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Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Single Vendor Collection: Books, Ephemera and Works on Paper

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Single Vendor Collection: Books, Ephemera and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	30,715.10
Auction Date	August 27, 2026 - August 27, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	11,555.00
Sale Number	#82726	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	29,135.00
Total Lots	392
Sold Lots	384.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	12,110.00
% of Lots Sold	97.96%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	30,210.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	101.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
282		Report Showing The Relations Of The British Government With The Tribes On The North-West Frontier Of The Punjab, From Annexation In 1849 To The Close Of 1855 ; And Continuation Of The Same To August 1864. Memorandum On The Dera Ismael Khan District	1865	GBP 60.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,222.00
185	Ariosto Ludovico	Orlando Furioso In English Heroical Verse	1591	GBP 500.00 - 800.00	GBP 806.00
298	Dennys Nicholas Belfield (1813-1900)	The Folk-Lore of China And its Affinities with that of the Aryan and Semitic Races	1876	GBP 40.00 - 100.00	GBP 572.00
149	Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft	Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus	1934	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 455.00
134	Dresser Christopher	Japan Its Architecture, Art And Art Manufactures	1882	GBP 80.00 - 160.00	GBP 442.00
119	Gaspey Thomas	Other Times; Or The Monks Of Leadenhall	1823	GBP 400.00 - 800.00	GBP 429.00
207	Smeaton John; Yeoman Thomas; Golborne John	Three Report's Concerning The Drainage Of The North Level Of The Fens And The Outfall Of The Wisbech River	c.1768-9	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 390.00
212	Beguin Jean	Tyrocinium Chymicum; Or, Chymical Essays Acquired From The Fountain Of Nature And Manual Experience	1669	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 351.00
160	Webb Clifford	Clifford Webb Illustrated	N/A	GBP 5.00 - 40.00	GBP 338.00
343	Gilbert Geoffrey	The Law Of Evidence	1777	GBP 100.00 - 300.00	GBP 325.00
87	Physiophilus John; Born Ignaz von	Specimen Of The Natural History Of The Various Orders Of Monks	1783	GBP 60.00 - 120.00	GBP 299.00
120		The Rhythm Magazine	1911-1913	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 299.00
130	Tucker Sarah	South Indian Sketches	1842	GBP 30.00 - 60.00	GBP 299.00
127		Athenaeum Rules And Regulations List Of Members And Donations To The Library	1847	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 273.00
322		Colony And Protectorate Of Kenya. Report Of The Development Committee	1946	GBP 100.00 - 300.00	GBP 273.00
186	Teall J. J. Harris	British Petrography With Special Reference To The Igneous Rocks	1888	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 260.00
202	Woodward Samuel	An Outline Of The Geology Of Norfolk	1833	GBP 40.00 - 80.00	GBP 260.00
281	Vere F W	Customs Manual For The Imperial Customs Frontier Line And For All Officers Of Customs Subordinate To The Governments Of The North Western Provinces Of The Punjab And To The Administrations Of The Central Provinces And Of Oudh	1866	GBP 60.00 - 300.00	GBP 260.00
284	Stanhope Philip Dormer	Genuine Memoirs Of Asiaticus, In A Series Of Letters To A Friend, During Five Years Residence In Different Parts Of India	1785	GBP 30.00 - 100.00	GBP 260.00
98	Boyle Mary L.	Biographical Notices Of The Portraits At Hinchingbrook	1876	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 247.00
104	Quinton R	The Chromatographic Chronicle Of English History	1864	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 247.00
187	Bull Alfred Joseph	South Downs. Geomorphology	N/A	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 247.00
191	Ussher James	A Body Of Divinity, Or, The Summe And Substance Of Christian Religion	1670	GBP 70.00 - 140.00	GBP 247.00
200		Ordnance Survey Maps England & Wales	1920s	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 247.00
400	Waugh Evelyn	Vile Bodies - A Handful Of Dust - Black Mischief - Decline And Fall	1937	GBP 70.00 - 210.00	GBP 247.00

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.

Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]

Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.

Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.

Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]

Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…

Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris.
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.

Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.

Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."

Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.

Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.

Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.

Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.

Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.

Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.

Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.

Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland.
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.