Chiswick Auctions: Travel, Transport, and Exploration, 120425, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Newcourt (Richard)

Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense

1708 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
27 Papworth (John B.)

Select Views of London; Large Paper Copy.

1816 GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,890.00
28 Pennant (Thomas)

Some Account of London, Extra illustrated

1805 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,008.00
29 Pennant (Thomas)

The History and Antiquities of London

1814 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 403.00
30 Poley (Arthur F.E.)

St. Paul's Cathedral, London

1932 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 164.00
31 Pyne (William Henry)

The History of the Royal Residences, 3vol.

1819 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 1,890.00
32 Shepherd.

London and similar Group of volumes

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
33 Stow (John)

The Survey of London

1633 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 189.00
34 Stow (John)

A Survay of London.....

GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,890.00
35 Stow (John)

A Survey of the Cities of London....6th. ed.

1754-55 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
36 Suter (Richard)

English counties, four extensive albums

GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 756.00
37 Wood & Moffat.

Trinity High Water mark of the River Thames...1828

GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
38 Yates (Major G). & Sir John Rennie

A View of Old London Bridge in 1823

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
39

Spain: Travel and History, including Peninsular War.- A collection of 11 volumes

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 164.00
40 Willcocks (William)

Plans of the Irrigation of Mesopotamia

1911 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
41 Knox (Robert)

An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon

1681 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 378.00
42 Salt (Henry).-

Sri Lanka View near Point de Galle, Ceylon

GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 882.00
43

British Arctic Expedition Interest A Rare set of 12 Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slides, c.1880s

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,008.00
44

Cavers (Colin)

1990-95 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 126.00
51 Von Haugk (Gustav)

Fishermen on the shore, coastal landscape beyond

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 252.00
52 Von Haugk (Gustav)

Costume portrait of a Southern Italian lady

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
53 Coulson (John)

Late 19th Century Travellers by Pyramids Of Giza

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
54 Cracroft (Peter)

Appearance of the Great Wall of China looking North West from the top of the tower

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
55 Felkin (Margaret)

A Junk sailing in Penang, A view of the Islands, Clan Jetties water village scene

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
56

Tourist Sketchbooks Nineteenth and 20th century

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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