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
203 Rutter (Eldon)

Middle East.- The Holy Cities of Arabia

1928 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,016.00
204 Salt (Henry)

Africa.- A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country ...

1814 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 508.00
205 Schon (Rev. James Frederick) & Mr. Samuel Crowther

Africa.- Journals of the ... Expedition up the Niger in 1841

1842 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
206 Semple (Robert)

Europe.- Observations on a Journey through Spain and Italy to Naples

1807 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
207 Shackleton (Ernest H.)

Polar.- The South Polar Times

London & Cambridge 1907-14 & 2010 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 10,160.00
208 Sheldon (Charles)

North America.- The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon

1911 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
209 Shelvocke (Captain George)

Voyages.- A Voyage round the World by the way of the Great South Sea

1726 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,397.00
210 Sherring (Charles A.)

Asia.- Western Tibet and the British Borderland

1906 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
211 Shipley (Lt. Conway)

Oceania.- Sketches in the Pacific: The South Sea Islands

1851 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
212 Shipton (Diana)

China.- The Antique Land

1950 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 190.50
213 Smyth (H, Warington)

South East Asia.- Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekong, Siam

1895 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 889.00
214 Spon (Jacob)

Switzerland.- The History of the City and State of Geneva

1687 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
215 Stanley (Henry Morton)

Africa.- Through the Dark Continent

1878 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 635.00
216 Stevens (Herbert)

Asia.- Through Deep Defiles to the TIbetan Uplands: The Travels of a Naturalist from the Irrawaddy to the Yangtse

1935 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 190.50
217 Stockdale (John)

Asia.- Sketches, Civil and Military, of the Island of Java ...

1811 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 762.00
218 Stokes (John Lort)

Australia.- Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

1846 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 762.00
219 Strangford (Viscountess)

Europe.- The Eastern Shores of the Adriatic in 1863

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 381.00
220 Sturt (Captain Charles)

Australia.- Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia

1849 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,080.00
221 Stutfield (Hugh E. M.) & J. Norman Collie

Mountaineering.- Climbs & Explorations in the Canadian Rockies

1903 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
222

Europe.- Switzerland and The Bavarian Highlands

[c.1890] GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 101.60
223 Taylor (Major James)

Australia.- Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson, and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

1823 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,270.00
224 Taylor (Major James)

Australia.- Three Panoramic Views of Port Jackson, in New South Wales

1988 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,524.00
225 Teichman (Eric)

China.- Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China

Cambridge 1921 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 254.00
226 Teichman (Eric)

Central Asia.- Travels of a Consular Officer in Eastern Tibet

Cambridge 1922 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
227 Terry (Edward)

Asia.- A Voyage to East-India

1777 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 508.00
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