Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books has released their catalogue of Travel 2011 Part I. From this we will infer that there will be at least one more travel catalogue before the year is out. It is broken down by region, and a quick perusal reveals that all continents, even Antarctica, are included, along with some islands. The types of travels range from explorations to archeological research, tourist adventures, military missions, religious missions, operations to disrupt the slave trade, and just about anything else that might lead people to travel to lands far away. These are some samples of the works we found in Travel 2011.
Item 29 is a guide that could come in handy for those wishing to make an overland journey through America's prairies: The Prairie Traveller, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. Randolph Marcy's guide was originally published in 1859, by which time most routes had been well established by overland travelers, though this was still the only way to make these journeys as the intercontinental railway was still a decade away. Marcy had traveled extensively throughout the west so he was an expert on the overland routes. Offered is a copy of the 1863 London edition, also known as the first Burton edition. This was the first edition edited by, and including an introduction and updates from famed British explorer Richard Burton. Burton is more noted for his great explorations in Africa and the Middle East, but shortly before the Civil War, he came to America and made a journey to Salt Lake. His keen observations add to Marcy's useful guide. Priced at £1,500 (British pounds, or roughly $2,438 in U.S. currency).
One of the greatest European explorers of Africa was David Livingstone, though he was really a missionary. He was not very successful at converting the natives, leading him to become more explorer than missionary. Even his explorations were poorly organized and did not achieve all of his goals, and yet he managed to reach many parts of Africa previously unseen by westerners. Eventually, he lost contact with the outside world for years, leading to Henry Stanley's famous journey to find him, and his apocryphal quote, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." Item 16 is Livingtone's account of one of his earlier journeys, while his health and reputation were at their peak: Missionary travels and researches in South Africa, published in 1857. £1,250 (US $2,031).
Item 51 recounts a most unusual expedition, A Pilgrimage to Nedj, the Cradle of the Arab Race, published in 1881 (second edition). Nedj is in the central part of the Arabian Peninsula, an area that had been visited by only a few Europeans up to that time, let alone an upper class British woman. Author Lady Anne Blunt was no ordinary, stuffed-shirt lady, but a daring, tough and unsentimental woman who determined to visit dangerous, far off places. Indeed she was welcomed with great respect by the local Emir, Muhammad ibn Rashid, who, Shapero notes, "received them courteously, having recently knifed his nephew and cut off the feet of his cousins, leaving them to bleed to death." It's a good thing the Blunts weren't related to the Emir. £1,250 (US $2,031).
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE Le Neptune Oriental
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: CASSAS Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: CASSINI DE THURY Carte générale et particulière de la France.
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: JOUY; GARNERAY Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: LA PÉROUSE Voyage autour du monde
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: LICENT Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY Panorama d’Athènes
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: PEETERS Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: PÉRON; FREYCINET Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: STACKELBERG La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November: VALENTINER Atlas des Sonnensystems.
Forum Auctions Online Sale: The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper Ending 7th November, 2024
Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
Forum Auctions Online Sale: The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper Ending 7th November, 2024
Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
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Freeman’s | Hindman Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana November 14
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.