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

Auction Details

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
201	Nevins, John B.	A Narrative of Two Voyages to Hudson's Bay, Traditions of the North American Indians.	London	1847	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,280.00
202	Nichelson, William	A Treatise on Practical Navigation and Seamanship.	London	1792	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 960.00
203	Nodal, Bartolome Garcia de	Relacion del viage, que por orden de su Magestad, y acuerdo de el Real Consejo de Indias. Cadiz: Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros, [1766 or 1769]	Cadiz	1753 [i.e. 1769?]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
204	Noort, Olivier van	Description du Penible Voyage Fait Entour de L'univers ou Globe Terrestre par Sr. Olivier du Noort d'Utrecht, General de quatre navires ...	Amsterdam	1610	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,640.00
205	[Noort, Olivier van]	Wonderlijcke Voyagie, by de Hollanders ghedaen, door de Strate Magalanes, ende voorts den gantschen kloot des Aerdtbodems om, met vier Schepen.	Amsterdam	1650	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,320.00
206	(Nordenskiold, Adolf Erik, and Otto Nordenskjold)	(Nordenskiold, Adolf Erik, and Otto Nordenskjold) Collection of 11 works in 17 volumes			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,800.00
207		(Northwest Passage) Collection of 9 volumes			USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,440.00
208	Olafsen, Eggert, and Bierne Povelsen	Voyage en Islande...contenant des observations sur les moeurs et les usages des Habitans, une description des Lacs, Rivieres, Glaciers, Sources Chaudes et Volcans...	Paris	1802	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
209	Osborn, Sherard, and George Frederick McDougall, editors	Facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, Published on Board H.M.S. Resolute: Capt. Horatio T. Austin, C.B. in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin.	London	15 March 1852	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 3,840.00
210	Palmer, James Croxall	Two works			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,680.00
211	Parry, Captain William Edward	Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.	London	1826	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,360.00
212	(Parry, Captain William Edward)	Collection of 6 works in 14 volumes plus a collection of plates			USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,320.00
213	Parry, Captain William Edward	Collection of 6 works			USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
214		(Patagonia) Collection of 6 works in 6 volumes			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
215		(Patagonia, including Straits of Magellan) Collection of approximately 41 works in 44 volumes			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 4,560.00
216	Pettersson, Carl Anton	Lappland, dess Natur och Folk.	Stockholm	1866	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
217	Peurbach, Georg von	Theoricae novae planetarum (ed. Oronce Fine).	Paris	1525	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
218	Phipps, Constantine John	A Voyage towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773.	London	1774	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	USD 5,040.00
219	Piccolomini, Alessandro	De la sfera del mondo. Libri quattro in lingua toscana ... De le stelle fisse. Libro vno con le sue figure, e con le sue tauole.	Venice	1540	USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
220	Pigafetta, Antonio	Premier voyage autour du monde ... sur l'escadre de Magellan, pendant les annees 1519, 20, 21 et 22.	Paris	an IX (1801)	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,440.00
221	Pinkerton, John	A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World...	London	1808-1814	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,360.00
222		(Pirates) Collection of 3 works in 4 volumes			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,400.00
223		(Pirates) Collection of 4 works in 3 volumes			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,440.00
224		(Pirates) Collection of 9 works in 10 volumes			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,160.00
225		(Pirates) Collection of 10 works in 15 volumes			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 9,000.00

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The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

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A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

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Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

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Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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