Bonhams: Travel and Exploration, 29374, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Date
June 12, 2024 - June 12, 2024
Page Size: 146 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
250 MARKHAM (CLEMENTS)

The Land of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration, FIRST EDITION, Cambridge, University Press, 1921

Cambridge 1921 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,408.00
251 EVANS (EDWARD, LATER LORD MOUNTEVANS)

South with Scott, FIRST EDITION, second impression (issued in same month as the first impression), W. Collins, 1921

1921 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
252 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Walking into the Face of a High Wind'; 'In the Teeth of the Blizzard', [Between 1911-1914] (2)

1911-1914 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
253 HURLEY (FRANK)

'In the Catacombs' [leading to the hut at Cape Denison, with Lt. Belgrave Ninnis in the foreground], [Between 1911-1914]

1911-1914 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,048.00
254 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Winter Quarters. Queen Mary Land Winter', [Between 1911-1914]

1911-1914 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 640.00
255 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Building a Cairn for a Food Depot on the Plateau'; 'On the Plateau Going South', [Between 1911-1914] (2)

1911-1914 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,408.00
256 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Return of the Night Watchman' [Alfred Hodgeman pushing his way through the snow into the Hut after a visit to the meteorological screen], [Between 1911-14]

1911-1914 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 832.00
257 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Steaming Down the Merks Glacier off Adelie Land', 'The Aurora at Anchor, Hasselborough Bay', and 'Becalmed in the Pacific', [Between 1911-1914] (3)

1911-1914 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,024.00
258 HURLEY (FRANK)

'A Shattered Surface [Ice field]', 'Young Floe-ice of Adelie Land', 'Weather-worn Pack Ice near the Antarctic Circle', 'A Terminal Moraine', [Between 1911-1914] (4)

1911-1914 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
259 HURLEY (FRANK)

'Greenland Esquimaux Dogs', 'Wedell Seals at Home', 'A Grizzly Old Sea Elephant', 'A Sea Elephant Rookery', 'A Bow Seal Elephant and Calf', 'A Ross Seal', 'A Crabeater Seal", [Between 1911-1914] (7)

1911-1914 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 832.00
260 SHACKLETON (E.H.)

Parliamentary election flyer for Shackleton's Unionist Party canditature for the Dundee Parliamentary Election, 1906, Printed and Published by D.C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, 1906; together with a one-volume "Popular Edition" of The Heart of the Antarctic (19

Dundee 1906 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,072.00
261 SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY), L.C. BERNACCHI and APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD, editors.

South Polar Times, 3 vol., LIMITED EDITIONS, Smith Elder, 1907-1914; together with the first published limited edition of 500 copies of volume 4 of of The South Polar Times, 2010 (4)

1907-1914 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,400.00
262 WILSON (EDWARD A.)

'The Barrier Silence', TYPESCRIPT ANNOTATED BY THOMAS GRIFFITH TAYLOR, [October 1911]

1911 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 7,040.00
263 SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)

South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1911-1917, FIRST EDITION, William Heinemann, 1919

William Heinemann 1919 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,664.00
264 WILD (FRANK)

Shackleton's Last Voyage, the story of the "Quest", FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, Cassell and Company, 1923

Cassell and Company 1923 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,072.00
265 HURLEY (FRANK)

A good group of 60 views taken during Shackleton's Transantarctic "Endurance" Expedition, 1914-1916, [1914-1916, printed later]; and 12 other photographs, including views of Grytviken (2 showing Endurance), and illustrations used in South (72)

1914-1916, printed later GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 15,360.00
266 WORSLEY (FRANK ARTHUR)

Endurance. An Epic of Polar Adventure, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO JAMES "SCOUT" MARR INSCRIBED, 1931

New York 1931 GBP 900.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 3,584.00
267 WORSLEY (FRANK ARTHUR)

Under Sail in the Frozen North, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO JAMES "SCOUT" MARR, [1927]

1927 GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,408.00
268 SHACKLETON-ROWLETT "QUEST" EXPEDITION, 1921-1922

A fine group of approximately 200 photographs, mostly by A. Macklin, F.H. Wilkins, and other Expedition members, including images of the crew, the Quest at various stages of the journey from departure to the ice and Tristan da Cunha on return journey, sce

1921-1922, but printed c.1923 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 12,800.00
269 MARR ("SCOUT")

Into the Frozen South, FIRST EDITION, 3 photos of Marr loosely inserted, 1923; and 4 others, from Marr's or Signy Island libraries, 8vo (5)

1923 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,024.00
270 HAY (ARTHUR EDWARD) and others.

A series of approximately 92 views of whaling, and the whaling station at Prince Olav Harbour, South Georgia, mostly taken by Arthur Edward ("Eddie") Hay, [1920-30s]; and 6 others, including 5 photographs by Stewart Bale of Liverpool, 235 x 290mm. of the

"Southern Princess 1928 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 832.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
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