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
166		Aviation Memorabilia.- Italo Balbo La crociera aerea del decennale	1933	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 38.00
167		Aviation prints Geo Ham [Georges Hamel]		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 50.00
168	Beaumont (Roland)	An inscribed matte silver print of the TSR-2 supersonic strike and reconnaissance		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 164.00
169		BOAC FLIGHT 172, 1968 A group of five framed silver gelatin prints	1968	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
170	Coulson (Gerald)	Three signed prints		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 38.00
181	Curtis (Lettice)	The Forgotten Pilots.	1971	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
183	Casorati (Francesco)	Flight at Sunset		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 38.00
184	Frassinetti (Romeo)	Four original photographs and a manuscript memo		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 151.00
185		'I am the first pig to fly' silver gelatin print, inscribed by John Moore-Brabazon to Kingsley Wood		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 151.00
186		Kyoichi Sawada Vietnam War		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 126.00
187	Montaut (Ernest & Marguerite Gamy)	Two pochoir prints		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 126.00
188		Napier Aero Engines Printed sales catalogue		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
189	Page (Claude A.)	Allied air invasion stepped up as invasion date draws near		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
191		Red Baron [Manfred Albrecht, Freiherr von Richtofen 1892-1918]		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 126.00
192		Royal Flying Corps World War I fretwork frame		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 82.00
193	Sadler (James)	Medal to commemorate the record speed flight		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
194		Transportation and landing of seaplanes.-	1923	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
196		Caproni aviation.- Photographic archive		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 126.00
197		Caproni aviation.- Published material including: Fiore (Amedeo)		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
198		Caproni aviation.- '77 Biplano Caproni 600hp'		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 202.00
199		Caproni aviation.- Testing reports	1930s & 40s	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 76.00
200		Caproni aviation.- An archive of blueprints	1930s	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 76.00
201		Caproni aviation.- An archive of published materials		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 378.00
202		Caproni aviation.- An archive of correspondence		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 202.00
203		Caproni aviation.- An archive of correspondence		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 227.00

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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