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
26		(Arctic) Collection of approximately 32 works in 34 volumes, mainly twentieth century			USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
27		(Arctic) Collection of approximately 47 works in 52 volumes, mainly nineteenth century			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 12,000.00
28		(Australia and New Zealand) A collection of 10 works in 11 volumes			USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,160.00
29		(Australia and New Zealand) Collection of 11 works in 11 volumes			USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 480.00
30	Ayres, Philip	The Voyages and Adventures of Capt. Barth, Sharp and others, in the South Sea: being a Journal of the same.	London	1684	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 7,200.00
31	Barlow, William	Magneticall Advertisements: or Divers Pertinent Observations, and Approved Experiments concerning the Nature and Properties of the Load-stone: Very Pleasant for Knowledge,...	London	1616	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 8,400.00
32	Beechey, Frederick W.	Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions ... in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28.	London	1831	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,880.00
33	Beliavskii, Frants Mikhailovich	Poezdka k ledovitomu moriu [title in Cyrillic; trans. Voyage to the Arctic Ocean].	Moscow	1833	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,800.00
34	Bennett, Frederick Debell	Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe.	London	1840	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 960.00
35	Berkh, Vasilii Nikolaevich	Pervoe Morskoe Puteshestvie Rossiian, predpriiatnoe dlia presheniia geograficheskoi zadachi: soediniaetsia li Asiia c Amerikoiu? [title in Cyrillic; trans. The First Russian Sea Expedition, ...	St. Petersburg	1823	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 8,400.00
36	Betagh, William	A Voyage Round the World. Being an Account of a Remarkable Enterprize, Begun in the Year 1719, Chiefly to Cruise on the Spaniards in the Great South Ocean.	London	1728	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,880.00
37	Blundeville, Thomas	His Exercises, Containing Sixe Treatises.	London	1594	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 14,400.00
38	[Bougainville, Louis Antoine, Comte de]	Voyage autour du monde, par la fregate du roi la Boudeuse et la flute l'Etoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769.	Paris	1771	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,320.00
39	Bouguer, Jean	Traite complet de la navigation.	Paris	1698	USD 2,800.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
40	Brosses, Charles de	Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, Contenant ce que l'on scait des moeurs & des productions des Contrees decouvertes jusqu'a ce jour; ...	A Paris,	1756	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
41	Browne, William H. J.	Ten Coloured Views taken during the Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty's Ships "Enterprise" and "Investigator," under the command of Captain Sir James Ross.	London	1850	USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,040.00
42	Bry, Theodor de	[The Great Voyages, Part VIII, in Latin:] Americae Pars VIII. Continens primo, Descriptionem trium itinerum nobilissimi et fortissimi equitis Francisci Draken.	[Frankfurt	1599	USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
43	Buch, Christian Leopold, freiherr von	Viaggio in Norvegia ed in Lapponia fatto negli anni 1806, 1807, e 1808...	Milan	1817	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
44	Bulkeley, John and John Cummins	Voyage A la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le vaisseau le Wager pour servir de suite au Voyage de Georges Anson.	Lyon	1756	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
45	Burney, James	A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean.	London	1803--1817	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,360.00
46	(Byrd, Richard E.)	Collection of 16 works in 16 volumes			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,800.00
47	Campbell, Alexander	The Sequel to Bulkeley and Cummins' Voyage to the South-Seas: or, the adventures of Capt. Cheap, the Hon. Mr. Byron, Lieut. Hamilton, Alexander Campbell, and others,...	London	1747	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 3,840.00
48	(Canada)	Collection of 12 works in 15 volumes			USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,320.00
49	Charcot, Dr. Jean.	Collection of 14 works in 15 volumes			USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,400.00
50	Cherry-Garrard, Apsley	The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913.	London	1922	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,920.00

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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