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Auction Name	Home Furnishings and Interiors Auction to include Contents from Penicuik House and Edmonston House Biggar	Total Sales (GBP)	4,285.44
Auction Date	October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Sale Number	#100225	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	0.00
Total Lots	76
Sold Lots	66.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	86.84%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	0.00
Unsold Lots	10	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
242		Shelf containing leather bound books to include Wiseman's Chirurgical Treatises, History of Heriots Hospital, Burns poetical Works, etc.		Not Available	GBP 434.00
261		Box containing books to include mainly hardbacks.		Not Available	GBP 396.80
248		Two boxes containing books to include British Roll of Honour, military books, Rome and Pompeii leather bound, etc.		Not Available	GBP 322.40
344	John Williams Small,	The Castles and Mansions of the Lothians,	1883	Not Available	GBP 272.80
324		Box of books to include Harrods Illustrated, he Wedderburn Book two volumes, etc.		Not Available	GBP 248.00
449		Seventeen framed bookplate engraving prints of Italian topographical views		Not Available	GBP 210.80
269		Box containing books to include Crustacea of Norway, 10 volumes, etc.		Not Available	GBP 198.40
432	CHARLES GEORGE LEWIS (1808-1880) after JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT RA (1803-1881),	The Waterloo Heroes Assembled at Apsley House, engraving		Not Available	GBP 173.60
323		Books to include leatherbound The Natural History of Animals two volumes, another Class-Mammalia, Acreocracy of Scotland 1876, etc.		Not Available	GBP 117.80
443	SIR SIMON NEVILLE LLEWELYN MARSDEN (English 1948-2012),	Statues Neus Palais Potsdam Germany photographic print		Not Available	GBP 99.20
450	After W BREWER and T GRIFFITHS,	Edinburgh 1886, print		Not Available	GBP 93.00
336		Box containing books to include Memoirs of Montrose leather bound two volumes, The Royal Crest Book Knight and Butters leather bound, etc.		Not Available	GBP 86.80
134		Set of thirteen half leather bound Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, publ. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell of Edinburgh, printed by Morrison & Gibb.		Not Available	GBP 80.60
433	After JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SNR (British 1795-1865),	Fox Hunting, two coloured prints,	1854	Not Available	GBP 80.60
431	C HUNT after JOHN FREDERICK HERRING,	Don John and Lanercost, two horse racing themed prints,	1838	Not Available	GBP 74.40
427	After T SALMAN,	large panoramic view of Edinburgh, print		Not Available	GBP 68.20
264		Three boxes containing books to include Fiction and Non Fiction, etc.		Not Available	GBP 59.52
390		Set of eight modern prints of cats, in the Japanese ukiyo-e style		Not Available	GBP 59.52
424	After HENRY BARRAUD (1811-1874) and JOHN HAYTER RA (British 1800-1895)	The Irish House of Commons in Session, engraving		Not Available	GBP 52.08
237		Album of 1950s photographs of Singapore taken by an RAF pilot	1950s	Not Available	GBP 49.60
267		Box containing books to include Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War, 15 volumes, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, etc.		Not Available	GBP 47.12
425	After CHARLES MARTIN HARDIE ARSA (Scottish 1858-1916),	Burns In Edinburgh 1787, engraving		Not Available	GBP 47.12
259		Box containing books to include mainly Welsh interest and a North Wales photo album.		Not Available	GBP 43.40
325		Box of books to include Fishing interest, etc.		Not Available	GBP 43.40
395		Four etchings of Edinburgh to include Lady Stair's Close, Bakehouse Close, Lawnmarket etc.		Not Available	GBP 43.40

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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.