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Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale

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Auction Name Travel and Exploration Sale Total Sales (GBP) 215,168.00
Auction Date July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 76,500.00
Sale Number #30893 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 116,800.00
Total Lots 58
Sold Lots 52 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 87,900.00
% of Lots Sold 89.66% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 133,600.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 161.05%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 Thomas Daniell, RA

'Mausoleum of Sultan Chusero, Near Allahabad'

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
181 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Private log book kept by Aubrey Howard Ninnis (1883-1956) aboard the S.Y. Aurora, with letters and photographs, 1914-1916

 1914-1916 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
76

Nineteenth century photograph views in India (61, including 4-part panorama of Ooty by A.T.W. Penn), Penang (6), Singapore (10), and Siam/Thailand (23),

 1880s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
183 SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

South; and rare Shackleton menu (2)

 1919 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,960.00
182 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Manuscript menu card for New Year 1916

 1916 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 8,320.00
49 BLACK (JOHN REDDIE, editor)

The Far East. A Monthly Journal, Illustrated with Photographs... New Series, vol. 1-2 only,

 July 1876-June 1877 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
107

The Caravan to Mecca. The Halt in the Desert', COMPLETE BOXED THEATRE SET,

1850s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
177 PONTING (HERBERT)

The "Castle" Berg. Scott's Last Expedition' CAPTIONED AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER,

 1910, printed 1920s/30s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,632.00
178 PONTING (HERBERT)

Scott in his cabin; Terra Nova icebound, 2 gelatin silver photos, and photogravure portrait of Scott (3)

 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
10 BLIGH (WILLIAM)

A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty...,

1790 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,352.00
138 PEASE (ALFRED E.)

Travel & Sport in Africa, 3 vol.,

1902 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,096.00
53

Shanghae [sic] Almanac for the Bissextile or Leap Year 1856, and Miscellany,

1855 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
103 FORSYTH (T.D.)

Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, Calcutta, 1875; and another (2)

 1875 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
68 SIREN (OSVALD)

The Walls and Gates of Peking. Researches and Impressions,

1924 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
70 KNOX (ROBERT)

An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, in the East-Indies,

1681 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,328.00
176 PONTING (HERBERT)

"The 'Terra Nova' at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans", [16 January, 1911]

 1911 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
11 BLIGH (WILLIAM)

A Voyage to the South Sea...in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty,

1792 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
69 SIREN (OSVALD)

The Imperial Palaces of Peking, 3 vol.,

1926 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
75 BALDAEUS (PHILIP)

A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel...,

 1704 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
109 WOOD (ROBERT)

The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart,

 1753 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
4 COLNETT (JAMES)

A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round the Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean,

1798 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,048.00
50

A good group of 23 albumen prints,

late 19th century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,048.00
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
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
159 VISCHER (EDWARD)

Vischer's Pictorial of California, Landscape Trees and Forest Scenes Grand Features of California Scenery Life Traffic and Customs,

1870 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 1,920.00
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    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.