Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CRICK, Francis Harry Compton | Manuscript Three volumes of his daily diaries, 1938-39 |
Starts March 17, 1938, & ends: April 12, 1939 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 16,500.00 | |
| 301 | Francis CRICK SIGNED: Nobel Prize lecture: on the genetic code |
Stockholm | 1963 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 12,750.00 | |
| 302 | Francis CRICK | Letters written to Leonard Walden, including: Autograph letter Signed |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 512.50 | ||
| 303 | A. Evrard | CRANKS, ETC: Letters to Andrade from: Grindell Matthew |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 131.25 | ||
| 304 | Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (Nobel Prize winner) | Nineteen (18) Autograph letters |
dated 1937- 1951 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 550.00 | |
| 305 | ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa | 1- Radio Engineering |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 306 | ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa | 1- High Vacuum- A 24 Page Manuscript of his discourse given at the Royal Institution |
London | 1951-02-02 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa | Royal Institute discourse: 'Nature of Light' |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 308 | NIELS Henrik David BOHR (Nobel Prize winner) | Birth of Nuclear Atom |
1955-04-14 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 6,250.00 | |
| 309 | PATENTS, ETC. Turbulent fluid ducts |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 310 | Sir Edward Victor Appleton (Nobel Prize winner) | Official form of nomination from the Nobel Foundation, for the prize in Physics for 1946 |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 450.00 | ||
| 311 | ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa | Appointment Signed by King George V. |
1914-09-10 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 156.25 | |
| 312 | Prof. Dr. Walter Konig | Heidelberg, Germany- related material: 1- Two typed letters, addressed to Andrade & signed |
Feb, & April, 1932 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 313 | ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa | A large collection of pamphlets by him and others |
Heidelberg | 1911 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 225.00 |
| 314 | Prof. F.A (later became: Barron Cherwell) | Typed Letters Signed: 1- Lindemann |
(Christ Church, Oxford) | (1933-1940) | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 125.00 |
| 315 | ARRHENIUS, Svante August | Two Autograph letters Signed |
1919-04-08 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 337.50 | |
| 316 | RUTHERFORD, Ernest (Baron) | Two Autograph letters Signed |
1- Sept 19 1919 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,012.50 | |
| 317 | BRAGG, William Lawrence | CAVENDISH Lab- 1- Autograph letter Signed |
1947-03-11 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 318 | OLIPHANT, Prof. Mark L | Australian Scientists: 1- Four Autograph Letter Signed |
1949 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 319 | MOTT, Neville. F | Two Autograph Letter Signed |
18-12-1939 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 320 | Autograph letters Signed |
1936-04-30 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 325.00 | ||
| 321 | Signed letters from Two German Nobel Prize winning Physicists, etc. |
21 Mai, 1948 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 487.50 | ||
| 322 | X-Ray: Signed letters sent to Andrade about the retirement of Mr. Smith |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 112.50 | |||
| 323 | MASSEY, Prof. H.S.W | Signed Letters: 1- Typed letter Signed |
1952-11-02 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 112.50 | |
| 324 | A box of some 50 lantern slides (From the collection of Leonard Walden, & possibly taken by him) |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 325.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
