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Bonhams: Travel and Exploration

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Auction Name Travel and Exploration Total Sales (GBP) 524,849.00
Auction Date February 10, 2021 - February 10, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 160,100.00
Sale Number #26404 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 244,200.00
Total Lots 98
Sold Lots 91 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 166,400.00
% of Lots Sold 92.86% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 253,600.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 206.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
82

Manuscript journal of Christopher Palmer Rigby,

 27 July 1858 to 25 February 1863 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 56,500.00
159 CHAMPLAIN (SAMUEL DE)

Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada

 1632 GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 45,250.00
94 RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER)

Manuscript autobiographical journal covering his family history, career in Persia, Zanzibar and India, travels in Europe, and other important family events, INCLUDING A LETTER TO HIM FROM THE SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR, and additional materials relating to Rigby'

 1860-61 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 35,250.00
179

Group portrait of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Shackleton and ten officers of the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04, in uniform aboard the Discovery by J. Thomson

 1901 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 31,500.00
182 VICTOR BERRY

Archive relating to Victor Berry, Able Seaman on Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition

 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 25,250.00
191

Two typed letters signed ("E.H. Shackleton" and "E.Shackleton"), to William Blincoe, Stoker Petty Officer, Submarine C28, Dundee, the first thanking him for his application

 1914 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 20,250.00
119 MORITZ (BERNHARD)

Bilder aus Palästina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai

 1916 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 19,000.00
189 PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE)

The Freezing of the Sea,

1911-04-01 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 19,000.00
89 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING)

Correspondence and papers retained by Christopher Palmer Rigby, British Consul on Zanzibar relating to the Speke/Burton feud, comprising:

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 16,500.00
190 Leonard Hussey

Autograph letter from Leonard Hussey signed ("your affec son & brother Len"), to his mother and sister ("Dear Mother & Doll") written on his return journey to England with Shackleton's body

 1922 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 15,250.00
11 LYCETT (JOSEPH)

A collection of 39 views, from "Views in Australia or New South Wales, & Van Dieman's Land Delineated, In Fifty Views, With Descriptive Letter Press"

 1824-1825 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
48 SELLA (VITTORIO) AND WILLIAM F. DONKIN

MOUNTAINEERING Album of nineteenth century photographs of mountaineering and the Alps, comprising 139 images, many by Vittorio Sella and W.F. Donkin

 mostly 1880s GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
176 CHARLES ROYDS

A silver sporting medal awarded to First Lieutenant Charles W.R. Royds,

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,200.00
1

A George Philip & Son Limited 18 inch merchant shippers' globe, English, Late 19th century,

 Late 19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
53 SELLA (VITTORIO)

Summit of Mt. Jannu at Sunset, Nepal 1899',

1899, printed later GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
61 GRINDLAY (ROBERT MELVILLE)

Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India, parts 1-2 & 4-6 only (of 6)

 1826-1830 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
77 Charles William Bartlett

A group of seven views in India to include the Taj Mahal, the Taj Mahal at sunset, Jaunpur, Udaipur, The Golden Temple at Amritsar, Kashmir and a river punt view

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
60 BOURNE (SAMUEL) AND CHARLES SHEPHERD

Bourne & Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages: Connected with the Progress of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, through Bengal, the North-West Provinces, the Punjab and Nepal.

1876 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,012.00
187 PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE)

The Southern Party

 1911 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 7,012.00
46

KASHGAR, WESTERN CHINA - PHOTOGRAPHY

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,375.00
57 James Baillie Fraser

A View of Government House, from the Eastward'; 'A View of Esplanade Row, from the Chouringhee Road'; with three further aquatint views of India after Robert Grindlay, and J.B. Hogarth

 c.1830, 1826 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 6,375.00
95 RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER)

Album containing manuscript copy documents relating to appointments, promotions, correspondence with other officials, approximately 23 documents on different stock papers, [c.1843-1861];

 c.1843-1861 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 6,120.00
58

Morvi State Album', 70 silver gelatin prints (190 x 240mm.) mounted one per page, all captioned in blue pencil in lower margin, original decorative maroon morocco gilt, titled on upper cover with State Arms, g.e., oblong folio (280 x 385mm.),

 c.1900 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 5,737.00
2 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)

Typus orbis terrarum

 1574, or later GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,355.00
54 Joseph Moore

Scene Upon the Eastern Road from Rangoon Looking Towards the South', and 9 further views of scenes in Rangoon [Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar]

 1825 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 5,355.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
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