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Bonhams: Travel and Exploration

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Auction Name Travel and Exploration Total Sales (GBP) 383,318.00
Auction Date September 14, 2021 - September 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 165,500.00
Sale Number #27097 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 245,600.00
Total Lots 115
Sold Lots 108 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 199,300.00
% of Lots Sold 93.91% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 294,000.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 130.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5 Lt. Col. William Godfrey Rayson Masters

An album of sixty-five works on paper documenting Masters' 1857-1861 expedition from England to Southeast Asia with the Royal Marines, on board HMS Chesapeake

 1857-1861 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 52,750.00
4 COOK (JAMES) [MAGRA (JAMES)]

A Journal of a Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771... To which is added a Concise Vocabulary of the Language of Otahitee,

 1771 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 22,750.00
219 SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)

Letter signed ("E.H. Shackleton") to "Mr. [Charles] Buchel", apologising that a "rush of work has prevented me from going up to you" but suggesting that "I'll come for a final sitting directly after Xmas",

1919 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 22,750.00
196 George Isham Parkyns

Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Georges Island, c.1795

 c.1795 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 11,475.00
86

[The Table Fruits of India], bound in 4 parts

 1842 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 8,925.00
214 SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)

Cabinet portrait photograph of Shackleton by Messrs. Thomson, Grovsenor Studios

 c.1909 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 8,925.00
74 After William Simpson

Pheel Khan, Or Elephants' Quarters, Holcar's Camp'; and 10 further views from India Ancient and Modern... the Country and People of India and Adjacent Territories

 1867 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,650.00
91

COLE (HENRY HARDY) Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir. Prepared under the Authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council from Photographs, Plans and Drawings taken by Order of the Government of India,

1869 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 7,650.00
101 HARDINGE (CHARLES STEWART)

Recollections of India... Part I. British India and the Punjab [... Kashmir and the Alpine Punjab], 2 parts in 1,

1847 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,012.00
108 GWALIOR

JOHNSTONE (J.W.D) Gwalior 1905, NUMBER 4 OF 12 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES,

1906 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 7,012.00
195 George Isham Parkyns

Quebec City as seen from the North-West, c.1795

 c.1795 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,012.00
224 COPE (JOHN LACHLAN)

Album containing 100 images of the John Cope Expedition, 1920-1922

 1920-1922 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 6,375.00
98 Frank Buck Rockwell

A fine archive of 339 vintage photographs of Calcutta (mostly street scenes and festivals, also film studios, burning ghats, etc.) taken by Frank Buck Rockwell, an American G.I., journalist and photographer,

 c.1945/6 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 5,737.00
100 WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETT

Oriental Field Sports, Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East,

 1807 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,737.00
135 SACHE, BAKER AND BOURNE

Album of 76 views of India by W.H. Baker (14), Samuel Bourne (8), John Saché (26), and others; and 31 photographic views of England and Scotland,

 1860s/70s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 5,737.00
109 W Murray

An album of c. fifty-five works on paper compiled by a member of the Murray family

GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,100.00
72

Simla Suddur Bazaar, Racket Court & Church - Sunrise'; with 8 further views of the Himalayas

 1852 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,845.00
107 HENRY DALY

A good collection of approximately 41 views of Indore (2 signed by Deen Dyal), Maharajah group portraits, Kabul (5 signed in negative by John Burke), and others,

 mostly 1870s GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 4,845.00
163 ROBERTS (DAVID)

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vol. bound in 3

 1855-1856 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,845.00
208 ADRIEN DE GERLACHE

La Belgica 1898', photograph showing the ship stuck in the ice with three crew members in the foreground

 1898 printed later GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,845.00
212

[SHIRASE (NOBU] Nankyoku-ki,

1913 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,845.00
87 TAYLER (WILLIAM)

Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians & Anglo Indians Drawn on Stone from the Original Drawings from Life,

 1842 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 4,462.00
123 ECKSTEIN (OSCAR)

The Karakorams and Kashmir. An Account of a Journey,

1896 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,080.00
136 DALZELL (RONALD, EARL OF CARNWATH), EDITOR

Loyal Rulers and Leaders of the East. A Record of their Services in the Great War,

1922 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,080.00
137 EYRE (VINCENT)

Portraits of the Cabul Prisoners,

 1843 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,080.00
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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