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

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
57		Denmark & Norway Royal Custom House, Elsinore	1793	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 189.00
58		Harrington & Company Country Dancers. 'Tibetans'; 'The Witch of Gloom' & 2 others		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
59	Holmes (Randolph Bezzant)	Three Pathan Portraits,	[1915]	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
60	Hunt (John) & Others	Ascent of Everest, 40th Anniversary ed. 1993 Ascent of Everest, 40th Anniversary	1993	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
61		NASA Press Release Prints		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 176.00
62	Raymon (Victor)	Antibes, Juan Les Pins	1938	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
72		Visitez La Tunisie original Tunisian Tourist Office poster		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
84		An early to mid 20th Century advertising sign for Sharps Toffee Together with an enamel sign for O		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 101.00
85		'Colman's D. S. F. Mustard' An early-20th century enamel advertising sign		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 113.00
86		An early 20th Century single sided enamel advertising sign for Lyons Cocoa Early 20th Century		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 101.00
115		Act of Parliament, Reign of Queen Anne 1714	1714	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
120	British School c.1882	Views of the Thames Estuary together with two further maritime studies	c.1882	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
124		East India Company Interest.-	1698	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 164.00
125		East India Company Interest.- Captain's Certificate	1757	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
126		East Indies Trade Agreement	1780	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.00
128	Irving (Washington)	Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 4 vol.	1828	GBP 120.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
129	Jeakes (Samuel)	Charters of the Cinque Ports	1728	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
130		Maritime Interest.- Duthy Family Papers	18th-19th century	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 428.00
131		Maritime Interest.-	19th Century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
132		Maritime Interest.- Bills of Landing 18th -	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 454.00
133		Maritime Interest.- Suez Canal Anglo-Egyptian War	1882	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
134		Maritime.- Bills of Landing 1589		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 126.00
135	Montaut (Ernest & Marguerite [Gamy] )	A pair of hand-coloured pochoir prints		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 239.00
136		Royal Navy.- Samuel Sutton Group of letters related to Samuel Sutton		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,260.00
138		Aeronautical Memorabilia.- Telegram from Mussolini to de Pinedo		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold

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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