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

Auction Details

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
51	Mayer, Alfred M.	Sport with a Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters. Illustrated. 3/4 leather rebacked, all edges gilt; moderate wear. New York, (1883)			Not Available	USD 36.00
52	Hawker, Lieut.	Instructions to Young Sportsmen,in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting. To which is added the Hunting and Shooting of North America. By Wm. T. Porter. Illustrated. Tall	Philadelphia	1846	Not Available	Not Sold
53	Krider, John.	Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Illustrative Habits of Certain Varieties of American Game. Illustrated.	Philadelphia	1853	Not Available	USD 36.00
54	Samuels, Edward A..	With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces. Illustrated.	Boston	1897	Not Available	USD 84.00
55		Big Game. Group of 11 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 144.00
56		Fur Trade. Group of 15 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
57		Fur Trade. Group of 5 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
58		Fur Trade. Group of 17 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
59	Grenfell, Winfred T.	Grenfell, Winfred T. Group of 12 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
60		Hunting. Group of 5 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
61		Angling. Group of 8 volumes.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 60.00
62		Sporting. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Some illustrated.	Vp	Vd 60	Not Available	USD 36.00
63	Sheldon, Charles.	Sheldon, Charles. The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands * The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated.	New York	1912; 1913	Not Available	USD 60.00
64	Evans, George Bird.	Introduces. Illustrated.	Old Hemlock	1990	Not Available	USD 60.00
65		Sporting. Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	USD 60.00
66	Rhead, Louis.	Fisherman's Lures and Game-Fish Food. Illustrations by the Author.	New York	1920	Not Available	USD 96.00
67	Goodspeed, Charles E.	Angling in America. Illustrated.	Boston	1939	Not Available	USD 36.00
68	Grey, Zane.	Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	New York	vd	Not Available	USD 192.00
69	(Edwards, Lionel).	[Barrow, Albert Stewart]. Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache". Mounted color plates with lettered tissue-guards by Edwards. Tall	London	1926	Not Available	USD 36.00
70		Angling. Group of 7 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	USD 84.00
71		Angling Ephemera. Group of over 20 booklets. Most illustrated. Various sizes and formats; varying wear. Vp, vd [80/]			Not Available	USD 180.00
72	Starkman, Susan B.; & Stanley E.	The Contemplative Man's Recreation. A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of the University of British Columbia. Illustrated.	Vancouver	1970	Not Available	USD 72.00
73		Salmon. Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
74		Angling. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	USD 48.00
75	Phillips, Arthur S.	My Wilderness Friends. Illustrated. Square	Fall River	1910	Not Available	USD 84.00

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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.
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.