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
202

THE BULLSEYE COLLECTOR'S EDITION

London 1973 Not Available GBP 6.32
203

HOOD'S OWN: OR, LAUGHTER FROM YEAR TO YEAR

London 1873 GBP 20.00 - 35.00 GBP 15.17
204

PUNCH: 8 red half calf and green boarded compendium volumes

GBP 20.00 - 35.00 GBP 37.92
205

DOROTHY SKIPPINGS: SARAH MARTIN

Great Yarmouth 1976 Not Available GBP 5.06
206 GEORGE IVES

A HISTORY OF PENAL METHODS - CRIMINALS, WITCHES, LUNATICS

London 1914 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 53.09
207 DR. HERMANN MANNHEIM

THE DILEMMA OF PENAL REFORM

London 1939 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 27.81
208 LEONARD DE VRIES

ORRIBLE MURDER - AN ANTHOLOGY OF VICTORIAN CRIME AND PASSION COMPILED FROM THE ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEWS

London 1971 Not Available GBP 6.32
209 LIZA PICARD

THE LONDON UNDERWORLD: 3 Titles: DR JOHNSON'S LONDON

London 2000 GBP 15.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
210 PETER QUENNELL (Ed)

MURDER AND MAYHEM! 2 Titles: LONDON'S UNDERWORLD

London ND GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 5.06
211

ROSS THOMAS: 2 Titles: TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE

New York 1990 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 6.32
212 IAN FLEMING

CRIME FICTION: 2 Titles: LIVE AND LET DIE

London 1956 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 5.06
213

RUTH RENDELL SIGNED. The Rottweiler

London 2003 GBP 5.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
214

IAN FLEMING: 5 Titles: FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE

London c1956 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 10.11
215 ROBINSON (P)

PLAYING WITH FIRE 1st Edition signed by the author

London 2004 GBP 10.00 - 20.00 GBP 5.06
216

Seven Macmillan London thriller hardbacks with original dust jackets

Late 1970s to 1980s GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
217 IAN FLEMING

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

London 1964 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 151.68
218 JOHN LE CARRE

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

London 1963 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 214.88
219 DICK FRANCIS

FOR KICKS

London 1965 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 240.16
220

GEORGES SIMENON FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: 4 Titles: MAIGRET'S LOVER

London 1956 GBP 20.00 - 50.00 GBP 126.40
221 DESMOND BAGLEY

MODERN CRIME/THRILLER HARDBACKS: 9 Titles: WINDFALL

London 1982 GBP 10.00 - 25.00 GBP 10.11
222 P D JAMES FIRSTS

7 Titles: TIME TO BE IN EARNEST - A FRAGMENT OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

New York 2000 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.64
223 SILAS K HOCKING

THE SCARLET CLUE

London 1904 GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.64
224 NGAIO MARSH

MIXED CRIME FICTION FIRST: 4 Titles: A MAN LAY DEAD

London 1934 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 151.68
225 JOHN LE CARRE

CRIME THRILLER FIRTS: 7 Titles: THE RUSSIA HOUSE

London 1989 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.64
226 P D JAMES FIRSTS

7 Titles: A TASTE OF DEATH

London 1986 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.64
  • 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.