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Bloomsbury Auctions: Travel including a single owner collection of books on Mountaineering

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Auction Name Travel including a single owner collection of books on Mountaineering Total Sales (GBP) 87,287.50
Auction Date October 20, 2021 - October 20, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 40,060.00
Sale Number #102021 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 58,670.00
Total Lots 125
Sold Lots 98 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 47,310.00
% of Lots Sold 78.40% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 68,970.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 126.56%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
125 CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Memorie Istoriografiche delli Regni della Morea, e Negroponte .

1686 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,000.00
51 FRESHFIELD, Douglas.

Four Works: first editions, one being a Presentation copy,

1865-1923. GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 5,500.00
32 REDOUTE, Pierre, Joseph. and THORY, Claude Antoine.

Les Roses, peintes par P.J. Redoute, decrites et classees selon leur, ordre naturel.

1835 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,750.00
33 CONWAY, William Martin.

Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. [Including Scientific Reports and portfolio of Maps].

1894 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,250.00
81 FILIPPI, Filippo de.

Karakoram and Western Himalaya,1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. Duke of the Abruzzi.

1912 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,250.00
112 WHYMPER, Edward.

Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, [with Supplementary Appendix and Atlas of maps], and one related work.

1892 - 1891. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 3,250.00
39 SINIGAGLIA, Leone.

Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites.

1896 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,000.00
31 LOW, David.

The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands.

1842 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,750.00
101 HOWARD-BURY, Lieut.-Col. C.K.

Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921.

1922 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,750.00
100 FRESHFIELD, Douglas.

The Exploration of the Caucasus.

1896 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,375.00
27 RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.

The History of Java.

1817 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,125.00
98 TILMAN, Harold William.

Seven Works: first editions, two volumes SIGNED by the author, and one volume signed by Charles Houston, 1937 - 1974.

1937 - 1974. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,000.00
26 THORN, William.

Memoir of the Conquest of Java.

1815 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 1,875.00
34 FITZGERALD, Edward Arthur.

Climbs in the New Zealand Alps Being an Account of Travel and Discovery.

1896 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,875.00
58 MATTHEWS, Charles Edward.

The Annals of Mont Blanc. A Monograph.

1898 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,875.00
44 SHIPTON, Eric.

Four Works: first editions.

1936 - 1951. GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,625.00
45 SMYTHE, Frank S.

Twelve Works: three author's Presentation copies, and two SIGNED volumes,

1935 - 1950. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,625.00
66 HUNT, John (1910 - 1998).

The Ascent of Everest.

1953 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,625.00
110 SMYTHE, Francis Sydney.

Two Works: INSCRIBED.

1930-1932. GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,125.00
35 HUNT, John.

The Ascent of Everest, SIGNED by the author and eleven members of the 1953 Expedition Team.

1953 GBP 350.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,000.00
80

THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB JOURNAL. 1891-1967,

1891-1967 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 937.50
43 WHYMPER, Edward.

Three Works: first editions, two volumes SIGNED by the author.

1896, 1897, 1880 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 875.00
104

EVEREST: FILM PRESS BOOK, INSCRIBED by Captain John Noel, (c.1924) and a FILM PROGRAMME, 1922.

c.1924 and 1922. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 812.50
17 THESIGER, Wilfred.

Eight Works, and one related: five volumes SIGNED by the author.

1959-2001. GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 750.00
89 NOYCE, Wifrid.

Five Works: first editions, four volumes SIGNED by the author.

1950-1958. GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 750.00
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    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
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    28th March 2024
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    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    28th March 2024
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    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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