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Auction Name Travel Books, Maps and Atlases Total Sales (GBP) 91,704.75
Auction Date June 09, 2021 - June 09, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 54,040.00
Sale Number #2211 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 78,040.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 205 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 73,670.00
% of Lots Sold 82.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 107,260.00
Unsold Lots 45 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 85.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
112 Preziosi (Amedeo)

Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life

 1858 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,500.00
208 Saudi Aramco (publisher)

Jazirat al-'Arab wa-al-manatiq al-mutakhimah la-ha: kharitah tamhidiyah The Arabian Peninsula and neighboring regions: an introductory map, offset-lithograph

 1952 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,500.00
150 Cruchley (George Frederick)

Railway & Station Map of England and Wales

 c.1879. GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,250.00
194 Thornton (Samuel)

A New Mapp Of the Island of Bombay and Sallset, engraving

 c. 1716-1720. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,250.00
29 Lugard (Frederick D.)

The Rise of our East African Empire

 1893 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,875.00
157 Philip (George)

New General Atlas, George Philip & son

 1858 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,875.00
243 London Topographical Society (publisher) & John Rocque.

Rocque's Map of London

 1746 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,875.00
94 Amundsen (Roald)

The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram"

 1912 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,625.00
161 Senex (John) and John Maxwell.

and John Maxwell. North America Corrected From The Observations Communicated to The Royal Society of London and The Royal Academy of Paris

 1710 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,625.00
151 Bacon (George W.)

New Large-Scale Ordnance Atlas of London & Suburbs with Supplementary Maps...

 c. 1886. GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,500.00
204 Trade Relations Dept. (I.G.A. Div., London)

The Oil Industry in the Middle East, screenprint in colours

 1957 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,500.00
14 Burton (Sir Richard Francis)

Zanzibar; City, Island and Coast

 1872 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,250.00
24 Junker (Dr. Wilhelm)

Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 1878-1883; 1882-1886

 1890-92. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,000.00
58 Symes (Michael)

An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India

 1800 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,000.00
230 Speed (John)

Britain as it was Devided in the Tyme of the English Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, engraving

 c. 1611. GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 975.00
49 Shaw (Thomas)

Travels or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant

 1738 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 937.50
209 Purdy (John, hydrographer)

A New Chart of the Northern Ocean, Davis' Strait, and Baffin's Bay..., engraving

 1847 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 937.50
227 Blaeu (Johannes)

Britannia prout divisa suit temporibis Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante illorum Heptarchia, engraving

 c. 1645. GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 937.50
232 Speed (John)

The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars Since the Conquest, engraving

 c. 1676. GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 937.50
165 Ortelius (Abraham)

Asiae Nova Descriptio

 1581 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 875.00
198 Moll (Herman)

A New Map of the Upper Part of Italy

 c. 1715 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 875.00
242

The Several Plans and Drawings referred to in the Second Report from the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London, bound with the Third Report...

 c. 1799-1800. GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 875.00
77 D'Oly (Charles)

Calcutta from the Old Course, from Views of Calcutta and Its Environs

 1848 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 845.00
11 Budge (E.A. Wallis)

The Egyptian Sudan: its history and monuments

 1907 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 812.50
224 Moxon (Joseph)

A Mapp of all the Earth. And how after the Flood it was divided a mong the Sons of Noah, engraving

 1671 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 812.50
  • 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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
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