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
151

PRAGUE Tourism view books

GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
152

THE LEVER BROTHERS: PORT SUNLIGHT SOUVENIR GUIDE

Not Available GBP 6.32
153

CANADA. Picture - View book with colour tinted views and illustrations

C1890-1910 GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
154

P & O - Orient Lines, S S Oronsay Dinner Menu

Saturday 13th July 1963 Not Available Not Sold
155 AMIENS, FRANCE

Souvenir postcard book

Not Available GBP 5.06
156

A collection of Concorde 'Flights of Fantasy' ephemera, including model, canvas carry-bag, certificate, various tickets etc

GBP 35.00 - 55.00 GBP 40.45
157 ALBERT SEBILLE, RENE LEFEBURE ET AL

HISTOIRE DE LA MARINE [NAVAL HISTORY]

Paris 1934 Not Available GBP 12.64
158

A collection of menus together with activity roster and passenger list for the RMS Queen Mary [Cunard]

1958-05-01 Not Available Not Sold
159 WINSTON S CHURCHILL

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES

London Not Available GBP 10.11
160 WINSTON S CHURCHILL

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

London Not Available GBP 6.32
161 CHURCHILL S. Winston

The Second World War

1948-1954 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 18.96
162 WINSTON CHURCHILL

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

London 1950 Not Available GBP 18.96
163 NORMA MAJOR

CHEQUERS - THE PRIME MINISTER'S COUNTRY HOUSE AND ITS HISTORY

London 1996 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 40.45
164

MARGARET THATCHER INSCRIBED: THE DOWNING STREET YEARS

London 1993 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 82.16
165

MARGARET THATCHER INSCRIBED: THE DOWNING STREET YEARS

London 1993 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 82.16
166 NIGEL HAMILTON

THE CLINTONS: 8 Titles: BILL CLINTON - AN AMERICAN JOURNEY

London 2003 Not Available GBP 6.32
167

STEPHEN HAWKING: 3 Titles: THE GRAND DESIGN

London 2010 Not Available GBP 6.32
168 STEPHEN W HAWKING

STEPHEN HAWKING INTEREST: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES

London 1988 Not Available Not Sold
169

ASTRONOMY INTEREST: 5 Titles: CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

London 1886 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 69.52
170 SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL

STAR-LAND - BEING TALKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS

London 1908 GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 27.81
171 SIR ROBERT S BALL

THE EARTH'S BEGINNING

London 1909 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 15.17
172 JOSEPH MOXON

TUTOR TO ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY

c1671 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 94.80
173 GEORGE R CHAMBERS

PICTORIAL ASTRONOMY FOR GENERAL READERS

London 1893 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 40.45
174 THOMAS CHALMERS

A SERIES OF DISCOURSES ON THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION, VIEWED IN CONNECTION WITH MODERN ASTRONOMY

Glasgow 1817 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 37.92
175

J WENTWORTH DAY: 2 Titles: A GHOST HUNTER'S GAME BOOK

London 1958 GBP 15.00 - 25.00 GBP 27.81
  • 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.