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
76	Holberton, Wakeman.	The Art of Angling. Illustrations in the text.	New York	-1887	Not Available	USD 60.00
77	Carroll, W.	The Angler's Vade Mecum. 12 hand-colored plates of flies.	Edinburgh	1818	Not Available	USD 96.00
78	Jackson, John.	The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Third Edition. With 10 fine hand-colored plates of artificial flies.	London:	1880	Not Available	USD 60.00
79	Jackson, John.	The Practical Fly-Fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. Third Edition. With 10 fine hand-colored plates of artificial flies.	London:	1880	Not Available	USD 60.00
80	Sandeman, Fraser.	By Hook and By Crook. Frontispiece; 15 plates, including 4 in color.	London	1892	Not Available	USD 60.00
81	[Miller, Alfred W.].	Fishless Days. By Sparse Grey Hackle. Illustrations by Charles De Feo.	New York:	1954	Not Available	USD 108.00
82	Rolands, Alfred.	The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. Ninth Edition. With 20 fine hand-colored plates. xiv pages; [1] leaf; 132 pages + Longman's 24 page catalogue.	London	1883	Not Available	USD 48.00
83	Van Doren, Louis O.	The Fishes of the East Atlantic Coast, that are Caught with Hook and Line. Including Fishes of the East Coast of Florida. By Samuel C. Clark. Illustrated.	New York	1884	Not Available	USD 48.00
84	Kelson, George M.	Tips. Illustrated.	London	1901	Not Available	USD 96.00
85	Kerridge, Philip Markham.	An Address on Angling Literature Including...Some Comments on Piscatoria Californiana. Edited by V.S. Hidy. Preface by Joseph D. Bates. Illustrated, including color frontispiece. Tall	Fullerton:	-1970	Not Available	USD 84.00
86	Samuels, Edward.	With Fly-rod and Camera. Numerous illustrations from photographs.	New York	1890	Not Available	USD 72.00
87		A History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State of Schuylkill, 1732-1888. Illustrated.	Philadelphia	1889	Not Available	USD 84.00
88	(Fitzgibbon, Edward).	A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly Fishing, Trolling, Bottom-Fishing, and Salmon Fishing. By Ephemera. Illustrations in the text. Small	London	1847	Not Available	USD 24.00
89	Wheatly, Hewett.	The Rod and the Line: or Practical Hints and Dainty Devices, for the sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, etc. 9 hand-colored plates.	London	1849	Not Available	USD 72.00
90	Griswold, F. Gray.	Observations on a Salmon River. Frontispiece map; illustrations from photographs.	Mineola, New York:	1922	Not Available	USD 48.00
91	Griswold, F. Gray.	Salmo Salar. Thin		1929	Not Available	USD 84.00
92	Griswold, F. Gray.	The Memoirs of a Salmon. Illustrated. Small		1931	Not Available	USD 60.00
93	Pirsson, Louis V.	Fly-Fishing Days or Reminiscences of an Angler. Edited by Waldron Faulkner.	Washington	1946	Not Available	USD 60.00
94	Hoover, Herbert.	A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes.	New York	-1930	Not Available	Not Sold
95	Ritz, Charles.	A Fly Fisher's Life. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway. Illustrated.	New York	-1959	Not Available	USD 180.00
96	Lamb, Dana S.	On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers.	Barre	1963	Not Available	USD 24.00
97	Wulff, Lee.	The Atlantic Salmon. Illustrated, including colored frontispiece SIGNED BY WULFF.	New York:	1970	Not Available	USD 108.00
98	Knight, John Alden.	Ol' Bill and Other Stories. Drawings by Milton Weiler. 2 copies.	New York	1972	Not Available	USD 120.00
99		Trout. Group of 6 volumes. Illustrated.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 72.00
100		Salmon. Group of 9 volumes. Illustrated.	Vp	Vd	Not Available	USD 48.00

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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.