Sworders: Open House | With Arms and Militaria, A1254, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025

Page Size: 59 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
425		Eleven Maps: LONDON WARDS (All hand coloured):			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 169.00
426		EDINBURGH Directories: 1829-1902 (11), including: The Post Office annual Directory		1829-1902	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 110.50
427	DORE, Gustave (ill):	THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE	Cassell	no date c1870.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 175.50
428	Dionigi de Carli:	Der nach Venedig uberbrachte Mohr, oder: Curiose	Augsburg	[1692].	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 104.00
429	Crompton, Richmal:	(7) 1st. Edns. With Dust Jackets, including: William the lawless;			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 104.00
430	CAVENDISH Lab- 1- BRAGG, William Lawrence:	Autograph letter Signed:		1947	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 175.50
431		BRITISH TOPOGRAPH: 1- [Storer, J. & Greig, I]]: Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet,		1807-1811	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
432		Australian Scientists: 1- OLIPHANT, Prof. Mark L: Four Autograph Letter Signed, & One TLS:			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
433		BINDING, Etc. including: Wright, T: The History and Topography of The County Of Essex, in 2 Vols.		1836	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
434	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	Royal Institute discourse: 'Nature of Light'.			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
435	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	Manuscripts for Christmas lectures given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, adapted for juvenile auditory founded by Faraday.		1927-28.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
436	ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa:	1- High Vacuum- A 24 Page Manuscript of his discourse given at the Royal Institution, London, Feb, 2, 1951.		1951	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 97.50
437	Albert Houthuesen (Dutch-British, 1903-1979)	Albert Houthuesen, An Appreciation'		1969	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 110.50
438		Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire divided into its Hundreds Emanual Bowen,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
439	1590- JUSTINUS, Marcus Junianus:	Giustino historico illustre, ne le historie esterne di Trogo Pompeo, tradotto dal sig. Bartolomeo Zucchi, da Monza.	Venetia	1590	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
440		3 Maps- AFRICA: 1- Sanson, N: Afrique,	Paris	1650	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
441	1526- Diodorus Siculus:	Delle antique historie fabulose nuovamente fatto volgare & con diligenza stampato	. Firenze	1526	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.50
442	1- First Edition, 1714- POPE, A:	The rape of the lock: An heroi-comical poem in five cantos.	London	1714	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 84.50
444	Roger Daltrey:	Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story, SIGNED,			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
445		A large quantity of antiquarian and other books,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 84.50
446		British Pen and Pencil Series,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
447	William Shakespeare,	The Works of William Shakespeare,			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
448		A collection of 19 leather bindings, including Waverley Scott novels, 1871, 9 vols., and Waverley novels, 1832		1871 1832	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 52.00
449		Reference books, important Natural History Auction catalogues, etc.			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 117.00
450	EDINBURGH: 1- SHEPHERD, T. H:	Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views, or EDINBURGH, in the nineteenth century;.	. L	1829 1	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 208.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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