Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale, 30894, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025
Page Size: 58 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
162 CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)

The Worst Journey in the World, first single volume edition

1937 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,664.00
165

TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "With Captain Scott in the Antarctic", a collection of 96 direct positive lantern slides,

1910-1913 but later GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,216.00
167 PONTING (HERBERT)

The Great White South or With Scott in the Antarctic

1923 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 588.80
168 EVANS (EDWARD)

South With Scott, first edition illustrated with photographs by Ponting, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,088.00
169 MAWSON (DOUGLAS)

The Home of the Blizzard, 2 vol.

GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
170 SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY), L.C. BERNACCHI and APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD, editors.

SOUTH POLAR TIMES South Polar Times, 4 vol., volumes 1 & 2, volume 3, volume 4

London & Cambridge 1907-1914; 2010 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
171 SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

Autograph letter signed ("Ernest Shackleton") to Admiral Gaudin,

n.d. but possibly 1919 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,664.00
172 SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

Signature ("Yours sincerely Ernest H. Shackleton May 1919")

1916 to 1920 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,216.00
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