Forum Auctions: The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham, 1189, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025
Page Size: 250 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
178 Osborn (Captain Sherard)

Polar.- Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal

1852 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 444.50
179 Owen (William Fitzwilliam Wentworth)

Africa.- Narrative of Voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar

1833 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 508.00
180 Oxley (John)

Australia.- Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales

1820 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,350.00
181 Palgrave (William Gifford)

World.- Ulysses or Scenes and Studies in Many Lands

1887 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
182 Parke (Thomas Heazle)

Africa.- My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa

1891 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
183 Parr (Captain Henry Hallam)

Africa.- A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars

1880 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
184

Australia.- Parramatta ship. Weekly Provision Book

1871-72 & n.d. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
185 Pascoe (Thomas)

Voyages.- Anson.- A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and round the Globe

1745 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
186 Patterson (Samuel)

Oceania.- Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson

1817 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
187 Pease (A. E.)

Africa.- Big Game Hunting.- Travel & Sport in Africa

1902 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,302.00
188 Peck (Annie S.)

Mountaineering.- A Search for the Apex of America

New York 1911 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
189 Peron (M. F.)

Voyages.- A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere

1809 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
190 Phipps (Constantine John)

Polar.- A Voyage towards the North Pole

1774 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,397.00
191 Pike (Zebulon Montgomery)

North America.- Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America

1811 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,286.00
192 Porter (Sir Robert Ker)

Europe.- Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808

1813 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
193 Poyntz (Captain John)

West Indies.- The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago

1695 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
194 Prejevalsky (Nikolai)

From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor

1879 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 889.00
195 Read (Charles Rudston)

Australia.- What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields

1856 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 762.00
196 Rees (Thomas)

Voyages.- A Journal of Voyages and Travels

1822 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,032.00
197 Richardson (John) & others

America.- Zoology.- Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

1829-37 GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
198 [Robinson (Francis Whitfield)]

Australia.- A 360-degree photograph panorama of Sydney (November 1885)

London 12th November 2019 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,350.00
199 Rochon (Abbe Alexis)

Africa.- A Voyage to Madagascar and the East Indies

1792 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 279.40
200 Ross (Sir John)

Polar.- Explanation and Answer to Mr.John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in the Victory

[1835] GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,016.00
201 Roth (Henry Ling)

Asia.- The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo

1896 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 508.00
202 Ruschenberger (William S.W.)

Voyages.- Narrative of a Voyage Round the World ... including a Narrative of an Embassy to the Sultan of Muscat and the King of Siam

1838 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,016.00
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