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
150	Poynting, F	1- Eggs of British Birds		1895-1896	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 512.50
151	Seebohm, Henry	With Autograph Letter: A History of British Birds		1883-85	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 243.75
152	Bunyard, Edna (ill)	Limited edn. 50 copies only: Eggs of the Rarer Limicolae and Variations	Leeds	1993	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 243.75
153	Hewitson, William C	BIRDS: 1- Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds		1856	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
154	White, Gilbert; Eric Ravilious (ill)	NONESUCH Press- The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne Selected and edited with an introduction by H. J. Massingham		1938	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 662.50
155	Tennyson, Alfred, Lord	NONESUCH Press- 1- In Memoriam		1339	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
156	ELLIS, Havelock	NONESUCH Press- 1- Chapman - with illustrative passages		1934	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
157		NONESUCH Press- 1- The Nonesuch Century, An Appraisal, A Personal Note and a Bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the Press 1923 - 1934		1936	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
158	SCOTT, Walter	Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border		1902	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
159		NONESUCH Press- 1- The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus	London	1935	GBP 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
160	Rousseau, J. J	NONESUCH Press- 1 - Renolds Stone (ill)- The Confessions of J. J Rousseau in an Anonymous		1938	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 162.50
161		NONESUCH Press. The Apocrypha. According to the Authorised Version	London	1929	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
162		NONESUCH Press- HOMER- The Iliad [and] The Odyssey		1931	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 762.50
163	BLAKE, WILLIAM	NONESUCH Press- 1- 'The Illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Phillips		1937	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
164	Dickens, Charles	NONESUCH Press- DICKENS- The Nonesuch Dickens, 1937-38		1940-09-01	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,687.50
165	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	NONESUCH Press- 10 Volumes of Poetry: Selected poetry & prose (Two copies, one India paper)		1933	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
166	(Lawrence, T. E)	Golden Cockerel Press Crusader Castles		1936	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 131.25
167	Ruskin, John	Kelmscott Press/William MORRIS: The Nature of Gothic: a Chapter of The Stones of Venice	Hammersmith and London	1892	GBP 600.00 - 900.00	GBP 700.00
168		ABERDEEN (Directories, etc): 1- The CON-ACCORD Directory, 1842-43	Aberdeen	1842	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
169		EDINBURGH Directories: 1829-1902 (11)			GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
170		DUNDEE, DUMFRIES & DUNFERMLINE: The Municipal History of the Royal Burgh of Dundee	Dundee	1873	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.25
171	SHEPHERD, T. H	EDINBURGH: 1- Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views, or EDINBURGH	London	1829	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
172	MAITLAND, William	SCOTTISH HISTORY: The history and antiquities of SCOTLAND	London	1757	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
173		Eight GLASGOW Directories: GLASGOW Post-Office Annual Directory		1834-35	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
174		SCOTLAND, Etc: Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of Scotland for 1825-6			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.