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Sale Name
Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part III, K-P
Auction Date
03/19/2015 - 03/19/2015
Year of Sale
2015
Sale Number
#L15411
Total Lots
350
Sold Lots
341
Lots Sold
97.4%
Unsold Lots
9
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
1,215,020.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
489,800.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
724,550.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
540,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
808,850.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
150.22%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
1,953,190.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1049 PURCHAS, SAMUEL PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES IN FIVE BOOKS... CONTAYNING THE VOYAGES AND PEREGRINATIONS MADE BY ANCIENT KINGS... A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS OF THE GLOBE... NAVIGATIONS AND VOYAGES OF ENGLISH-MEN [&C.] [ENGRAVED TITLE: HAKLUYTUS POSTHUMUS OR PURCH

1625-1626

 GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 57,500.00
899 MORTIMER, GEORGE OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS MADE DURING A VOYAGE TO THE ISLANDS OF TENERIFFE, AMSTERDAM, MARIA'S ISLANDS NEAR VAN DIEMAN'S LAND; OTAHEITE, SANDWICH ISLANDS; OWHYHEE, THE FOX ISLANDS ON THE NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA, TINIAN, AND FROM THENCE TO CANTON, IN T

1791

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 45,000.00
714 KEMYS [OR KEYMIS], LAWRENCE A RELATION OF THE SECOND VOYAGE TO GUIANA PERFORMED AND WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1596.

1596

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 40,000.00
876 [MIDDLETON, SIR HENRY] THE LAST EAST-INDIAN VOYAGE. CONTAINING MUCH VARIETIE OF THE STATE OF THE SEVERALL KINGDOMES WHERE THEY HAVE TRADED.

1606

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 35,000.00
725 KING, PHILLIP PARKER NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA.

1826

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 32,500.00
772 LIND, JAMES A TREATISE OF THE SCURVY. IN THREE PARTS. CONTAINING AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND CURE, OF THAT DISEASE. TOGETHER WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE SUBJECT.

1753

 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 32,500.00
726 KING, PHILLIP PARKER A VOYAGE TO TORRES STRAIT IN SEARCH OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, WHICH WAS WRECKED UPON THE BARRIER REEFS, IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1834.

1837

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 27,500.00
1021 PHILLIP, ARTHUR THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLONIES OF PORT JACKSON & NORFOLK ISLAND.

1789

 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 27,500.00
1031 PORDEN, ELEANOR ANNE [LATER LADY FRANKLIN] THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. A POEM. BY MISS PORDEN.

1818

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 18,750.00
760 [LAUDER, COLIN] A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1785, 1786, 1787, AND 1788. PERFORMED IN THE KING GEORGE, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN PORTLOCK; AND THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN DIXON; UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TH

1789

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 16,250.00
1034 PORTLOCK, NATHANIEL A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA.

1789

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 16,250.00
803 MACAULAY, COLMAN [CONFIDENTIAL.] REPORT OF A MISSION TO SIKKIM AND THE TIBETAN FRONTIER.

1885

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 11,875.00
909 MOXON, JOSEPH A BRIEF DISCOURSE OF A PASSAGE BY THE NORTH-POLE TO JAPAN, CHINA, &C. PLEADED BY THREE EXPERIMENTS... WITH A MAP OF ALL THE DISCOVERED LANDS NEEREST TO THE POLE.

1674

 GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 11,875.00
811 M'CORMICK, ROBERT VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, AND ROUND THE WORLD.

1884

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 11,250.00
849 MARKHAM, CLEMENTS ROBERT FRANKLIN'S FOOTSTEPS. A SKETCH OF GREENLAND, ALONG THE SHORES OF WHICH HIS EXPEDITION PASSED, AND OF THE PARRY ISLES, WHERE THE LAST TRACES OF IT WERE FOUND.

1853

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 11,250.00
807 M'CLURE, ROBERT THE ARCTIC DISPATCHES CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.

1853

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 11,250.00
981 OUSELEY, WILLIAM TRAVELS IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE EAST; MORE PARTICULARLY PERSIA.

1819

 GBP 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 10,625.00
869 MAY, WALTER W. A SERIES OF FOURTEEN SKETCHES MADE DURING THE VOYAGE UP WELLINGTON CHANNEL IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

1855

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 10,625.00
789 LONGITUDE ACTS AN ACT FOR PROVIDING A PUBLICK REWARD FOR SUCH PERSON OR PERSONS AS SHALL DISCOVER THE LONGITUDE AT SEA.

1714

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,625.00
711 KELLETT, HENRY--SEEMANN, BERTHOLD THE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN HENRY KELLETT.

1852-1857

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 10,625.00
958 NORTH-WEST PASSAGE REPORT RELATING TO THE FINDING A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.

1742

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 10,000.00
959 NORTH-WEST PASSAGE A SHORT VIEW OF THE COUNTRIES AND TRADE CARRIED ON BY THE COMPANY IN HUDSON'S-BAY; SHEWING THE PREJUDICE OF THAT EXCLUSIVE TRADE, AND BENEFIT WHICH WILL ACCRUE TO GREAT-BRITAIN, BY OPENING AND EXTENDING THAT TRADE, AND SETTLING THOSE CO

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,000.00
809 M'CLURE, ROBERT THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. CAPT. M'CLURE'S DESPATCHES FROM HER MAJESTY'S DISCOVERY SHIP "INVESTIGATOR," OFF POINT WARREN AND CAPE BATHURST.

1853

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 10,000.00
1013 PETERMANN, AUGUSTUS THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. A SUGGESTION SUBMITTED TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC. ILLUSTRATED BY A POLAR CHART.

1852

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 10,000.00
915 MURRAY, JAMES, AND GEORGE MARSTON ANTARCTIC DAYS. SKETCHES OF THE HOMELY SIDE OF POLAR LIFE BY TWO OF SHACKLETON'S MEN.

1913

 GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 9,375.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    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.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> 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.
    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.