New England Book Auctions: Hunting, Fishing, Travel Thursday Auction, 5442, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Best, Thomas.

The Art of Angling. Eleventh Edition. Engraved frontispiece.

London 1822 Not Available USD 48.00
2

Hunting & Fishing. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 156.00
3 Bruns, Henry.

Angling Books of the Americas. Illustrated.

Atlanta 1975 Not Available USD 24.00
4

Angling. Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 48.00
5 Edited by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell.

Fisherman's Magazine. Volumes I & II. Illustrated.

London 1864-65 Not Available USD 36.00
6

Angling & Derrydale. Group of 5 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 72.00
7 Derrydale Press.

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

New York: vd Not Available USD 96.00
8 Walton, Isaac; & Charles Cotton.

The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Edited by Edward Jesse.

London: 1856 Not Available USD 24.00
9 Jones, Thomas C.

The Ways of Game Fish. Illustrated.

Chicago 1972 Not Available Not Sold
10

Hunting and Fishing. Group of 11 volumes. Some Illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 36.00
11

Hunting. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 60.00
12

Fly Fishing. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
13

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
14

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 36.00
15

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 108.00
16

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 60.00
17

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
18

Trout. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
19

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 60.00
20

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 24.00
21

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available Not Sold
22

Trout. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 36.00
23

Trout. Group of 12 volumes on.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
24

Trout. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
25

Angling. Group of 12 volumes.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 48.00
  • 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.