Sothebys: The Ted Benttinen Library of Exploration and Adventure - online 11/25, N11633, New York

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Auction Date
December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024
Page Size: 312 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301

(Voyages --- the Challenger and others) Collection of 23 works in 30 volumes

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 960.00
302

(Voyages --- Circumnavigation) Collection of 13 works in 17 volumes

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,280.00
303 Weddell, James

A Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego.

London 1825 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
304 Weddell, James

A Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea... and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego.

London 1825 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,160.00
305 (Weddell, James) --- Elizabeth Weddell, Thomas Weddell, William Weddell, and John Brown

A collection of correspondence highlighting Weddell's contribution to Antarctic exploration

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,040.00
306

(Whaling) Collection of 16 works in 18 volumes

USD 4,500.00 - 6,500.00 Not Sold
307

(Whaling) A collection of 16 works in 17 volumes

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
308 Wheland, Captain William

A Narrative of the Horrid Murder & Piracy committed On Board the Schooner Eliza, of Philadelphia, on the High Seas by Three Foreigners, together with an Account of the Surprising Recapture of the said Schooner, by Captain Wheland, the only person to escap

[Philadelphia] [1800] USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
309 Wilkes, Charles

(Wilkes, Charles --- United States Exploring Expedition) Collection of 9 works in 15 volumes

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,000.00
310 Young, Allen

Cruise of the 'Pandora.' From the Private Journal kept by Allen Young, R.N.R., ...Commander of the Expedition.

[London 1876 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
311 [Young, John]

An Affecting Narrative of the Unfortunate Voyage and Catastrophe of his Majesty's Ship Wager, one of Commodore Anson's Squadron in the South Sea Expedition. London: John Norwood, 1751

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,200.00
312 Zorgdrager, C. G.

Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche...

Amsterdam: 1720 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,880.00
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