Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases, 2661, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024
Page Size: 220 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Capt. William Allen

A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841, 2 vol., first edition

1848 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 504.00
2 Thomas Ashe

History of the Azores, or Western Islands, first edition

1813 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
3 Sir Samuel White Baker

The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition

1866 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
4 Sir Samuel White Baker

The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol. first edition

1866 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 277.20
5 E.A. Wallis Budge

The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments, 2 vol., first edition

1907 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 214.20
6 Winston Leonard Spencer (Lord) Churchill

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vol., first edition

1899 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 756.00
7 Justus Danckerts

Totius Africae Accuratissima Tabula, engraved map,

c.1690 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 262.40
8 Samuel Daniell

Seven plates from 'African Scenery and Animals', lithographs

1831 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 918.40
9 Robert Hay

Illustrations of Cairo, first edition

1840 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,764.00
10 David Livingstone

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, first issue

1857 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
11 Captain Thomas J. Lucas

Camp Life and Sport in South Africa, first edition

1878 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 327.60
12

Mashonaland Herald (The) & Zambesian Times,

Mashonaland, 1891 & 1892 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 453.60
13

Africa.- Middle East.- [Egypt Album], c.245 vintage photographic prints,

c.1942-43 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 201.60
14 Mounteney-Jephson A. J.

Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, first edition

1890 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
15 Captain William Snelgrave

A New Account of some Parts of Guinea, and the Slave-Trade, first edition,

1734 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 554.40
16 Henry Morton Stanley

Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first American edition,

New York 1878 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
17 Henry Morton Stanley

In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition

1890 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 189.00
18 Robert Thomas Wilson

History of the British Expedition to Egypt, first American edition,

Philadelphia 1803 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
19 Benjamin Franklin

La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou Moyen Facile de payer les Impots, rare first separate French translation,

Philadelphia & Paris, 1777 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
20 Matthaeus Merian

Virginia. Erforshet und Beschriben durch Capitain Iohan Schmidt, engraved map

c.1627 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,886.40
21 Jean-Baptiste Nolin

Carte Du Canada et de La Louisiane Qui Forment La Nouvelle France et Des Colonies Angloises, engraved map

1756 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 472.32
22 Captain C. R. E. Radclyffe

Big Game Shooting in Alaska, first edition

1904 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 138.60
23 Georgina M. Synge

A Ride Through Wonderland

1892 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 63.00
24 Edward Valois

View of Melrose and Surroundings, taken from the Ursuline Convent, Westchester Co. N.Y., lithograph

1868 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 341.12
25 Pierre Lapie

Amerique Septentrionale Et Meridionale Dediee et Presentee au Roi, engraved map,

c.1820 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 249.28
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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