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Doyle New York: MAPS, TRAVEL & SPORTING BOOKS INCLUDING THE ESMOND BRADLEY MARTIN COLLECTION - online 2/26

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Auction Name	MAPS, TRAVEL & SPORTING BOOKS INCLUDING THE ESMOND BRADLEY MARTIN COLLECTION - online 2/26	Total Sales (USD)	133,421.00
Auction Date	March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	70,090.00
Sale Number	#24bp01	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	110,140.00
Total Lots	261
Sold Lots	216	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	88,910.00
% of Lots Sold	82.76%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	137,620.00
Unsold Lots	45	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	96.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
145		A selection of works on African exploration.		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 5,440.00
149		The remains of a library of works on Africa.		USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,440.00
150		Approximately 350 works in German (and a few in French and other languages) largely pertaining to Africa.	1880s-1950s.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 5,120.00
105	BATUTA, IBN and SAMUEL LEE, translator	The travels of Ibn Batuta; translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript copies...	1829	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 4,480.00
4		On a commission of Bankrupt [sic] against William Chapman and John Chapman exhibited before us and particularly refer'd to by them, in their Examinations.	1782	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,160.00
69	VIELE, EGBERT L.	Sanitary & Topographical Map of the City and Island of New York.	1865	USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 4,160.00
106	BATUTA, IBN and SAMUEL LEE, translator	The travels of Ibn Batuta; translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript copies...	1829	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 4,160.00
107	BELL, WALTER DALRYMPLE MAITLAND ("Karamojo Bell")	Original autograph manuscript for Karamojo Safari, 1949.	1949	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,880.00
142	WARD, HERBERT	Three works. Comprises L'Atelier de Herbert Ward, Paris [Cover title].	1911	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,880.00
243	Ruskin, John; edited by E. T. COOK and ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN.	The Works of John Ruskin.	1903-1912.	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,880.00
147		One hundred books on hunting and travel, primarily in Africa, but with a few books included on Indian hunting.	1900-1970s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 2,432.00
48	MURRELL, W[ILLIAM]. M[EACHAM].	Map on Temperance.	1846	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,048.00
123		Group of seven intelligence reports on African subjects, 1893-1918	1893-1918	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 2,048.00
126	[M. THOMAS HOUTSMA, T. W. ARNOLD, R. BASSET, AND R. HARTMANN, editors]	The Encyclopaedia of Islam. A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples.	1913-1938.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 2,048.00
33	CHATELAIN, HENRY ABRAHAM [after De FER, NICOLAS].	Carte de la Nouvelle France, ou se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis, aux Environs des-quelles se Trouvent les Etats, Pais, Nations, Peuples &c. de la Floride...	circa 1719 or later.	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,792.00
68	HOLMES, JOHN BUTE.	Map of Property in Harlem showing the farm lines, old road, lanes, &c. as they existed over 100 years ago on the...	1885	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,792.00
146		Approximately 100 volumes of works on the ethnography of African tribes; their languages; and works published in those languages.	1850s-1970s.	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,792.00
19	RUMSEY, JAMES	A Short Treatise on the application of Steam, whereby is clearly shown, from actual experiments, that Steam may be applied to propel Boats or Vessels.	1788	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,664.00
129	KRAPF, JOHANN LUDWIG	A group of works by this pioneering missionary explorer. Comprises Reisen in Ost-Afrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1837-55.	1858	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,664.00
16		A group of correspondence. Includes ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Autograph letter signed.	1884	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,536.00
41	[JANSSONIUS, JOANNES].	Belgii Novi, Angliae Novae, et Partis Virginiae Novissima Delineatio.	circa 1694.	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,536.00
45		America sive India Nova, ad Magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis Imitationem, in Compendium Redacta.	circa 1613 or later	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,408.00
53	[SPEED, JOHN].	A Map of Virginia and Maryland.	circa 1676.	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
137		Journal of the Royal Geographic Society.	1833-1877.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,408.00
52	SENEX, JOHN.	A New Map of the English Empire in America.	1719	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,280.00

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Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

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K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

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Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

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Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

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Auction May 27th

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Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

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G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

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K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

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Auction May 27th

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Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

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C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

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M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

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Auction May 27th

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Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

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I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

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Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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