Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale, 30893, London, New Bond Street

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Auction Date
July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025
Page Size: 58 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
172 ROSS (JOHN)

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic...,

1835 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,408.00
176 PONTING (HERBERT)

"The 'Terra Nova' at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans", [16 January, 1911]

1911 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
177 PONTING (HERBERT)

The "Castle" Berg. Scott's Last Expedition' CAPTIONED AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER,

1910, printed 1920s/30s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,632.00
178 PONTING (HERBERT)

Scott in his cabin; Terra Nova icebound, 2 gelatin silver photos, and photogravure portrait of Scott (3)

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
181 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Private log book kept by Aubrey Howard Ninnis (1883-1956) aboard the S.Y. Aurora, with letters and photographs, 1914-1916

1914-1916 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
182 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Manuscript menu card for New Year 1916

1916 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 8,320.00
183 SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

South; and rare Shackleton menu (2)

1919 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,960.00
183A SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

The Heart of the Antarctic, being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 vol.,

1909 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 768.00
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