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
125	Gosse, Philip Henry	Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica	London	1849	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 4,750.00
126	Mulsant, E	BIRDS: 1- Lettres A Julie sur L'ornithologie	Paris	[1868]	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
127	Rudbeck, Olof	Book of Birds	Stockholm	1986	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
128	Kuroda, Nagamichi	Birds of the Island of Java	Tokyo	1933	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 537.50
129	Peterson, Roger Tory & Virginia Marie (eds)	Signed Limited edn: Audubon's Birds of America	New York	1981	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
130	CHAPMAN, Abel	UNIQUE COPY, with Five Original Drawings		1928	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,075.00
131	Meinertzhagen, Col. Richard	1- Birds of Arabia	Edinburgh	1954	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 118.75
132	Brown, L H; Urban, E K; & Newman, K	AFRICAN BIRDS: 1- The Birds of Africa		1982-2004	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
133	Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig	Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte der Sumpfvogel	Dresden und Leipzig	-1851	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 325.00
134	Watling, Thomas	PLATES: Australian bird drawings		1923	GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 400.00
135	David A BANNERMAN	David A BANNERMAN: Working copies			GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 325.00
136	Mantell & Gould	PLATES: 1- Notice of the discovery by Mr. Walter Mantell in the Middle Island of New Zealand, of a living specimen of the Notornis			GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 112.50
137	Lodge, George Edward	ART: 1- Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist		1946	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 250.00
138	Shelley, GE	EGYPT: 1- A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt		1872	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 312.50
139	GOULD, John	AUSTRALIA: 1- A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, and the Adjacent Islands	Melbourne	1979	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
140	Thorburn, A	BIRDS: 1- A Naturalist's Sketch Book		1919	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 243.75
141	Keulemans, Tony and Coldewey, Jan	BIOGRAPHY: 1- Signed Limited Edn: Feathers to Brush: The Victorian Bird Artist John Gerrard Keulemans 1842-1912	The Netherlands	1982	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 193.75
142	Salim and S. Dillon Ripley	ASIA: 1- Ali, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan	Bombay	1968-74	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
143		SCOTLAND: 1- Scottish Birds; The Journal of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club		1958-1985	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 193.75
144	WALPOLE-BOND, John	UK Counties: A History of Sussex Birds		1938	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 162.50
145	Verner, Willoughby	SPAIN, Etc: 1- My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 275.00
146	Ogilvie-Grant, W R	BIRDS: Ruwenzori expedition reports			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.75
147	Maumary L; Laurent Vallotton & Peter knaus	EUROPE: Les Oiseaux de Suisse		2007	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
148	DRESSER H. E: A	Eggs of the Birds of Europe	London	[1905]-1910	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,312.50
149	Hewitson, William C	Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds		1846	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50

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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.