Abel Chapman Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Abel Chapman Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 11, 2024
Abel Chapman. Original drawings
Est: -
CHAPMAN, Abel.- 29 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS for the work "Retrospect reminiscences and impressions of a hunter-naturalist", all with handwritten notes by the author, almost all located and dated, and with notes on their publication. Mounted in an album, a volume of the work containing all the works is included. Abel Chapman (1851 - 1929) was a renowned English hunter and naturalist, with a special interest in the Iberian Peninsula. Together with his friend and partner J. Buck, an enthusiastic naturalist, they visited Spain once or twice a year since their first visit in 1871, one of their most frequent destinations being the Coto de Doñana. Several of these drawings are located in Arcos (interior of the province of Cádiz), and areas of the reserve such as the Santa Olalla lagoon.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 11, 2023
Birds.- Chapman (Abel) Bird-Life of the Borders, first edition, 1889 & others on birds of Scotland (11)
Est: £150 - £200
Birds.- Chapman (Abel) Bird-Life of the Borders, 1889 § Muirhead (George) The Birds of Berwickshire, 2 vol., 1889 § Graham (H.D.) The Birds of Iona & Mull, 1890 § Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh) Birds from Moidart and elsewhere, modern cloth, 1895 § Baxter (E.V.) & L.J.Rintoul. The Birds of Scotland, 2 vol., ex-library copy with stamps, 1953 § Watson (Donald) Birds of Moor and Mountain, 1972; One Pair of Eyes, one of 940 copies signed by the author, Chelmsford, 1994, first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the fourth original cloth or boards, the second stained, the third recased, the last three with dust-jackets, all a little rubbed, all but the first and last Edinburgh; and 2 others on birds of Scotland, 8vo & 4to (11)
Forum Auctions - UK
Apr. 13, 2023
Africa.- Chapman (Abel) Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, first edition, 1928; and others similar (18)
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Africa.- Chapman (Abel) Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, first edition, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, press reviews of author's works at end, previous owner's pencil inscription, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1928 § O'Shea (T. J., editor) Farming & Planting in British East Africa, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, folding map at end, short tear at gutter, advertisements, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1917 § Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Pirates and Predators: the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, first edition, 44 plates, several colour, scattered faint marginal spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, light creasing to top edge, fractional chipping to corners and spine extremities, Edinburgh & London, 1959; and others similar, v.s. (18)
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 23, 2023
Birds.- Chapman (Abel) Bird-Life of the Borders, first edition, 1889 & others on birds of Scotland (11)
Est: £250 - £350
Birds.- Chapman (Abel) Bird-Life of the Borders, 1889 § Muirhead (George) The Birds of Berwickshire, 2 vol., 1889 § Graham (H.D.) The Birds of Iona & Mull, 1890 § Blackburn (Mrs. Hugh) Birds from Moidart and elsewhere, modern cloth, 1895 § Baxter (E.V.) & L.J.Rintoul. The Birds of Scotland, 2 vol., ex-library copy with stamps, 1953 § Watson (Donald) Birds of Moor and Mountain, 1972; One Pair of Eyes, one of 940 copies signed by the author, Chelmsford, 1994, first editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the fourth original cloth or boards, the second stained, the third recased, the last three with dust-jackets, all a little rubbed, all but the first and last Edinburgh; and 2 others on birds of Scotland, 8vo & 4to (11)
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 23, 2023
Africa.- Chapman (Abel) Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, first edition, 1928; and others similar (18)
Est: £200 - £300
Africa.- Chapman (Abel) Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, first edition, frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, press reviews of author's works at end, previous owner's pencil inscription, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1928 § O'Shea (T. J., editor) Farming & Planting in British East Africa, frontispiece, full-page illustrations, folding map at end, short tear at gutter, advertisements, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1917 § Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Pirates and Predators: the Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, first edition, 44 plates, several colour, scattered faint marginal spotting, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, faint spotting, light creasing to top edge, fractional chipping to corners and spine extremities, Edinburgh & London, 1959; and others similar, v.s. (18)
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 22, 2022
Selous, Millais & Chapman: «The Gun at Home and Abroad», 1914 [no.400/500]
Est: kr4,000 - kr6,000
Selous, F(rederick) C(ourteney) (1851-1917), J(ohn) G(uille) Millais (1865-1931) and Abel Chapman (1851-1929) The Gun at Home and Abroad, Vol. III: The Big Game of Africa & Europe. London, London & Counties Press Association, 1914. Printed at the Arden Press, Letchworth. The series of four volumes was printed in 500 full sets for the subscribers listed in each volume, and this volume is from set no. 400. Additionally, this volume was published in another 250 copies, not as part of the 500 full sets. (1 blank leaf), (i)-xix, 408pp, (1 leaf (409 (last page of the index), blank on verso)), (1 leaf (printer colophon, blank on verso)). Photogravure frontispiece (of H. M. Kiing George V, to whom this work is dedicated), and 82 plates, of which 10 coloured, 3 tinted photogravure, 3 monochrome and the remaining 66 half-tone. Folio. First edition. Bound in full brown pebbled morocco, the front board with gilt title, with a border of gilt double ruling around the edges, the spine with series name, volume number, title and publisher, all with a border of gilt single or double ruling, the rear board with blind-stamped double ruling around the edges to match the front board. Edges and corners lightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped, top of spine frayed, with a little leather missing. Top edges gilt, the other edges untrimmed. Title page printed in red and black. The first letter of every chapter also printed in red. The coloured and photogravure plates all with original tissue guards, all printed in red with plate no. and title, with the exception of the frontispiece. Front pastedown, free front end paper, and set number (on page iv) with a small red stamp of a later owner (C. Leonard). In the set number panel, on page iv, is the name of the original subscriber (J. Ritchie). Pastedowns, front and rear end papers, and the four photogravure plates with their tissue guards, all with scattered foxing. The interior otherwise very tight and clean. Elk and bear hunting in Namdalen (1899), wild reindeer hunting at Breistøl (1900,) in Setersdalsheierne (1907) and Jotunheimen (1911), otherwise polar bear and bear hunting. Schiötz I and II 945**, not in Bibliotheca Norvegica. 4 000 – 6 000 NOK € 400-600
SD | Auctions
Oct. 08, 2020
CHAPMAN, Abel (1851-1929). On Safari. London: Edward Arnold, 1908.
Est: $300 - $400
CHAPMAN, Abel (1851-1929). On Safari. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. 8vo. Frontispiece and numerous plates. Contemporary half morocco gilt for Hatchards, with original cloth covers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION. Czech (Africa), pp. 59-60.
Hindman
Mar. 23, 2020
ABEL CHAPMAN (1851-1929) 'ON SAFARI BIG GAME HUNTING IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA',
Est: £100 - £150
ABEL CHAPMAN (1851-1929) 'ON SAFARI BIG GAME HUNTING IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA', with studies in bird-life, Edward Arnold 1908, with 170 illustrations by the author and E. Caldwell sketch-maps and photographs, bound with black cloth, new end paper binding
Holts Auctioneers
Apr. 30, 2015
Chapman (Abel)
Est: £200 - £300
CHAPMAN (ABEL) Savage Sudan Its Wild Tribes Big-Games And Bird Life, London, Gurney And Jackson, 1921
Bonhams
Jun. 26, 2012
CHAPMAN (ABEL)
Est: £100 - £200
Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851-1929, 1930; The Borders and Beyond, 1924; Retrospect, 1928--MACGILLIVRAY (WILLIAM) A Memorial Tribute to William MacGillivray... Ornithologist, Edinburgh, for Private Circulation, 1901--HARTING (JAMES EDMUND) Recreations of a Naturalist, 1906--PRAEGER (ROBERT LLOYD) The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland, 1937, plates, publisher's cloth, 8vo and 4to; and 17 others, biography (23)
Bonhams
Jun. 26, 2012
CHAPMAN (ABEL)
Est: £100 - £200
Wild Norway, binder's cloth, 1897--JORDANS (A. von) Die vogelfauna Mallorcas, publisher's wrappers, 1914--INGRAM (C.) Birds of Riviera, 1926--YEATES (G.K.) Bird Life in Two Deltas, inscribed by the author, 1946, publisher's cloth, 8vo; and approximately 40 others, similar (quantity)
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2010
Hunting - Chapman (Abel). First Lessons in the Art
Est: £100 - £150
Hunting - Chapman (Abel). First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling
Woolley & Wallis
Jun. 10, 2009
Chapman, Abel
Est: £150 - £200
Chapman, Abel On safari, big-game hunting in British East Africa. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrated and photographic plates, original decorative black cloth gilt, elephant on upper board, rubbed at edges, bookplate removed from front pastedown, interior very clean
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 10, 2007
Chapman, Abel
Est: £400 - £600
Chapman, Abel Wild Norway. London, 1897. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, corners bumped, bookplate; Ibid On Safari Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. London, 1908. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at hinges, interior clean; Ibid Savage Sudan, its wild Tribes, Big Game and Bird Life. London, 1921. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt with warthog on upper board and a water buffalo to the lower, some slight rubbing, interior clean; Ibid. Unexplored Spain. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, foxing; Ibid The Borders and Beyond, Arctic...Cheviot...Tropic. London, 1924. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, bumping to edges, interior clean; Ibid Retrospect. London, 1928. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, interior clean; Ibid Memories of fourscore Years less two 1851-1929. London, 1930. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by W.H. Riddell, inscription from artist pasted onto front prelim, original cloth gilt, bookplate of Alexander Godley, interior clean (7)
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 25, 2005
CHAPMAN, Abel
Est: $300 - $500
CHAPMAN, Abel "On Safari". Edward Arnold: London, 1908. First Edition. Big game hunting in East Africa with studies of the bird life. Octavo, fine 3/4 brown morocco, extra gilt spine, cloth covers bound in.
Hindman