Tooveys: Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, 112625, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 216 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
4026	PRICHARD, Katharine Susannah	Haxby's Circus	London	1930	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 37.50
4027	BRIGGS, Raymond (illustrator) and Nicholas FISK	Richthofen the Red Baron	London	1968	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 325.00
4028	Jill MURPHY	CHILDREN'S BOOKS. -- The Worst Witch Strikes Again	London	1980	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 50.00
4029	Walter H. NESSLER	ORIGINAL ART-WORK. -- [A manuscript book with original ink drawings and three calligraphically hand-written poems]	[N.p.]	[1937]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 237.50
4030	Edward Hyde CLARENDON	BINDING. -- The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England to which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland	Oxford	1826	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 106.25
4031		AFRICA. Narrative of the Field Operations Connected with the Zulu War of 1879	London	1907	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 237.50
4032	LANG, Andrew	The Violet Fairy Book	London	1901	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 500.00
4033	W.H. Medhurst (compiler)	CHINA. -- Chinese and English Dictionary		1842-1843	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 3,750.00
4034	Christina ROSSETTI	RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). -- Goblin Market	London	1933	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 450.00
4035	DONALDSON, Julia	The Gruffalo	London	1999	GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
4036	DONALDSON, Julia	Room on the Broom	London	2001	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
4037	DONALDSON, Julia	The Snail and the Whale	London	2003	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
4038	Tsukioka YOSHITOSHI	WOOD-BLOCK. -- [Moral Lessons Through Pictures of Good and Evil]	[Tokyo]	[1880]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 125.00
4039	WOOLF, Virginia	Orlando, a Biography	London	1928	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 81.25
4040	STARK, Freya	Letters...	London	1974-1982	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 162.50
4041	Ian FLEMING	FOLIO SOCIETY. -- [James Bond Novels]	London	2015-2021	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 375.00
4042	Laurence HOUSMAN	PEAR TREE PRESS. -- Hop-O'-Me-Heart, a Grown-Up Fairy-Tale	Flansham, Bognor Regis	1938	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 106.25
4043	James GUTHRIE (editor)	PEAR TREE PRESS. -- These Things the Poets Said	Flansham, Bognor Regis	1935	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 175.00
4044	Augustine BIRRELL	BINDINGS. -- A Rogue's Memoirs Etc.	London	1912	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 112.50
4045	H.E. BATES	SIGNED BOOKS. -- Day's End and Other Stories	London	1928	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
4046	Sheridan LE FANU	ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator). -- In a Glass Darkly	London	1929	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 87.50
4047	Harlan TARBELL	CONJURING. -- The Tarbell Course in Magic	New York	1943-1948	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.50
4048	Ellis STANYON (editor)	CONJURING. -- Magic	London	February 1901-May 1920	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 106.25
4049	Edgar George Dion LARDNER	AFRICA. -- Soldiering and Sport in Uganda 1909-1910	London & Felling on Tyne	1912	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 187.50
4050	C.T. ATKINSON	AFRICA. -- The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689-1937	Cambridge	1937	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 68.75

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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.