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
200	Jorge Welsh (ed.)	CHINA & PORCELAIN:1- Kinrande: Porcelain Dressed in Gold		2020	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 450.00
201		90 volumes in the KING PENGUIN Series: Including many first editions			GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 262.50
202	Milne, A. A., & E. H. Shepard	1- The House at Pooh Corner			GBP 300.00 - 600.00	GBP 800.00
203	Potter, Beatrix	The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck		1908	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
204	Lawrence,T.E.	Seven Pillars of Wisdom		1935	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
205	Grose, Francis	MILITARY ANTIQUITIES respecting A History of the English Army		1801	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 181.25
206	Shaw, G F & Dr. Goldsmith	The Panorama of Nature, or a Comprehensive View of Natural History and Botany	R Edwards	nd. [1817]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
207	Baltz, Lewis	PHOTOGRAPHY: Collection, including: 1- San Quentin Point	Berlin	1986	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 225.00
208	BAILEY, N	Dictionarium Britannicum	London	1736	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
209	TOLKIEN, JRR	TOLKIEN, JRR: Folio Society, 3 WORKS			GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 193.75
210	Simond, L	TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY: 1- Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain During the Years 1810 and 1811	Edinburgh	1817	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
211	Eliot, W G	A Treatise on the Defence of Portugal	London	1811	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
212		Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar	London	1833	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 125.00
212a		Fourteen Hertfordshire sale catalogues		late 19th century to 1960s	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
213	Gibbon, Edward	The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire	London	1818	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 150.00
214		1- Punch Library of Humour		no date (1910)	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
215		FISH & FISHING, A Large collection	Groombridge	1862-1865	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
216	BROGLIE, Louis Victor, Prince of (Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1929)	Quantum physics- Inscribed & Signed by: Recherches sur la theorie des quanta	Paris	1925	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,000.00
217	[Storer, J. & Greig, I]	BRITISH TOPOGRAPH: 1- Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet		1807-1811	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
218		9 volumes of the DRAWN IN PEN & PENCIL SERIES		1855	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 118.75
219	Beattie, W	3 WORKS: TURKEY & THE EAST- 1- The Danube Illustrated In A Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work by W H Bartlett		no date, c1847	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
220		Mixed:1- The Museum of Natural History		nd, C1860	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
221	Chenier, M	MOROCCO & CORSICA- 1- The Present State of the Empire of Morocco		1788	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
222	Scott, Captain Robert F	The Voyage of the Discovery		1905	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 112.50
223	Lander, Richard	Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa	Colburn	1820	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

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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.