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
177		YOGA AND SPIRITUALISM			GBP 15.00 - 25.00	GBP 22.75
178		HERBERT KEPPLER: THE ASAHI PENTAX WAY	London	1967	Not Available	GBP 6.32
179	C H BOTHAMLEY	PHOTOGRAPHY INTEREST: 4 Titles: THE ILFORD MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY	London	c1893	GBP 20.00 - 25.00	GBP 15.17
180	R KEARTON	WILD LIFE AT HOME	London	1899	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 12.64
181		LANCE SIEVEKING [WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD HUGHES]	London	1934	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 40.45
182	CLARENCE WINCHESTER (Ed)	THE WORLD FILM ENCYCLOPAEDIA - A UNIVERSAL SCREEN GUIDE	London	1933	Not Available	GBP 6.32
183		Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century... intended as a sequel to The Literary Anecdotes			GBP 35.00 - 70.00	GBP 31.60
184	EMIL NAUMANN [F A GORE OUSELEY, Ed]	THE HISTORY OF MUSIC	London	c1880s	Not Available	GBP 10.11
185	A BENJAMINE HEDERICO	GREEK MANUAL LEXICON [HEDERICI'S LEXICON]	London	1790	Not Available	GBP 10.11
186	NATHANIEL BAILEY	AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY		1721	Not Available	GBP 10.11
187	FRANK H VIZETELLY	THE PRACTICAL STANDARD DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ABRIDGED FROM THE FUNK AND WAGNALL'S NEW STANDARD DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE	New York	1928	Not Available	GBP 6.32
188	REV R A BERTRAM	A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, SPECIALLY SELECTED WITH A VIEW TO THE NEEDS OF THE PULPIT AND PLATFORM	London	1877	Not Available	GBP 6.32
189	ERIC BLOM (Ed)	GROVE'S DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS	London	1954	Not Available	GBP 25.28
190	THOMAS WRIGHT (Ed)	THE ROYAL DICTIONARY CYCLOPAEDIA FOR UNIVERSAL REFERENCE. BIOGRAPHICAL, CLASSICAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, GEOGRAPHICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL	London	ND	Not Available	GBP 6.32
191	MARK FORSYTH	THE ETYMOLOGICON / THE HOROLOGICON	London	2012	Not Available	GBP 6.32
192		WAINWRIGHT: COMPLETE PICTORIAL GUIDES - 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BOXED SET	London	2009	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 35.39
193		MRS BEETON'S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT - A GUIDE TO COOKERY IN ALL BRANCHES	London	1907	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	GBP 18.96
194	WILLIAM CHAPPELL	FONTEYN - IMPRESSIONS OF A BALLERINA	London	1951	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 69.52
195	MRS HENRY MACKARNESS	THE YOUNG LADY'S HANDBOOK - A MANUAL OF AMUSEMENTS, EXERCISES, STUDIES AND PURSUITS	London	1888	Not Available	GBP 48.03
196	E M DELAFIELD AND ARTHUR WATTS (Illus)	THE PROVINCIAL LADY IN LONDON	London and New York	1933	Not Available	GBP 6.32
197		The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined		1862-1879	GBP 30.00 - 100.00	GBP 27.81
198	LANCELOT ANDREWES	NINETY-SIX SERMONS	Oxford	1841 - 1843	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 48.03
199		1784. The form and manner of making and ordaining of priests and deacons : according to the order of the Church of England		1784	GBP 10.00 - 50.00	GBP 18.96
200	SIR HENRY SPELMAN	THE HISTORY AND FATE OF SACRILEGE, DISCOVERED BY EXAMPLES OF SCRIPTURE, OF HEATHENS, AND OF CHRISTIANS...	London	1698	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 107.44
201		THOMAS A KEMPIS AND RICHARD WHYTFORD [Transl]: OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST	London	1908	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 40.45

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.