Bonhams: Travel and Exploration, 29375, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Date
December 11, 2024 - December 11, 2024
Page Size: 70 items in 3 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 SPILBERGEN (JORIS VAN)

Speculum orientalis occidentalisque Indiae navigationum,

Leiden 1619 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
25 SONNERAT (PIERRE)

Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine...le Cap de Bonne-Esperance... ; SCHOUTEN (W.) Oost-Indische voyagie,

Ceylan 1782; 1676 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 409.60
26 JINDRA (LUDWIG)

Twenty-four views of China, including major sites in Beijing, street views and local life,

[1930s, printed later] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
27 CHINA - STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS

China Through the Stereoscope. A Journey through the Dragon Empire at the Time of the Boxer Rebellion,

New York, London, Etc. [1901] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,216.00
97 SMITH (THOMAS)

Narrative of a Five Years' Residence at Nepaul,

1852 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
98 GORDON (THOMAS EDWARD)

The Roof of the World, Being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier, 1879; BOULGER. England and Russia in Central Asia, 1879 (3)

1879 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 768.00
100 SHERRING (CHARLES A.)

Western Tibet and the British Borderland. The Sacred Country of Hindus and Buddhists, with an account of the Government, religion and customs of its people...

1906 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 384.00
101 MOUNTAINEERING - SVEN HEDIN

Two autograph letters signed, one regarding the ascent of Everest

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
107 LUARD (JOHN)

Views in India, Saint Helena and Car Nicobar Drawn from Nature on Stone

[London c.1832-38] GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,864.00
108

The Delhi Gate of Bangalore'; 'A View of Part of St. Thome Street, St. George'; 'A View of Mount St. Thomas, Near Madras'; 'Commillah, Late the Residence of John Buller Esq.'; ...

1804 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,088.00
110 Thomas Daniell, RA

A Pavilion, belonging to a Hindoo Temple',

1808 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,304.00
122 STRETTON (WILLIAM GEORGE, )

15 views of Calcutta, and one of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, etc. (small quantity)

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 3,072.00
133 HAMILTON (ELIZABETH)

Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah; Written Previous to, and During the Period of His Residence in England,...

1796 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
134 [BUTTERWORTH (WILLIAM JOHN)]

The Madras Road Book, Madras, George Calder

1839 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 384.00
135 GWALIOR - ROYAL VISIT, 1911

The Royal Visit to Gwalior, 1905', SIGNED BY THE MAHARAJA OF SCINDIA

[1905] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,792.00
136 BURNES (ALEXANDER)

Travels into Bokhara, 3 vol., 1934; Cabool:; Being a personal narrative, 1842, FIRST EDITIONS(4)

1934, 1842 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,816.00
138 CHARDIN (JEAN)

Voyages... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient, 3 vol.,

Amsterdam 1711 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 960.00
139 [WILSON (ARNOLD TALBOT)]

A Sketch of the Political History of Persia, Iraq and Arabia, with Special Reference to the Personal Campaign. Office of the Chief Political Officer I. E. F. "D.". For Official Use Only,

Calcutta 1917 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,176.00
142

OMAN - MAP. Southern Asia Series. S.E. Arabia,

1942 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
143 Charles Robertson, RWS

'In the Court of the Mosque, Damascus'

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 704.00
144 ROBERTS (DAVID)

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, With Historical Descriptions by the Revd George Croly, 6 vol. bound in 4,

1842-1849 GBP 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 30,720.00
146 DAPPER (OLFERT)

Naukeurige Beschryving van Asie, FIRST EDITION, 2 parts in 1 vol.,

Amsterdam 1680 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 486.40
151 BRADFORD (WILLIAM)

Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume in Portugal and Spain; Chronological and Historical Retrospect of the Memorable Events of the War in the Peninsula, 2 works in 1 vol.,

1810-1813 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 409.60
156 BELZONI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA)

Plates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations... in Egypt and Nubia, Atlas vol. only,

1820-1822 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
161 BEATO (FELICE)

Album of 27 views of the Nile, local "warriors", British and Colonial troops, etc. taken during the The Nile Expedition, or Gordon Relief Expedition,

[1885] GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
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