Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale, 30893, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025

Page Size: 58 items in 3 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
86	PENN (A.T.W., photographer)	"Nilgiri Album", INSCRIBED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE,		printed before 1909	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,088.00
102		A group of photo views of a female traveller in Ladakh/Kashmir in early 20th century (group)		early 20th century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 640.00
103	FORSYTH (T.D.)	Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, Calcutta, 1875; and another (2)	Calcutta,	1875	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,584.00
104		A good photo album, compiled by Hugh Edwardes, 6th Baron Kensington whilst serving in the 15th Hussars in India, including images of military (Durbar groups), horse portraits...		c.1901-1908	GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,088.00
106		Good album of photographs of Persia/Iran, including the British Legation (with Sir Percy Cox) in Tehran, c.1919-1921		c.1919-1921	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,920.00
107		The Caravan to Mecca. The Halt in the Desert', COMPLETE BOXED THEATRE SET,	Vienna, and London	1850s	GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 7,040.00
108	DOUGHTY (CHARLES)	Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol.,	Cambridge,	1888	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 896.00
109	WOOD (ROBERT)	The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart,		1753	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
110	BONFILS (FELIX)	The Temple of the Sun at Balbek, Lebanon, LARGE ALBUMEN PRINT, c.1870		c.1870	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,216.00
118	FRITH (FRANCIS)	Cairo from the Citadel. First View, MAMMOTH ALBUMEN PRINT, [1858]		1858	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
127	PENROSE (FRANCIS CRANMER)	An Investigation of the Principles of Athenian Architecture,		1851	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 64.00
137		Two photograph albums, relating to building of the Gold Coast Railways, with images of the construction (bridge building, track laying, etc.) ...		c.1900-1905	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,048.00
138	PEASE (ALFRED E.)	Travel & Sport in Africa, 3 vol.,		1902	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 4,096.00
139	BARROW (JOHN)	An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa,		1801-4	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 384.00
148	ATKINS (JOHN)	Voyage to Guinea, Brasil and the West Indies...with Remarks on the Gold, Ivory, and Slave-Trades,		1737	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 384.00
149	[LONG (EDWARD)]	The History of Jamaica, 3 vol. in 2, 1774; and others on Jamaica by Renny, Stewart and Bridges (6)		1774	GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,024.00
150	CARMICHAEL (Mrs A.C.)	Domestic Manners and Social Condition of the White, Coloured, and Negro Population of the West Indies, FIRST EDITION, 1883; and others (10)		1883	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 409.60
151	DALLAS (R.C.)	The History of the Maroons, 2 vol., 1803; Mackenzie. Notes of Haiti, 2 vol., 1830; Wimpffen. Saint Domingo, 1817 (5)		1803, 1830, 1817	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
152	FRANCKLYN (G.)	An Answer to the Rev. Mr. Clarkson's Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African, 1789; and 5 others, mostly on slavery (6)		1789	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,408.00
153		Account of a Shooting Excursion on the Mountains near Dromilly Estate, in the Parish of Trelawny, and Island of Jamaica, in the Month of October, 1824!!!, FIRST EDITION, 1825		1824	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 307.20
154		A group of 12 nineteenth century views and portraits, 1880s/90s (group)		1880s/90s	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
157	PORTLOCK (NATHANIEL)	A Voyage Round the World; but Most Particularly to the North-West Coast of North America, FIRST EDITION, 1789		1789	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 1,408.00
158	BRADY (MATTHEW)	USS Philadelphia Ship's officers pose on her fore deck, during the Civil War; Deck of the ship, c.1865 (4)		c.1865	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
159	VISCHER (EDWARD)	Vischer's Pictorial of California, Landscape Trees and Forest Scenes Grand Features of California Scenery Life Traffic and Customs,	San Francisco,	1870	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
171	VANCOUVER (GEORGE)	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, 6 vol.,		1801	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,664.00

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