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
825	rederick Forsyth, Patricia Highsmith, Dick Francis, Colin Dexter and others.	MODERN CRIME THRILLERS. Authors include' Frederick Forsyth, Patricia Highsmith, Dick Francis, Colin Dexter and others.		N/A	Not Available	GBP 6.32
826	Henry Williamson.	ONE BOX By and about Henry Williamson.		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 25.00	GBP 18.96
827	ANTHONY TROLLOPE	FOLIO SOCIETY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, Complete set of 44 volumes, in original slipcase (44)		N/A	GBP 210.00 - 280.00	Not Sold
828	WILBUR SMITH, COLIN FORBES, MORRIS WEST, BERNARD CORNWELL etc	ONE BOX Various hardback firsts	WILBUR SMITH, COLIN FORBES, MORRIS WEST, BERNARD CORNWELL etc	N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 15.17
829	, including SUE GRAFTON, KATHY REICHS AND JOHN GRISHAM	ONE BOX Hardback crime fiction firsts		N/A	GBP 20.00 - 35.00	GBP 12.64
830	Anthony Trollope	FOLIO SOCIETY Three boxes of Anthony Trollope volumes, all held within original slipcases (qty)		N/A	GBP 70.00 - 140.00	GBP 69.52
831	JOHN FRANCOME	ONE BOX JOHN FRANCOME hardback novels		N/A	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 12.64
832	Alan Hollinghurst, Ken Follett, Richard Flanagan, Elizabeth Kostova, Emma Healey etc	ONE BOX Various modern fiction titles, to include		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 18.96
833		ONE BOX Modern History novel hardbacks		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 10.11
834		ONE BOX NEVIL SHUTE, Pan paperback editions (16)		N/A	Not Available	GBP 12.64
835		TWO BOXES Mixed adult fiction and literature		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 6.32
836	Martin Amis, Michael Dibdin, William Boyd, Ellis Peters etc	ONE BOX Modern hardback first editions, to include		N/A	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 22.75
837	DICK FRANCIS	ONE BOX Various DICK FRANCIS hardbacks in original dustjackets		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 69.52
838		ONE BOX Various historical fiction hardbacks		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 6.32
839	CLIVE CUSSLER	ONE BOX CLIVE CUSSLER Various hardbacks		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	Not Sold
840		ONE BOX General literature and children's		N/A	Not Available	GBP 6.32
841		One box of Children and Illustrated books. Including Goethe's Faust in two parts translated by Anna Swanwick with steel engraved plates.	London	1879	Not Available	GBP 6.32
842		ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. One box. Including RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Translated by Edward Fitzgerald 1909.		1909	GBP 5.00 - 50.00	GBP 22.75
843		ONE BOX Large format Lewis Carroll / Alice in Wonderland variants		N/A	GBP 15.00 - 20.00	GBP 164.32
844		ONE BOX Mixed childrens literature and stories		N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 18.96
845	LEWIS CARROLL	ONE BOX LEWIS CARROLL / ALICE IN WONDERLAND various editions and stories		N/A	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 290.72
846	LEWIS CARROLL	ONE BOX Lewis Carroll / Alice in Wonderland various editions		N/A	GBP 20.00 - 50.00	GBP 240.16
846a	BEATRIX POTTER	A collection of BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS. 26 in total,		Mid 20th century[?]	GBP 10.00 - 50.00	GBP 113.76
847		ONE BOX Time-Life - The Enchanted World, various volumes		N/A	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 22.75
847a		FOUR BOXES Mixed vintage girl's annuals and storybooks		N/A	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 6.32

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.