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Auction Info

Sale Name
Rare and Important Books, Prints, and Maps on the Subject of Exploration, Travel, and the Natural World
Auction Date
04/04/2019 - 04/04/2019
Year of Sale
2019
Sale Number
#583
Total Lots
262
Sold Lots
220
Lots Sold
84.0%
Unsold Lots
42
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
78,812.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
65,060.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
102,420.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
76,920.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
120,730.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
65.28%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
82,802.60

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
185 [South America] Diaz Del Castillo, Bernal (ca 1492-1581). Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva-Espana.

1632

 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,660.00
66 [Freya Stark/Geniesse] Jane Geniesse’s Archive of 10 boxes, 4 tubs, and 1 folder, mostly relating to her two books, American Priestess and Passionate Nomad

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 3,416.00
90 [Antarctic/Shackleton] Murray, James and Marston, George. Antarctic Days: Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton's men...introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton.

1913

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 3,172.00
234 [Ornithology] Audubon, John James (American, 1785-1851). Plate 332: Pied Duck - Fuligula Labradora. From "The Birds of America."

1827-1838.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,684.00
186 [South America] Falkner, Thomas (1707-1784). A Description of Patagonia and the Adjoining Parts of South America.

1774

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,562.00
6 [Colonial America] Homann, Johann Baptiste (German, 1644-1724). Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali.

circa 1720.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,952.00
15 [Americas] A New Chart of the Gulfs of Mexico and Florida Including the Windward Passages drawn chiefly from the surveys of Commanders Owen (1771-1849) and Barnett (1799-1879) combined with much valuable information received from masters of vessels and Ot

1847

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 1,952.00
187 [South America] Lozano, Pedro (1697-1759). Descripcion chorographica del terreno, rios, arboles, y animales de las dilatadissimas provincias del Gran Chaco, Gualamba.

1733

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,708.00
197 [Travel/Exploration] The Compass used by Eduard Ingris on the Kantuta Expeditions.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,586.00
60 [Asia] Brinkley, Captain F. The Oriental Series: Japan & China.

1901-2.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,464.00
81 [Antarctic/Ross] Ross, James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43.

1847

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 1,464.00
42 [World] Laurie, Robert and Whittle, James. A New Map of the World, with Captain Cook's Tracks, his Discoveries and those of the Other Circumnavigators.

London

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,342.00
188 [Spain] Alfonso XI, King of Castile and Leon (1311-1350) – Chronica del muy esclarecido Principe e Rey don Alfonso el Onzeno deste nombre de los reyes que reynaronen en Castilla y en Leon.

1551

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,342.00
189 [Spain] Juan II of Castile – Cronica del serenissimo rey don Juan el segundo.

1517

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 1,220.00
75 [Antarctic/Amundsen] Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912.

1913

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 1,220.00
44 [Atlas] Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World with Descriptions.

New York

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 1,098.00
164 [Natural History Illustration] Beaumont, John Colt, USN (American, 1821-1882). Group of eight watercolors of Pacific and Asiatic fish. Illustrations in the manner of plates from "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan."

1856

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 1,037.00
84 [Antarctic/Scott] Doorly, Gerald S. The Voyages of the ‘Morning’.

1916

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 915.00
61 [Asia] Heine, William (German-American, 1827-1885) and Eliphalet Brown Jr. (American, 1816-1888). Group of 62 lithographed plates from Commodore Matthew Perry's "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy...."

c.1856.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 732.00
48 [Celestial] Four hand-colored and gold heightened plates of constellations. From "Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed."

1776

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 610.00
145 [Arctic] Watercolor painting depicting native peoples in daily work - hunting walrus, skinning, making camp, and building snow sledges.

USD 120.00 - 220.00 610.00
231 [Zoology] Group of six 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings, featuring botanicals, insects, and birds.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 579.50
143 [Arctic] Ross, John. A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty’s Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin’s Bay, and Inquirings into the Probability of a North-West Passage.

1819

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 579.50
142 [Arctic] Moss, Edward Lawton. Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6.

1878

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 549.00
57 [Native Americans] McKenney & Hall. Two plates from "History of the Indian Tribes of North America."

USD 200.00 - 300.00 518.50
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
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