Duke's: Avenue Auctions, 100725, Dorchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
Page Size: 91 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
515 C.S. LEWIS

'THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER;

1858 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 65.00
516 SWINHOE, RODWAY -

'THE INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO BURMA'

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 45.50
517

THE THRENODY - PART 1 VIXEN'

1830 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
518 FORSYTH, FREDERICK

'THE SHEPHERD'

London 1975 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 195.00
519 WHITE, MARJORIE HILDA 'JO'

JO. WHITE'S BOOK'

1926 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
520 ROWLING, J.K.

'THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN'

1999 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 13.00
521 HENRY COLEMAN FOLKARD

THE WILD-FOWLER'

1864 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 26.00
522 SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE

1986 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 78.00
523 JEFFERY FARNOL,

THE BROAD HIGHWAY AND THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 13.00
524

A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS

1920s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 39.00
525

THE LENOIR COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL FRENCH PORTRAITS AT STAFFORD HOUSE

1874 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 13.00
526

A COLLECTION OF MIXED BOOKS

17th century and later GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 390.00
527

QUANTITY OF BOOKS

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 13.00
528

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY FOLIO SOCIETY VOLUMES

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
529 BARZILAY, DAVID -

THE BRITISH ARMY IN ULSTER'

1978 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
530

A COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
531 CHARLES DICKENS, THOMAS HARDY, Bronte sisters, Jane Austen etc

CHARLES DICKENS, THOMAS HARDY, Bronte sisters, Jane Austen etc, various editions including Memorial editions

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.00
532

A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
533

FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS VOLUMES

GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
534 WALTER SCOTT

WAVERLEY NOVELS, SET OF 48

1833 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 39.00
535

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

1966, GBP 30.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
536

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON ART AND ART HISTORY

1936 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 26.00
537

A LARGE INCOMPLETE RUN OF 'THE STUDIO' MAGAZINE

1900-1913 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
538 SLIM, FIELD-MARSHALL SIR WILLIAM -

'DEFEAT INTO VICTORY'

1956 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 52.00
539

A FEW 19th CENTURY LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS

19th CENTURY GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 13.00
  • 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.