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
100	DU BUS, Bernard	Esquisses Ornithologiques; Descriptions et Figures d'Oiseux Nouveaux ou peu connus	Brussells	[1845-?51]	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
101	FUERTES, Louis Agassiz	FINE BINDING- Album of Abyssinian Birds and Mammals	[Chicago]	[ca. 1930]	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 131.25
102	HACHISUKA, Hon. Masauji	The Birds of the Philippine Islands with notes of the Mammal Fauna, four parts bound in two volumes, complete	Witherby	1931-35	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 500.00
103	Hume and Marshall	1- The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon	[Calcutta]	1879-81	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 700.00
104	Smythies, Bertram E	Sangorski & Sutcliffe Fine Binding: Birds of BURMA	Rangoon	1940	GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 325.00
105	KEULEMANS, John Gerrard	Onze vogels in huis en tuin, beschreven en afgebeel	Leiden	1869-76	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 337.50
106	Barboza du Bocage, J V	Ornithologie d'Angola Ouvrage Publi Sous les Auspices du Ministre de la Marine Et des Colonies	Lisbonne	1877-81	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 787.50
107	VON WRIGHT, M & F	Svenska Faglar; Efter Naturen Och Pa Sten Ritade	Stockholm	1924-28	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 387.50
108	Buller, Sir Walter Lawry	Signed- A History of the Birds of New Zealand		1888	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,875.00
109	Whitaker, Joseph	The Birds of Tunisia being a History of the Birds found in the Regency of Tunis		1905	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 450.00
110	Baedeker, Friedrich Wilhelm Justus	Die Eier der Europaischen Vogel nach der Natur gemalt	Leipzig & Iserloun	1855-63	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,437.50
111	Cassin, John	Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America	Philadelphia	[1853]-1856	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,562.50
112	DELACOUR, J. & JABOUILLE, P	Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Francaise		1931	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 462.50
113		Willughby's Ornithology		1678	GBP 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,625.00
114	Beebe, C William	A Monograph of the Pheasants		1918	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,112.50
115	LEGGE, W Vincent	A history of the birds of Ceylon	London	1880	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,500.00
116	Schioler, E Lehn	Danmarks Fugle med henblik paa de i Gronland	Copenhagen	1925-31	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 218.75
117	Van Oort, EH	Ornithologia Neerlandica	The Hague	1922-35	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 887.50
118	Naumann, Johann Andreas	Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mitteleuropas	Kohler	1897-1905	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
119	Bunyard, Edna (ill)	Limited edn. 50 copies only: Eggs of the Rarer Limicolae and Variations	Leeds	1993	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 262.50
120	J G Millais & others	Ogilvie-Grant, W R; The Gun at Home and Abroad			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 412.50
121	HACHISUKA, Masauji	The Dodo and Kindred Birds or The Extinct Birds of the Mascarene Islands		1953	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	GBP 512.50
122	Archer (Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M. Goodman	The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden		1937-61	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
123	Bannerman, David A & W Mary	SIGNED: Birds of the Atlantic Islands	Edinburgh	1963-68	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 112.50
124	Bannerman, David A & W Mary	SIGNED: Birds of the Atlantic Islands	Edinburgh	1963-68	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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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.