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Auction Name	Online Sale: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases	Total Sales (GBP)	96,973.98
Auction Date	March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	57,650.00
Sale Number	#2661	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	83,300.00
Total Lots	220
Sold Lots	191	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	66,400.00
% of Lots Sold	86.82%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	96,150.00
Unsold Lots	29	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	100.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
135		Middle East.- Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising The Persian Gulf and its Approaches, from Ras al Hadd, in the South-West, to Cape Monze, in the West, eighth edition,	1932	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 5,796.00
204	Abbe Prevost	Histoire Generale des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre	1746-1770	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,032.00
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
91	Edward Lear	Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 vol. comprising first and second series, first edition	1846	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,394.00
200		Turkey.- [Plan and map of Constantinople and it's environs, 1827, engraved map	1828	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,099.20
28	Maximilian von Sonnenstern	Mapa de La Republica de Nicaragua Levantado por Orden del Gobierno	1863	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,836.80
9	Robert Hay	Illustrations of Cairo, first edition	1840	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,764.00
60	Captain James Alms	Monmouth's Log Book Comm. June 20th 1783	1781-4.	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,705.60
93	Giovanni Battista Nolli	Urbis Ichnographiam a Leonardo Bufalino Ligneis Formis Evulgatam Servata Proportione Contractam Atq. Aeri incsam Jo. Bapta. Nolli..., engraved map	c.1748	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,574.40
168	(Georg) and Franz Hogenberg. Braun	and Franz Hogenberg. Olissippo quae nunc Lisboa, Civitas Amplissima Lusitaniae, ad Tagum..., engraved map	circa 1572-1617	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,574.40
84		India.- Photograph Album of Indian Views,	c.1890s	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,512.00
159	Apsley Cherry-Garrard	The Worst Journey in the World, 2 vol., first edition, from the library of a member of the Terra Nova expedition	1922	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,386.00
191	Thomas Roscoe	& W. H. Harrison. The Tourist in Spain, 5 vol., large paper copies, illustrated by David Roberts and James Holland,	1835-39	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,386.00
92	Giovanni Battista Nolli	La Topografia di Roma di Gio. Batta. Nolli dalla maggiore in questa minor tavola dal medesimo ridotta, engarved plan	c.1748	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,312.00
152	Abraham Ortelius	Septentrionalium Regionum Descrip., engraved map	c.1571	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,312.00
41	William Camden	Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English...by Edmund Gibson, F. Collins, for A. Swalle...and A. & J. Churchill	1695	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,260.00
80	William Hodges	Four plates from 'Select Views in India, drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783	c.1785-1788	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,180.80
83	Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke	Four plates from 'Views in the Neilgherry & Koondah, Western Ghauts, Madras, at & about the Stations of Ootacamund and Concor, and the Segoor, Koondah and Cono...	1847	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,180.80
157	Robert Neal Rudmose Brown	The Voyage of the "Scotia" being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas, first edition, inscribed "George Lockhart Ross from his ever affect. ...	1906	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,134.00
182	Alfred Russel Wallace	A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, first edition	1853	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,134.00
148	E. A. Fitz Gerald	& Stuart Vines. The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina ..., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by con...	1899	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,008.00
8	Samuel Daniell	Seven plates from 'African Scenery and Animals', lithographs	1831	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 918.40
216	Captain James King	A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, vol. 3 only (of 3)	1784	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 882.00
58	Johannes Blaeu	Nanking sive Kiangnan, Imperii Sinarum Provincia Nona, engraved map	c.1655	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 852.80
56	Maurice Karns	& Pat Patterson. Shanghai: High Lights Low Lights Tael Lights, first edition,	1936	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 819.00

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

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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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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