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
75	Thorburn, Archibald	BIRDS: 1- British Birds		1925-26	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 181.25
76	Howard, H Eliot	The British Warblers		1907-1914	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 550.00
77	Howard, H Eliot	SIGNED: The British Warblers		1907-1914	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 612.50
78	Lilford, Lord	Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood		1895	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 1,312.50
79	McKelvie Colin Laurie	The Woodcock, Snipe, Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, & Sporting Wildfowl	Norfolk	1988-1999	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,312.50
80	Phillips, J C	A natural History of the Ducks		1922-26	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
81	Payne-Galwey, Sir Ralph	SPORT: 1- The Book of Duck Decoys		1886	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 156.25
82	Smith, David	Seth - Parrakeets		1903	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 156.25
83	Forshaw, J M	BIRDS: 1- The birds of Paradise and Bower birds		1977	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 168.75
84	Snyder, Noel F R	USA: The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird		2004	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
85	LOW, Rosemary	BUTTERWORTH, Elizabeth (ill); Amazon Parrots		1983	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 337.50
86	LOW, Rosemary	BUTTERWORTH, Elizabeth (ill); Amazon Parrots		1983	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 362.50
87	Cooper, W.T. (Illus.)	Forshaw, J M; Australian Parrots	Melbourne	1980	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	GBP 287.50
88	Cooper, W.T. (Illus.)	Forshaw, J M; Kingfishers and related birds	Melbourne	1983-87	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 937.50
89	SCHLEGEL (Hermann) & A.H. Vester VAN WULVERHORST	Traite de Fauconnerie	London and New York	1979	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 525.00
90	ROBERT, Leo-Paul	Unsere einheimischen Vogel		c.1933	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
91	WOLF, Joseph	Pheasant Drawings by Joseph Wolf			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 512.50
92	Gould, J. and McEvey, A. (editor)	The Birds Of Australia and The Adjacent Islands		1979	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 825.00
93	Radde, Dr. Gustav	Ornis Caucasica Die Vogelwelt des Kaukasus systematisch und biologisch-geographisch beschrieben	Kassel	1884	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 825.00
94	Pleske, Theodor D	1- Ornithographia Rossica; Die vogelfauna des Russischen Reichs	St. Petersburg	1891	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
95	Swainson, William & John Richardson	Fauna Boreali-Americana		1831	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,000.00
96	Heink, Johann Anton	[Profitable Management of a Hunting Ground]- Praktische Bemerkungen uber die kleine Jagd, oder Anleitung zur Behandlung und eintraglichen Bewirtschaftung eines Jagdreviers	Dresden	1827	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
97	Philip Lutley Sclater; & Joseph Smit	Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S.		1873-76	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 575.00
98	Gray (George Robert & R. Bowdler Sharpe)	Zoology of the Voyage of HMS of Erebus and Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Birds	London	1846-75	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 3,062.50
99	Buller, Sir Walter Lawry	A History of the Birds of New Zealand		1873	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,562.50

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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.