF AFRICA

London GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 139.04
962

A collection of offprints from Transactions of The Zoological Society

c1871 Not Available GBP 404.48
963 HANS GEORG-STEHLIN

GESCHICHTE DES SUIDEN-GEBISSES [History of Swiss Teeth]

Zurich 1899 GBP 20.00 - 35.00 Not Sold
964 ALEXANDER KARPINSKY

ON TROCHILISKS, Proceedings of The Geological Commitee

1906 GBP 105.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
965 C BLAKE

THE POACHER'S PROGRESS IN EIGHT PLATES FROM PAINTINGS

Edinburgh 1981 Not Available GBP 18.96
966

Five parker Hale Gun Catalogues

Not Available GBP 15.17
967 GIANNI CANCELLIERI, LUCA DAL MONTE, CESARE DE AGOSTINI AND LORENZO RAMACIOTTI

MASERATI - A CENTURY OF HISTORY

Milan 2014 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
968

THE SPORTSMAN': BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN - CRICKET AND FOOTBALL

London 1917 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
969 PATRICK DEBUSSERE

PEKING TO PARIS - THE ULTIMATE MOTORING CHALLENGE

Belgium 2020 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 63.20
970 PRISCA TARUFFI

PIERO TARUFFI - THE SILVER FOX

italy 2006 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
971

Bentley 3 1/2 Litre "the silent Sports Car" Brochure

1931 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 60.67
972

BENTLEY Catalogue

1931 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 40.45
973

Riley Cars Brochure, Designed & Manufactured Exclusively

circa 1930s GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 18.96
974

MOTOR CAR RACING

1960s GBP 5.00 - 30.00 GBP 82.16
975

Standard Cars Brochure

1950s GBP 20.00 - 40.00 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.