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Auction Name	Books, Medals, Militaria, Coins, Stamps & Collectables	Total Sales (GBP)	13,817.66
Auction Date	September 23, 2025 - September 23, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	5,450.00
Sale Number	#92325	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,115.00
Total Lots	113
Sold Lots	90.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	8,425.00
% of Lots Sold	79.65%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	13,580.00
Unsold Lots	23	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	101.75%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
94		Early 20th century Chinese photograph album		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,352.40
59	Parks, Fanny (Frances Susanna Archer 1794-1875)	'Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque during four and twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana'	1850	GBP 250.00 - 450.00	GBP 1,159.20
45		Fine binding - Cedric Chivers , Bath - Menpes, Mortimer: text by Dorothy Menpes	1906	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 772.80
74	McCarthy, Justin Huntly (ed)	Fine bindings to include "The Thousand and One Days, Persian Tales"	1892	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 708.40
46		Fine binding - Cedric Chivers, Bath - Menpes, Mortimer "Japan a Record in Colour ...."	-1901	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 669.76
63	Carrol, Lewis	Childrens books - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"	1894	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 579.60
79	Rossetti, William Michael (ed)	Fine bindings and others to include "The Poetical Works of John Keats"		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 579.60
176		Canada/USA stamps: Packet of 1861-1871 covers to Berkeley solicitor (8 Canadian and one USA) with target		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 489.44
198		British Empire & World stamps: Green folder of mint and used with blocks, covers, postcards and sheet		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 450.80
31	Cook, James	'A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around The World, Performed in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775.....'	1777	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 360.64
30	Baxter, Richard	Antiquarian interest to include 'Wonders of Nature and Art', 'British Poets', 'History of England', 'Watson's Essays'		GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 334.88
19	Menpes, Mortimer (ills)	"The Durbar"	1903	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 283.36
73	Morris, Reverend F. O.	"A History of British Birds"	1870	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 257.60
11	Taylor, H V	Pomology interest - specifically relating to the growing and history of apples	1948	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 218.96
58	Spencer, Edmund	European and Eastern travel - 'Travels in Circassia, 1936'	1836	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 218.96
4		Paris - Mode, Premiere Annee December 1890 through to June 1891'		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 206.08
44		The Rifle Brigade Chronicle from 1890 to 1899, 1900 to 1938		GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 206.08
95		Quantity of indentures, wills and other documents		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 206.08
72	Morris, Reverend F. O.	"A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds"	1879	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 180.32
93		Portfolio of Russian antique war posters		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 180.32
178		GB stamps: Accumulation of QV LE Imperf & perf 1d red and 2d covers/entires 1850s to 70s with others		GBP 150.00 - 300.00	GBP 180.32
10		Fashion - The History of Fashion and Costume to include Cunningham	1892	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 154.56
14	Pogany, Willy	"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts by Samuel Taylor Coleridge"	n.d.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 154.56
64A	Lewis, C S	"The Great Divorce, a Dream"	1945	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 141.68
20	Kipling, Rudyard	Bindings, prize bindings, antiquarian and others - to include 'The Jungle Book'	1899	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 128.80

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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.