Chorley's: The September Auctions, 92325, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 23, 2025 - September 24, 2025
Page Size: 353 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
520 [Defoe (Daniel)]

The Great Law of Subordination Consider'd; or, The Insolence and Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants in England

London 1724 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 650.00
521 [Swinnock (George)]

The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, M. A.,

[London] 1672 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
522 [Anon, A Lady]

Memoirs of the Danby Family: Designed Chiefly for the Entertainment and Improvement of Young Persons

London 1799 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 585.00
523 Hurn (William)

Heath-Hill: A Descriptive Poem in Four Cantos,

Colchester 1777 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 286.00
524 [Ward (Edward)]

The Dancing Devils: or, the Roaring Dragon

London 1724 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
525 Hall-Stevenson (John)

The Works of John Hall-Stevenson, Esq. containing Crazy Tales

London 1795 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
526 [Anon]

The Brothers; a Novel, for Children,

Henley 1795 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 286.00
527 [Toland (John)]

The Description of Epsom, with the Humors and Politicks of the Place

London 1711 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
528 Kelly (John)

Pamela's Conduct in High Life

London 1741 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 117.00
529 [Swift (Johnathan)]

Miscellanies

London 1733-36 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
530 Blomer (Thomas)

A Full View of Dr. Bentley's Letters to the Lord Bishop of Ely

London 1710 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 130.00
531 Pasquin (Anthony)

The Life of the Earl of Barrymore

London 1793 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
532 Barnard (Edward)

Virtue the Source of Pleasure

London 1757 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
533 [Cumberland (Richard)]

Arundel

London 1789 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.00
534 Tucker (Josiah)

Instructions for Travellers,

Dublin 1758 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 260.00
535 [Teonge (Henry)]

The Diary of Henry Teonge, Chaplain on Board of his Majesty's Ships Assisstance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, Anno 1675 to 1679

London 1825 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
536 Thompson (Charles)

Rules for Bad Horsemen Adressed to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts

London 1765 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 65.00
537 Puckle (James)

England's Path to Wealth and Honour in a Dialogue Between an Englishman and a Dutchman

London 1750 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 78.00
538 Duigenan (Patrick)

Pranceriana,

Dublin 1775-1779 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
539 [Miller (Anna Riggs)]

Letters from Italy

London 1777 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
540

[18th Century Periodicals] to include: Urban (Sylvanus) [Cave (Richard)] The Gentleman's Magazine, four volumes, 8vo, varied bindings

London 1743, 1744 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
541 Pindar (Peter) [John Wolcot],

The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar,

Dublin 1791 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
542 [Almon (John)]

The Newfoundling Hospital for Wit

London 1784 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
543 Jenyns (Soame)

The Works of Soame Jenyns

London 1793 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
544 Downes Miles (Henry)

English Country Life

London n.d. [circa 1860-1870] GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 234.00
  • 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.
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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.