Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 201,838.00 |
| Auction Date | September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 118,170.00 |
| Sale Number | #93025a | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 166,990.00 |
| Total Lots | 228 | ||
| Sold Lots | 183.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 143,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.26% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 202,810.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 45 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 99.52% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | Dickens (Charles) "Phiz" . Browne (Hablot Knight) | Little Dorrit |
1857 | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | GBP 26,460.00 |
| 49 | D'Oyly (Sir Charles) | Views of Calcutta and its Environs |
[1848] | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 47 | Fraser (James Baillie) | Twelve plates from 'Views in the Himala Mountains', |
1820 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 |
| 62 | Watson (Lieutenant T.J.) | Collection of correspondence of Lieutenant Watson regarding the Indian Mutiny |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 8,190.00 | |
| 80 | Odell (Noel E.) [1890 -- 1938] | Archive Everest Expeditions. 1924 and 1938 |
1924 and 1938 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 23 | Hastings (Warren) | Debates in the House of Lords on the Evidence Delivered in the Trial of Warren Hastings..., 1797. |
5 July 1807 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 5,544.00 |
| 117 | Shaw (George) & Nodder (Frederick P.) | The Naturalist's Miscellany: or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature, |
all but a few hand-coloured or printed in colour | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,292.00 |
| 54 | Gandhi (Mahatma), Chaplin (Charles) Sutherland, (Jabez T.) | India in Bondage: Her Right to Freedom and a Place Among the Great Nations, |
1929 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 55 | Gandhi (Mahatma) Barber (Samuel Hilton) | Transvaal Gold Law, |
[1904], | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 200 | Art reference. A large collection of c. 100 volumes, including: |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,284.00 | ||
| 2 | Eusebius Caesarienis | Historia ecclesiastica (translated by Rufinus Aquileiensis). |
[not before 15] July 1479 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 59 | Hastings (Warren) | The engrossed gratulatory letter addressed to Warren Hastings and signed by 178 officers of the Bengal Army written on the occasion of his acquittal, vellum scroll, 4 |
1795 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 26 | Handel (George Frideric) | Messiah. An Oratorio in Score as it was originally perform'd, |
1767 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,528.00 |
| 61 | Matthew John Harpley | The Indian Mutiny: Collection of 56 letters from Matthew John Harpley to his family from Allahabad, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Calcutta etc, |
1857- 1863. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 70 | Tipoo Sultaun | Official documents relative to the negotiations carried on by Tipoo Sultaun, with the French Nation and other foreign states, |
GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 3,024.00 | |
| 51 | Capper, (Colonel James) | Account of the First Anglo-Maratha War, addressed to Lord North; |
1774-81. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 63 | [Col. (later Major General Sir) Arthur Mitford Becher,] | The Indian Mutiny - Letters from various Officers etc., to Mrs Frances Becher regarding the siege to Delhi, |
1857 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 86 | Mirkhand Books 3 and 4, Rawzat As-Safa Fi Sirat Al Anbia Wa'l Moluk Wa'l Khulafa (The Garden of Purity in the Histories of the Prohets, and Kings and Caliphs), |
18th century | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,772.00 | |
| 73 | Howard-Bury, D.S.O, (Lieutenant-Colonel C.K.) | Vintage photographs from the First Assault on Everest. |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,394.00 | |
| 110 | Low (David) | The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands. |
1842 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 67 | Westmacott (G.R.) | Als' G. R. Westmacott to his aunt regarding the Indian Mutiny |
1857-1861 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,268.00 |
| 52 | Coote (General Sir Eyre) | Collection of letters.- |
29 January 1780; | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 151 | [Lewis (C.S.)] Clive Hamilton | Dymer, |
1926 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 64 | Dodgson, Capt. D.C. | Letters concerning the incident at Alambagh, Lucknow 26th.Sept. 1857. |
1857 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 68 | Nehru (Jawaharlal) | Six letters from Jawaharlal Nehru to Lord Pethick-Lawrence 5 on headed paper as Prime Minister of India expressing interest in his forthcoming book on Gandhi; |
1948-1957 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
