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Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale

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Auction Name	Travel and Exploration Sale	Total Sales (GBP)	207,833.60
Auction Date	December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	80,100.00
Sale Number	#30894	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	128,000.00
Total Lots	58
Sold Lots	53.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	90,700.00
% of Lots Sold	91.38%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	143,300.00
Unsold Lots	5	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	145.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
153		ARCTIC EXPLORATION -- FRANKLIN, BACK & MCCLINTOCK Series of nine autograph letters to Admiral George McKinley (1766-1852) and his daughter, from his friend John Franklin and other figures of Arctic exploration,	8 February 1826 to 20 September 1837	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 46,080.00
105		GEORGE YACOUB COLLECTION OF MAPS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND LEVANT		GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	GBP 33,280.00
77	BLAGDON (FRANCIS WILLIAM)	A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India, for the Earliest Periods of Antiquity to the Termination of the Late Mahratta War	1805 plates watermarked 1827-1828	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 14,080.00
2		A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCLXXII, LXXIII, LXXIV, LXXV. By Captain James Cook [sic], Commander of His Majesty's Bark The Resolution...	1781	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	GBP 10,240.00
157		AMUNDSEN'S NORWEGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-1912 Danish pocket aneroid marine barometer belonging to Jorgen Stubberud,	c.1910	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 7,680.00
170	SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY), L.C. BERNACCHI and APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD, editors.	SOUTH POLAR TIMES South Polar Times, 4 vol., volumes 1 & 2, volume 3, volume 4	1907-1914; 2010	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 7,040.00
63	Henry Whistler	HANKOU - MERCHANT TRADER'S DIARIES Day diaries of Henry Whistler for 1883-1911,	c.1878-1911	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 6,400.00
152	William Edward Parry	ARCTIC EXPLORATION -- PARRY & MCKINLEY Copy letter from William Edward Parry to Lord Melville, secretarial,	26 November 1825 to 23 May 1826	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 6,144.00
156	AMUNDSEN (ROALD)	The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912,	1912	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,144.00
36	some by William Saunders	SHANGHAI, CANTON, BEIJING, PORTRAITS AND GROUPS - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of 61 Chinese views,	c.1870s 80s	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 4,608.00
69	DANIELL (THOMAS AND WILLIAM)	A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the Way of China,	1810	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
104	ROBERTS (DAVID)	The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, With Historical Descriptions by the Revd George Croly, 6 vol.	1855-1856	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 3,584.00
158	SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)	The Voyage of the 'Discovery', vol. 1 (of 2)	1905	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
109		OTTOMAN TURKEY MAP, IN ARABIC	1888	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
155	SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)	The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol.	1905	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
161	SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)	Scott's Last Expedition... Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, 2 vol.	1913	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,072.00
1	Sarah Hall (1846-1921)	TRAVEL JOURNALS Thirteen volumes of manuscript travel journals written by Sarah Hall (1846-1921) of Sheffield,		GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,816.00
76	Captain Thomas Williams (b.1846)	INDIA - MARITIME LOG BOOKS Papers of Welsh-born Master Mariner, Captain Thomas Williams (b.1846),		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,816.00
169	MAWSON (DOUGLAS)	The Home of the Blizzard, 2 vol.		GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,816.00
143	[CAZABON (MICHEL JEAN)] HARTMANN (HIPPOLYTE)	Album Martiniquais, lithographed title and 12 tinted lithographed views by Eugene Ciceri,	c.1860	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
84	MALCOLM (JOHN)	Sketch of the Sikhs, a Singular Nation, Who Inhabit the Provinces of the Penjab [sic], Situated Between the Rivers Jumna and Indus	1812	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
97		MUMBAI, SRI LANKA, EGYPT, SUEZ AND MALTA - PHOTOGRAPHY Two albums of photographs,		GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,920.00
95	Cartwright family	CALCUTTA, BENGAL, DURBAR, POLO, MILITARY AND COLONIAL LIFE - PHOTOGRAPHY Five photograph albums,	1880s-1910s	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,664.00
162	CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)	The Worst Journey in the World, first single volume edition	1937	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,664.00
171	SHACKLETON (ERNEST)	Autograph letter signed ("Ernest Shackleton") to Admiral Gaudin,	n.d. but possibly 1919	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,664.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.