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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025
Page Size: 392 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 le Carre (John)

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

1963 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 406.40
227 Le Carre (John)

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

New York 1964 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
228 Le Carre (John)

The le Carre Omnibus

1964 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,143.00
229 le Carre (John)

The Looking-Glass War

1965 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 228.60
230 Le Carre (John)

The Looking-Glass War

New York, 1965 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
231 le Carre (John)

A Small Town in Germany

1968 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
232 Le Carre (John)

A Small Town in Germany

New York, 1968 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 165.10
233 Le Carre (John)

The Naive and Sentimental Lover

1971 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
234 Le Carre (John)

[The Karla Trilogy]

1974-80 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
235 Le Carre (John)

[The Karla Trilogy]

1974 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 203.20
236 Le Carre (John)

Smiley's People

[1979] GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
237 le Carre (John)

[The Karla Trilogy]

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
238 le Carre (John)

The Little Drummer Girl

1983 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
239 le Carre (John)

A Perfect Spy

1986 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
240 le Carre (John)

The Russia House

1989 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 25.40
241 Le Carre (John)

The Secret Pilgrim

New York 1991 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
242 le Carre (John)

Our Game

1995 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
243 le Carre (John)

Nervous Times: An Address Given at the Savoy Hotel at...the Anglo-Israel

1998 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 203.20
244 le Carre (John)

Single & Single

1999 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 152.40
245 le Carre (John)

Constant Gardener

2001 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
246 Le Carre (John)

The Mission Song

2006 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 165.10
247 Le Guin (Ursula K.)

The Dispossessed

1974 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 889.00
248 Lee (Laurie)

Cider with Rosie

1959 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
249 Lee (Laurie)

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

1969 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 127.00
250 Lee (Harper)

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 431.80
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    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.