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Auction Date
August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
Page Size: 379 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 Kane (Elisha Kent)

The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, frontispiece

New York 1854 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 95.25
277 Mawson (Douglas)

Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. Part 1. Narrative. Part 2. Cartography, Scientific Reports.

Sydney 1942 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
278 Nansen (Fridtjof)

"Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96

Westminster 1897 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 825.50
279 Nares (Capt. Sir George S.)

Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6

1878 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 609.60
280 Parry (William Edward)

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, folding map frontispiece

1821 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 381.00
281 Parry (William Edward)

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific

1821 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
282 Shackleton (Ernest H.)

South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

1919 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 762.00
283 Various cartographers (18th and 19th century)

Collection of 16 maps of the polar regions

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 355.60
284 Baedeker (Karl)

Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. Handbook for Travellers

Leipzig 1914 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 304.80
285 [Boxhorn (Marcus Zuerius van)

] Respublica Moscoviae et urbes

Leiden 1630 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 165.10
286 Chappe d'Auteroche (Abbe Jean)

A Journey into Siberia

1770 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 825.50
287 Craven (Elizabeth)

A Journey through The Crimea to Constantinople

1789 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 584.20
288 Crealock (Major-General Henry Hope, 1831-1891)

Sevastabol: The Evening Star that rises over Sevastapol at sunset

1855 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 635.00
289 Freygang (Wilhelm von)

Briefe uber den Kaukasus und Georgien, nebst angehangtem Reisebericht uber Persien vom Jahre 1812

Hamburg 1817 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 177.80
290 [Grimmel (Johann Elias)

] [Map of the Gulf of Finland from Kronstadt to St. Petersburg], engraved map

18th and 19th century (3) GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 508.00
291 Klaproth (Julius von)

Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, performed in the Years 1807 and 1808

1814 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 762.00
292 Dobell (Peter)

Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: with a narrative of A Residence in China

1830 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 635.00
293

Voyages chez les Peuples Kalmouks et les Tartares

Berne 1792 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 533.40
294 Bellasis (George Hutchins), After.

A View of the Island of St Helena

1806 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 38.10
295 Belfield (H. Conway)

Handbook of the Federated Malay States

1906 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 406.40
296 Keppel (Capt. Henry)

The Expedition to Borneo

1846 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 698.50
297 Maffei (Giovanni Pietro)

L'Histoire des Indes Orientales et Occidentales

Paris 1665 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
298 Marsden (William)

The History of Sumatra

1783 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 533.40
299 Money (J.W.B.)

Java; or, How to Manage a Colony

1861 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 107.95
300 Pitkin (Wolcott H.)

Siam's Case for Revision of Obsolete Treaty Obligations: Supplement, spotting

1919 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 6.35
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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