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Auction Name	Weekly Featuring Books	Total Sales (GBP)	37,147.50
Auction Date	October 06, 2025 - October 06, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	20,510.00
Sale Number	#100625	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	28,650.00
Total Lots	151
Sold Lots	118.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	23,900.00
% of Lots Sold	78.15%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	33,370.00
Unsold Lots	33	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	111.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1359		A BIBLE ARCHIVE A highly unusual collection of three English Bibles, having belonged to the Whytehead family (of Yorkshire's North and East Ridings); comprising The Bishops' (1573 edition), a Geneva (1603 edition) and a King James Bible (1619 edition).		GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 5,980.00
1356	Bible	[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke ...With most profitable Annotations ...]	1583	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,860.00
1718	After Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, 1629-1658),	'The Large Cat', signed in the plate, engraving		GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 2,080.00
1251	Waugh, Evelyn	Brideshead Revisited: the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder ...	1945	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,105.00
1351		[Bible, The first Black Letter Quarto Edition of the King James Version] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues ...	1613	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,105.00
1336		The Tourists' Guide and Merchants' Manual.	1864	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 1,040.00
1267	Anderson (sic), Hans Christian	Wonderful Stories for Children ...	1846	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 910.00
1285	Rice, James	History of the British Turf ...		GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 910.00
1361	[Foxe, John	Actes and Monuments of Matters most Speciall and Memorable happening in the Church ...	1596	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 845.00
1341	[Markham, Gervase	A Way to Get Wealth ...	1653	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 715.00
1348	Hamilton, Edward	The Flora Homoeopathica; or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants Used as Homoepathic Remedies, 2 vols	1852-53	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 546.00
1300	The Gregynog Press	The Revelation of Saint John the Divine.	1932	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 520.00
1324		The Strand Magazine: an illustrated monthly ...	1891-1900 and 1904	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 520.00
1333	Chambers, Ephraim	Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ...	1781	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 520.00
1720	Stanley Anderson RA, RE (1884-1966),	'Good Companions' and 'Three Good Friends', each signed in pencil and Ed.		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 468.00
1299	The Gregynog Press	The Lamentations of Jeremiah.	1933	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 442.00
1768	Robert Hainard (Swiss, 1906-1999),	'Perce-Neige' and 'Short-eared eagle'		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 442.00
1292	Green, Thomas	The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary.	1820	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 416.00
1316	Gibbon, Edward	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.	1854-55	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 390.00
1270	Gelert	A Guide to the Foxhounds and Staghounds of England; to which are added, the Otter-Hounds and Harriers of Several Counties.	1849	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 364.00
1379		A pair of framed photographs of King George V and Queen Mary, signed		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00
1338	Iamblichus (of Chalcedon)	De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum (and) Proclus ...	1570	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 338.00
1347	Dickens, Charles	The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.	1837	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 338.00
1354	Lewis, William Bourne (civil engineer, 1831-1902).	Manuscript Diaries, 9 various volumes (1873-1902, relating to time in England);		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 338.00
1273	Nicholson, William	An Alphabet.	1898	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 312.00

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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.

Swann
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.

Swann
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.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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.
Sotheby’s
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.