Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025

Page Size: 376 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
50	Charles DICKENS	BINDING: Charles DICKENS: The Works		1892-96	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 262.50
51	Charles DICKENS	BINDING: Charles DICKENS: The Works	London	no date	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
52	DICKENS, Charles	BINDING: DICKENS, Charles: The works		no date, c1880	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 312.50
53	Charles DICKENS	BINDING: Charles DICKENS: The Works	London	1877	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
54	Wright, T	BINDING, Etc. including: The History and Topography of The County Of Essex			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
55		Binding, etc, including: Large Bible		1904	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
56	Wilson, C	Binding: 1- Memoirs of the life, writing & Amours of William Congreve		1730	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
57		16/17 Century Binding: A large full leather folio			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,250.00
58		BINDING: 28 vols. Of British Poets		1859-61	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 337.50
59		FINE BINDING: Quantity, including: Souvenir volume of Sir Walter Scott's poems from Inverness		1871	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 525.00
60		FINE BINDING: A Large quantity of leather bound books			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 262.50
61	Walter Scott	BINDING: 1- The Waverley Novels	Edinburgh	1877-1879	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 487.50
62	Bacon, Francis	BINDING: 1- The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral		1691	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 512.50
63	Poe, E.A	Binding- including: Poe, E.A: Poetical works		no date, C1858	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
64	DIXON, Charles, Whymper, Charles (ill)	De Luxe edition of 35 copies only: Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of the British Islands Sheffield		1900	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 537.50
65	Yarrell	BIRDS: 1- History of British Birds		1843	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
66	Morris, Beverley R	British Game Birds and Wildfowl	Groombridge	1855	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 243.75
67	Hale, WG	Signed Deluxe Limited Edns- 1- The Meyers' illustrations of British birds		2007	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 600.00
68	White, Rev. Gilbert	FINE BINDING- 1- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne		1813	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 287.50
69	Montagu, George	(Hand coloured Plates): Ornithological Dictionary	London & Exeter	1802 & 1813	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 262.50
70	MORRIS, Rev. F. O	1- A History of British Birds	Groombridge	1851-57	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 600.00
71	Lilford, Lord	With Autograph Letter: Colourd figures of the Birds of the British Islands		1891-7	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,000.00
72	Bannerman, David A	SIGNED: The Birds of the British Isles		1953-1963	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 200.00
73	Bannerman, David A	Fine Binding, Author SIGNED: The Birds of the British Isles		1953-1963	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,875.00
74	MORRIS, Rev. F. O	A History of British Birds		1870	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 387.50

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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.