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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025
Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 James Peckham

Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and Missouri in 1861: A Monograph of the Great Rebellion

New York 1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 135.00
52 Laban Heath

Heaths Infallible Counterfeit Detector at Sight

Boston 1864 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 125.00
53 George Brinton McClellan

Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac

New York USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
54 Robert H. Kellogg

Life and death in Rebel Prisons

Hartford, Conn. 1865 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 115.00
55 Mantei Oga

(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka) (Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko)

[Edo]: Keio 2 [1866] USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 90.00
56 State of New York

Twentieth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History

Albany 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 32.00
57 Mantei Oga

(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka) (Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko)

[Edo]: Keio 3 [1867] USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 66.00
58 Jules Verne

Cinq semaines en ballon, voyage de decouvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais... Voyage au centre de la terre

Paris 1867 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 385.00
59 Roswell D. Hitchcock

Hitchcocks New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible

New York 1871 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 145.00
60 Augustus S. Mitchell

A System of Modern Geography

Philadelphia 1871 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 76.00
61 Jules Verne

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

New York 1874 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 235.00
62 OLIVER, Daniel

Illustrations of the Principal Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom. Prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education.

London 1874 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 325.00
63 David Livingstone

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa

New York 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 94.00
64 Agnes Strickland

Lives of the Queens of England

London 1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 305.00
65 Joseph M. Wilson

The masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition illustrated... Volume III

Philadelphia undated [1876]. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 100.00
66 Warren Lee Goss

The Soldiers Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other Rebel Prisons

Boston 1876 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 125.00
67 George Barnett Smith

Illustrated British Ballads, Old and New

London, Paris, & New York 1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 72.00
68 CHARCOT, J.M.

Clinical Lectures on The Diseases of Old Age

New York (June) 1881. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 140.00
69 F. McCready Harris

Bible Scenes and Stories for Young People

New York 1883 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 205.00
70 Jules Verne

Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery

New York undated, c.1884 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 150.00
71 Mantei Oga

Tang Dynasty Eight Grand Masters

[Edo]: Meiji 18 [1885] USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 82.00
72 GOSSIP, G.H.D.

The Chess Players Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on the Game of Chess. Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams Specially Designed for Beginners and Advanced Students.

New York 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 62.00
73 KELSEY, D.M.

Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds : the lives and famous exploits of De Soto, Champlain and other hero explorers, renowned frontier fighters and early settlers of America, from the earliest times to the present.

Philadelphia 1889 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 165.00
74 Marie Madeleine Motier, (Madame de La Fayette)

The Princess of Cleves

Boston 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 110.00
75 William Kingsland

The Mystic Quest: A Tale of Two Incarnations

London and Orpington 1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 125.00
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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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.