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Auction Name The Library Auction Total Sales (GBP) 58,051.25
Auction Date November 12, 2025 - November 12, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 43,160.00
Sale Number #111225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 68,880.00
Total Lots 266
Sold Lots 157.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 82,030.00
% of Lots Sold 59.02% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 127,730.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 45.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 ROWLING, (J. K.).

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

1999 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
4 TOLKIEN, (J. R. R.)

Autograph Letter Signed

1968 GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,125.00
53 Arthur Rackham RWS

The Quack Frog

c. 1912 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,875.00
115 MOLL, (Herman).

A System of Geography: or, A New & Accurate Description of the Earth in All its Empires, Kingdoms and States

1701 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,500.00
114 BYRNE, (Oliver).

The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

1847 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
135 [COCKERAM, Henry].

The English Dictionarie: or, an Interpreter of Hard English Words

1626 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,687.50
62 O'BRIAN, Patrick

Folio Society set

2009 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,625.00
44 Sir Arnold Bax

Manuscript music score for 'Mask'

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,375.00
83 WAINWRIGHT, Alfred

A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells

1955 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,250.00
126 OVINGTON, (J.).

A Voyage to Suratt

1696 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,250.00
3 ROWLING, (J. K.).

Harry Potter, Deluxe Editions, a complete set

1999-2007 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 GBP 1,125.00
157

The Holy Bible

1613/ 1612 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 937.50
31 ELSIE BOWERMAN & WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL

An Edwardian album of photographs

1904-08-01 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 687.50
13 Pauline Baynes

Lord of the Rings: Return to Middle Earth, BBC dramatisation poster

1981 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 625.00
181 LAZARNICK, George.

Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read their Signatures

1982 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 625.00
111 [BATE, (John)].

The Mysteryes of Nature and Art

1634 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 575.00
163 CORNWALLIS, Kinahan.

Two Journeys to Japan 1856-7

1859 GBP 450.00 - 800.00 GBP 575.00
182 MEINERTZHAGEN, Frederick.

The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum

1986 GBP 150.00 - 300.00 GBP 550.00
265

Boxing archive: original boxing photographs

GBP 300.00 - 600.00 GBP 525.00
27 LEWIS, (C. S.)

A collection of first editions

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 475.00
241

Muhammad Ali vs. Rudi Lubbers 20th October 1973, ARCHIVE

1973 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 475.00
113

Bye-Laws of the Northern Lodge of China, No. 570, Shanghai

1864 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 450.00
158 LUCKOMBE, (P.)

The History and Art of Printing in two parts

1771 GBP 300.00 - 600.00 GBP 450.00
257 [OXBERRY, William].

Pancratia or a History of Pugilism

1812 GBP 400.00 - 800.00 GBP 450.00
183

The Robert S. Huthart Collection of Iwami Netsuki, Volumes 1 & 2

2000 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 425.00
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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.