Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 78,577.82 |
| Auction Date | October 08, 2025 - October 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 35,075.00 |
| Sale Number | #100825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 58,260.00 |
| Total Lots | 1118 | ||
| Sold Lots | 866.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 50,355.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,370.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 252 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 95.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 393 | JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN | THE HOBBIT |
1937-09-01 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,168.00 |
| 540 | PASTON LETTERS; AN IMPORTANT ARCHIVE COMPRISING FENN'S ORIGINAL MS LETTERS |
1789 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 10,617.60 | |
| 392 | JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN | THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING |
1954 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,665.60 |
| 769 | WITCHCRAFT NECROMANCY SUPERNATURAL, SUICIDE, DUNGEONS |
Early 19th century | GBP 400.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,643.20 | |
| 809 | Francis Willoughby, FRS | The Ornithology of Birds |
1678 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,516.80 |
| 789 | BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT: BARKER, 1591 & BOOK OF PSALMS |
1754-1770 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 985.92 | |
| 539 | Fenn (John) edit | The Paston Letters' |
1787-1823 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 910.08 |
| 150 | J. R Ralph Casimir | THE NEGRO SPEAKS |
1969 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 606.72 |
| 270 | SEBASTIAN EVANS [Transl] and JESSIE KING [Illus] | THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL |
1903 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 581.44 |
| 272 | SURREALIST POEMS |
1954 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 467.68 | |
| 1079 | BEATRIX POTTER | THE STORY OF A BAD FIERCE RABBIT |
1906 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 467.68 |
| 1107 | JESSIE M KING [Illus] | A CAROL - GOOD KING WENCESLAS |
ND | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 455.04 |
| 788 | Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi de summa Trinitate que deus |
1515 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 417.12 | |
| 950 | MEDICAL PAMPHLETS. A very large quantity of hundreds of Medical Pamphlets and Offprints from the early 20th century to early 19th century |
early 20th century to early 19th century | GBP 50.00 - 200.00 | GBP 404.48 | |
| 962 | A collection of offprints from Transactions of The Zoological Society |
c1871 | Not Available | GBP 404.48 | |
| 336 | FLORENCE HARRISON | 2 Titles: ELFIN SONG - A BOOK OF VERSE AND PICTURES |
ND | GBP 15.00 - 25.00 | GBP 366.56 |
| 986 | WYNDHAM LEWIS (Ed) | BLAST - REVIEW OF THE GREAT ENGLISH VORTEX |
1915-07-01 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 353.92 |
| 645 | EDME ARCAMBEAU AND JESSIE M KING [Illus] | THE BOOK OF BRIDGES |
1912 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 341.28 |
| 690 | SIDNEY MENDELSSOHN | SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY |
1957 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 328.64 |
| 1075 | Black and white postcard photograph depicting Adolf Hitler and bearing signature to bottom right corner |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 328.64 | ||
| 630 | Snouck Hurgronje, C. | [Middle East]. Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century. Daily Life, Customs and Learning |
1931 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 316.00 |
| 759 | Syllogologia: An Historical Discourse of Parliaments in their Original before the Conquest and Continuance together with the original growth and continuance of these courts following |
1656 | GBP 245.00 - 280.00 | GBP 303.36 | |
| 132 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND ONLY KNOWN COPY |
1979 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 290.72 | |
| 654 | HARRY CLARK | THE FAIRY TALES OF PERRAULT |
1922 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 278.08 |
| 822 | FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD | AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK... |
1805 - 1810 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 278.08 |
![<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.")
