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Auction Name	Deeds Not Words. A Women's Suffrage Collection	Total Sales (GBP)	193,062.40
Auction Date	November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	63,000.00
Sale Number	#31671	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	104,500.00
Total Lots	61
Sold Lots	61.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	63,000.00
% of Lots Sold	100.00%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	104,500.00
Unsold Lots	0	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	184.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		for 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]	[c.1913-1914]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 46,080.00
35	PHILLIPS (MARY) -- HOLLOWAY COMMONPLACE BOOK	Notebook kept by Mary Phillips in Holloway, July to August 1908	1908	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 21,760.00
33	PHILLIPS (MARY)	Correspondence to militant suffragette Mary Phillips (1880-1969) from the leaders of the WSPU, 1907-1916	, 1907-1916	GBP 15,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 20,480.00
14	HICKS (LILIAN & AMY)	Papers of Lilian Hicks and her daughter Amy, including letters written from Holloway & Aylesbury Prisons, 1912	1912	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
52	TERRERO (JANIE) -- HOLLOWAY PRISON	Manuscript letter book compiled after her imprisonment in Holloway, 1912 [post-1918]	1912 [post-1918]	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 5,632.00
75		Some 95 comic, photographic and graphic postcards on pro- and anti-suffrage themes		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,632.00
67	Edited by Christabel Pankhurst.	The Suffragette, c.1118 issues, 8 November 1912-8 October 1915	1912-1915	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 5,120.00
2		Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]	[1909]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,864.00
23	PANKHURST (CHRISTABEL)	Autograph letter signed to Rachel Barrett, with related items, [c.1908-1912]	[c.1908-1912]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 4,864.00
24		Postcard album of 50 portrait postcards, 30 signed, of WSPU and WFL members, c.1910	c.1910	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,352.00
73		Rare series of six humorous postcards by Reg Carter of Southwold, with 11 others		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 4,352.00
26	PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)	Autograph letter written on prison-issue toilet paper, January 1913	1913	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
37		Group of 36 photographs from Mary Phillips' collection, [c.1908-1914]	c.1908-1914	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
53	PEARSON (ANNIE SEYMOUR)	Scrapbook compiled by Annie 'Nance' Seymour Pearson, [first quarter twentieth century]	[first quarter twentieth century]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 3,840.00
34	PHILLIPS (MARY)	Papers from the collection of Mary Phillips (1880-1969), including TLS from Emmeline Pankhurst		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
48	MORRIS (WILLIAM)	News from Nowhere, NORAH DUVAL'S COPY, SIGNED BY 1910; and another, EMILY DUVAL'S COPY, SIGNED BY HOLLOWAY PRISONERS	1910	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
66	Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence	Votes for Women, vol. 1-4 & 6, October 1907-December 1913	1913	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,816.00
70		Collection of 59 postcards, all RPPCs		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,816.00
41		The Trial of the Suffragette Leaders,	[1909]	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
27	JOHN (NANCY A., editor)	Holloway Jingles. Written in Holloway Prison during March and April, 1912. FIRST EDITION, LILIAN KELSALL'S COPY, [1912]	1912	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
43	PANKHURST (SYLVIA)	The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst: the Suffragette Struggle for Women's Citizenship, FIRST EDITION	, 1935	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,664.00
51		A complete set of WSPU playing cards, belonging to Mary Phillips		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,664.00
68	Edited by Christabel Pankhurst.	Britannia. Edited by Christabel Pankhurst, c.95 issues, 15 October 1915-13 December 1918	1915-1918	GBP 500.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,664.00
28		Charge sheet for Mary Phillips, and two others, 1908-1914	1908-1914	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,536.00
78		Comical manuscript menu card titled "U Men!", with three printed Christmas cards, [c.1908-1909]	[c.1908-1909]	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,536.00

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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.