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
175	[Burt, E]	SCOTLAND: Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to His Friend in London		1822	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 118.75
176	Young, Robert	SCOTLAND: Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin, from the Twelfth Century to the Year 1876	Elgin	1879	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
177		SCOTLAND: A quantity of books relating to Scottish history and topography	Aberdeen	1937	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
178	Johnson, James	1- The Scots Musical Museum, Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club		June 1771	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
179	MACILWAIN, George	MEDICAL: (Seven first editions bound in one volume): The general nature & treatment of Tumours	Churchill	1845	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
180	MACILWAIN, George	MEDICAL: (Five first editions bound in four volume): 1- Medicine & Surgery, one inductive science		1938	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
181		DIABETES: A collection of some 55 medical publications of ephemera relating to the condition		1892-1907	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
182	IAN FLEMING	From Russia With Love		1957	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 237.50
183	FLEMING, Ian	1- For Your Eyes Only		1960	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 462.50
184	Ian FLEMING	Live and Let Die		1954	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,312.50
185	Capote, T	Modern First Editions, a collection including: Breakfast at Tiffany's		1958	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 287.50
186	Wodehouse, PG	Modern first editions, etc.		1923	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 143.75
187	ROLT, L T C	12 Volumes, mostly first editions with dws			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
188	Crompton, Richmal	(7) 1st. Edns. With Dust Jackets			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
189	Prince Mirsky (Trasl)	GOGOL, Nicolas; The Diary of a Madman		1929	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
190	THOMSON, Hugh (illus)	LIMITED EDITIONS: 1- Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer or The Mistakes of a Night		no date (1912)	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 387.50
191	James Grace	Warwick Goble (ill); Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales		1910	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
192	Martin, W. Keble	GENERAL: Signed Limited Edition: The Concise British Flora In Colour		ND, C1965	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 575.00
193	POPE, A	1- First Edition, 1714- The rape of the lock: An heroi-comical poem in five cantos	London	1714	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
194	CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER	1- History of the Second World War			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
195	PETTY, Sir William	[The Father of STATISTICS] Political Arithmetick or a Discourse concerning the Extent and Value of Lands, People, Buildings	London	1691	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 575.00
196	CAREW (Richard)	The Survey of Cornwall	London	1602	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 512.50
197		Collection of early Newspapers, etc		March, 22 1681	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
198		MINIATURE Books, etc. Including: Punch's Pocket book for 1856			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 193.75
199		ESSEX Topography, Etc. Including: Excursions in the County of Essex		1818-19	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00

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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.