Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper, 72926, Norwich
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 29, 2026 - July 30, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Snaffles | A Half Century Of Memories |
London | 1949 | GBP 100.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 128 | Roberts Eric G; Holliday Gilbert; Crascredo; McTaggart M F; Farrell M J; Snaffles | N Books, including: Hunter's Moon |
London | 1926; 1933 | GBP 15.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 129 | Hayes M H; Timms R S | Points Of The Horse; Modern Horse Management |
London | 1897 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 130 | Lawrence John | The History And Delineation Of The Horse, In All His Varieties |
London | 1809 | GBP 80.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 131 | Thornhill R B | The Shooting Directory |
London | 1804 | GBP 210.00 - 280.00 | Unknown |
| 132 | Bennett Geoffrey D S; Rouch W A | Famous Harness Horses |
London | 1926; 1932 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | Unknown |
| 133 | Scrope William | The Art Of Deer-Stalking |
London | 1838 | GBP 105.00 - 175.00 | Unknown |
| 134 | Hawker P | Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting |
London | 1825 | GBP 10.00 - 15.00 | Unknown |
| 135 | Thornhill R B; Hawker P | The Shooting Directory; Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting |
London | 1804; 1828 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 136 | Gardiner Leslie; Wilson Violet A; Tristram W Outram; Railton Herbert; Thomson Hugh | Stage-Coach To John O'groats; The Coaching Era; Coaching Ays And Coaching Ways |
London | 1961; 1922; 1893 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Unknown |
| 137 | Blacque Belair; Hieover Harry; Swire John | N Books, including: Cavalry Horsemanship And Horse Training |
London | 1919; 1849; 1920; 1850 | GBP 20.00 - 50.00 | Unknown |
| 138 | Orde Richard | The Sedgefield Country In The Seventies And Eighties, With The Reminiscences Of A First Whipper-In |
1904 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 139 | Cook Theodore | History Of The English Turf |
London | N/A | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
| 140 | British Hunts And Huntsmen |
London | 1909 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 141 | Thornhill R B | The Shooting Directory |
London | 1804 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 142 | Neal W Keith; Back D H L | N Books, including: British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes |
1989; 1995 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | |
| 143 | Taylerson A W F | The Revolver |
N/A | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 144 | Baker David William | The Royal Gunroom At Sandringham; Cartridge Tools |
1989; 2014 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | |
| 145 | Dowell William Chipchase | The Webley Story |
N/A | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | |
| 146 | Ffoulkes Charles; Stone George | N Books, including: Inventory Of The Arms Of The Tower Of London |
1916; 1961 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | Unknown | |
| 147 | Harding D F | Small Arms Of The East India Company 1600 -1856 |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |
| 148 | Edwards William B; Brown M L; Crossman Edward | N Books, including: Civil War Guns |
1982 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown | |
| 149 | Ommundsen H; Robinson E H | Rifles And Ammunition |
1915 | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |
| 150 | Temple B A; Skennerton I D; Blackmore Howard; Flayderman N | N Books, including: A Treatise On The British Martini |
1650–1850; 1717-1938 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown | |
| 151 | Pollard Hugh; Reichenbach William; Robinson E H | N Books, including: The Book Of Pistol & Revolvers |
1917 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000