SD Auctions: The Odfjell Collection | Polar - History - Ornithology - Colour Plate Books, 120425, GRESSVIK

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 112 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 FRIDTJOF NANSEN

Gjennem Armenia

 1927 SEK 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 SEK 1,500.00
27 ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]

Aurora Australis

 1908 SEK 700,000.00 - 900,000.00 SEK 1,875,000.00
28 ERNEST SHACKLETON

The heart of the Antarctic

 + SUPPLEMENT SEK 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 SEK 325,000.00
29 [SHACKLETON] MURRAY & MARSTON

Antarctic Days

 1913 SEK 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 SEK 87,500.00
30 ERNEST SHACKLETON

The heart of the Antarctic

 1909 SEK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 SEK 3,750.00
31 ERNEST SHACKLETON

SOUTH

 1919 SEK 15,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 16,250.00
32 [ERNEST SHACKLETON] FRANK WILDE

Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest.

 1923 SEK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 SEK 8,750.00
33 SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]

The South Polar Times

 I-III1902-1911. SEK 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 SEK 75,000.00
34 [WILLEM BARENTSZ] GERRIT DE VEER

Tre navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi [...]

 1599 SEK 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 SEK 18,750.00
35 [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN

Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden [...]

 1663 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 SEK 11,875.00
36 APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD

The Worst Journey in the World

 1922 SEK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 SEK 11,875.00
37 HERBERT G. PONTING

APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD

 1930-35. SEK 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 SEK 5,000.00
38 MARTIN CONWAY

The First Crossing of Spitsbergen.

 1897 SEK 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 1,750.00
39 MARTIN CONWAY

No man's land.

 1906 SEK 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 SEK 3,750.00
40 JAMES COOK

A Voyage towards the South Pole, [...]

 1777 SEK 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 SEK 15,000.00
41 HESSEL GERRITSZ

Histoire Dy Pays nomme Spitsberghe.

 1872 SEK 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 SEK 1,250.00
42 ELISHA KENT KANE

The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin.

 1853 SEK 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 SEK 12,500.00
43 JOHN LAING

A Voyage to Spitzbergen

 1822 SEK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
44 HENRY J. PEARSON

"Beyond Petsora Eastward"

 1899 SEK 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 SEK 2,500.00
45 ROBERT E. PEARY

The North Pole.

 1910 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 SEK 18,750.00
46 RAYMOND E. PRIESTLEY

Antarcrtic Adventure.

 1914 SEK 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 SEK 9,375.00
47 JOHN ROSS

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

 1835 SEK 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
48 LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS:

TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION At the South Pole.

 SEK 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 Not Sold
49 LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS:

TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION Forestalled. Amundsen's tent at the Pole.

 SEK 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 Not Sold
50 ELEAZAR ALBIN

A natural History of Birds. + A Supplement

 1738-40 SEK 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 SEK 32,500.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana<br>27 January 2026</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Dramatic Works,</i> 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>Troilus and Criseyde,</i> one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Borges (Jorge Luis). <i>Luna de Enfrente,</i> first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Nolli (Giovanni Battista). <i>Nuova Pianta di Roma,</i> Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000 <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>29th January 2026</b></center> <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Roberts (David). <i>The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia,</i> 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Blacker (William). <i>Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing,</i> Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000 <b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000