Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two-Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 11426, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 14, 2026 - January 15, 2026

Page Size: 1196 items in 48 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
802		One box of Antiquarian, leather bindings		18th and 19th century	GBP 20.00 - 60.00	GBP 60.67
803		One box of Antiquarian, leather bindings		18th and 19th century	GBP 20.00 - 60.00	GBP 94.80
804	SIR WALTER SCOTT	THE WAVERLEY NOVELS	Edinburgh	1877-1979	GBP 420.00 - 560.00	Not Sold
804a		One box of large format bindings. Including a 2 vol Memoirs illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn.. Second Edition 1819. And others.		N/A	GBP 5.00 - 50.00	GBP 6.32
805	TWO BOXES	Various antiquarian and leather bindings		N/A	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 82.16
806	ONE BOX	SCOTT'S WAVERLEY NOVELS,	London and Calcutta,	ND	GBP 35.00 - 55.00	Not Sold
807	DICKENS, Charles.	DICKENS, Charles. 13 Vol. Royal 8vo's bound in the original half calf, contrasting Morocco title label to the spine in gilt.	London	C1870s-1880s	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 126.40
808		A large collection of cloth and pictorial cloth, mostly mid to early 20th century.		mid to early 20th century.	GBP 5.00 - 100.00	GBP 35.39
809		Literature. A box of various literature including the works of George Eliot.		c1878.	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 44.24
810		A large collection of cloth and pictorial cloth, mostly mid to early 20th century.		mid to early 20th century	Not Available	GBP 40.45
811	S SURTEES	ONE BOX - THE NOVELS OF R S SURTEES	London	c1930s (10)	GBP 15.00 - 25.00	Not Sold
812		DECORATIVE BINDINGS. A Collection of 26 Decorative bindings, including; KENNETH GRAHAME, The Wind in the Willows,		1930	GBP 5.00 - 60.00	GBP 120.08
813		A large collection of cloth and pictorial cloth, mostly mid to early 20th century.		mid to early 20th century	GBP 5.00 - 50.00	GBP 40.45
814		Three boxes of various fiction and non fiction		19th century	GBP 5.00 - 50.00	GBP 35.39
814a		Four boxes of various books, cloth, leather bound.		N/A	GBP 5.00 - 50.00	GBP 63.20
815		Three Boxes of various fiction and non fiction from the early 20th and 19th century.		early 20th and 19th century	GBP 5.00 - 100.00	GBP 12.64
816		A large collection of early 20th and 19th century books in four boxes.		early 20th and 19th century	Not Available	GBP 56.88
817	Ian Fleming, Mario Puzo, Desmond Bagley, Robert Ludlam etc	ONE BOX Various dustjackets, mostly crime fiction, to include Ian Fleming, Mario Puzo, Desmond Bagley, Robert Ludlam etc		N/A	Not Available	GBP 10.11
818	ALISTAIR MACLEAN	ONE BOX ALISTAIR MACLEAN, Various hardback title, most in dustjackets.		N/A	Not Available	GBP 6.32
819	ALEXANDER KENT	ALEXANDER KENT Various hardback titles, some first editions		N/A	GBP 35.00 - 55.00	GBP 27.81
820	DUDLEY POPE	DUDLEY POPE 10 various hardback titles		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 31.60
821	DICK FRANCIS	ONE BOX DICK FRANCIS hardback novels		N/A	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 56.88
822	FELIX FRANCIS	ONE BOX FELIX FRANCIS hardback novels		N/A	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 82.16
823		MODERN CRIME THRILLERS.		N/A	Not Available	GBP 6.32
824		ONE BOX A small collection of mixed crime fiction		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 10.11

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.