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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 406 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326

7 Volumes on Mountaineering History

1914-1957 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
327 Hunt, John

The Ascent of Everest

[London] [1953] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
328 Mounteney-Jephson, A[rthur] J.

Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months' Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces

New York 1890 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
329 Nansen, Fridtjof

Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen

New York 1897 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
330 Nansen, Fridtjof

In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times

New York 1911 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
331 Oppert, Ernest

A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

New York 1880 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
332 Parry, William Edward

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific... [with] Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific...

London 1821-1824 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
333 Perry, Matthew Calbraith

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...

New York 1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
334 Perry, Matthew Calbraith

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...

Washington 1856 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
335

Photograph album of Ikebana Misho-ryu Sasaoka

Kyoto 1938 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
336 Homer

The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek

London 1725-1726 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
337 Portlock, Nathaniel

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

London 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
338 Ransome, Arthur

"Racundra's" First Cruise (Sailing in the Eastern Baltic)

New York 1923 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
339 Rivadaneyra, Adolfo

Viaje de Ceylan a Damasco, Golfo Persico, Mesopotamia, Ruinas de Babilonia, Ninive y Palmira y Cartas sobre la Siria y la Isla de Ceylan

Madrid 1871 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
340 Robinson, Theodore H. and W.O.E. Oesterley

A History of Israel

Oxford 1932 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
341 Morton, Henry, et al.

Report of the Committee Appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to Translate the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone.

[Philadelphia] [1859] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
342 Sauer, Martin

An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia, for Ascertaining the Degrees of Latitude and Longitude of the Mouth of the River Kovima; of the Whole Coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the Islands in the

London 1802 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
343 Shackleton, E[rnest] H.

The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909

Philadelphia 1909 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
344 Stokes, Robert

Regulated Slave Trade. From the Evidence of Robert Stokes, Esq., Given Before the Select Committee of the House of Lords, in 1849.

London 1851 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
345 Smith, J.F.D. [Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel]

Voyage dans les Etats-Unis de l`Amerique, Fait en 1784; Contenant une description de sa Situation presente, de sa Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Coutumes et Moeurs de ses Habitans, des Nations indienne, et des principales Villes et Rivieres, avec quel

Paris 1791 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
346 Smith, William

Journal of a Voyage in the Missionary Ship Duff; to the Pacific Ocean in the years 1796, 7, 8, 9, 1800, 1, 2, &...

New York 1813 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
347

Annuaire de la Societe des Architectes - Artistes XIV

Leningrad 1935 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
348 Speke, John Hanning

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

New York 1864 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
349 Stanley, Henry M.

Through the Dark Continent; or, The Sources of the Nile, Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean

New York 1878 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
350 [Stephens, John Lloyd]

Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land

New York 1837 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.