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Auction Details

Auction Date: September 11, 2025 - September 11, 2025

Page Size: 298 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
126	Pierre (Aretin)	Le Premier [-Second] Livre des Ragionamenti	Paris	1935	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 355.60
127	Flaubert (Gustave)	Madame Bovary	Paris	1921	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80
128	Goldston (Will, editor.)	The Magician Annual		1909-12	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 139.70
129	Gourmont (Remy de)	M. Croquant	Paris	1918	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
130	Opium.- Laloy (Louis)	Le Livre de la Fumee	Paris	[1913].	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,016.00
131		PostersMitteilungen des Vereins der Plakatfreunde [&] Das Plakat			GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 165.10
132	Steadman (Ralph)	Gonzo the Art		1998	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 406.40
133	Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de)	Romans et Contes		1934	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 95.25
134	Zhu (Chunshu)	Deserts and Trees		2004	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 120.65
135		c.75 early-20th century Soap adverts		[early 20th century]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 177.80
136	Chasemore (A.) and others.	Collection of original artwork, illustrations, printed menus, and miscellaneous printed ephemera		mainly late 19th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 254.00
137		Music Playbills[Collection of c.55 music and opera playbills and broadsides]		v.d. 1817-1955	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 457.20
138	Cleaver (Reginald Thomas) and others.	Collection of twelve original illustrations, probably for 'The Graphic'		[circa 1890-1900]	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 508.00
139	Doyle (John)	Political Sketches &c. by HB		[circa 1800-1830]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 889.00
140		Scrap Album of ephemera relating to John Waldie		[1830s-40s]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 406.40
141		Scrap AlbumsTwo albums comprising original artworks		[late 19th century]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
142		Provincial Theatre Playbills[Collection of c.280 theatre playbills for provincial playhouses]		v.d., [c. 1783-1898]	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 825.50
143		Provincial Theatre Playbills[Collection of c.160 theatre playbills for provincial playhouses]		v.d., [20th century].	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 254.00
144	Beaton (Cecil)	Three theatrical costume designs for the 1949 West End revival of 'Charley's Aunt'		[circa 1949]	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
145		Theatre Playbill[Collection of c.90 theatre playbills for London playhouses]		v.d.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 952.50
146		Theatre & CinemaScrap album relating mostly to early Hollywood, cinema, and entertainment,		[1920s-50s]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
147	Newton (Richard), Attributed to.	An Actor at Bath,		[19th and 20th century]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 190.50
148	Vaughan (Kate) and others.	Collection of 15 theatrical costume designs		late 19th and early 20th century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 508.00
149		Victorian Greeting Card and Illustration Scrap Album		[1870s-90s]	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 241.30
150		[Victorian photograph album of c.150 photographs and carte de vistes]		[late 19th century]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 330.20

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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.