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Auction Date
May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026
Page Size: 242 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Adams Robert

The Narrative of a Sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa

1816 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 165.10
2 Adanson Michel; Windus John; Thorpe Robert

120 Books, including: A Voyage to Senegal, the Isale of Goree, and the River Gambia

1759; 1725; 1815 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 825.50
3 Allen William; Thomson T.R.H.; Frobenius Leo; Vincent Frank

75 Books, including: A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841

1848; 1913; 1895 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 406.40
4 Baker Samuel White

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia

1868 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 177.80
5 Berlioux Etienne Felix; Spilsbury F. B.; Buxton Thomas Fowell

60 Books, including: The Slave Trade in Africa in 1872

1872; 1807; 1840 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 355.60
6 Beevor W.

With the Central Column in South Africa. From Belmont to Komati-Poort

1903 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 127.00
7 Boulton Samuel

Africa, with all its States Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands, &c.

circa 1794 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 127.00
8 Burton Richard Francis

Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast; Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

1872; 1876 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 254.00
9 Burton Isabel; Dixie Florence; Millais J. G.

65 Books, including: The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton

1898; 1882; 1918 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 406.40
10 Campbell Thomas; Latrobe C. I.

65 Books, including: Letters from the South

1837; 1821 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 482.60
11 Cardonne Denis Dominique

Histoire d l'Afrique et de l'Espagne, sous la Domination des Arabes

Paris 1765 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 203.20
12 Carpeau du Saussay; Snelgrave William; Carter George

70 Books, including: Voyage de Madagascar

Paris 1722; 1754; 1791 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 762.00
13 Carruthers Jane

The Jameson Raid: A Centennial Retrospective

Johannesburg 1996 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 57.15
14 Clapperton Hugh

Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa

1829 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 69.85
15 Coxe William; Le Vaillant Francois; Geoffroy Lislet

100 Books, including: Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough

1820; 1796; 1819 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 635.00
16 Denham Dixon; Clapperton Hugh; Speke John Hanning; Prus Madame

N Books, including: Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa

1826; 1863; 1852 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 482.60
17 Du Chaillu Paul B.

Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa

1861 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 101.60
18 Harris William Cornwallis

The Wild Sports of Southern Africa

1844 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 254.00
19 Junker Wilhelm

Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878

1890-92 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 95.25
20 Kirk J W C; Baikie William Balfour

N Books, including: Notes on the Somali Language

Cape Town 1903; 1856; 1894 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 457.20
21 Laugier de Tassy Jacques Philippe; Drury Robert; Snelgrave William

N Books, including: A Compleat History of the Piratical States of Barbary

1750; 1743; 1734 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 304.80
22 Masson Francis (1741-1805)

Stapeliae Novae: or, A Collection of Several New Species of that Genus

1796-97 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,397.00
23 Mackinnon J P; Shadbolt Sydney; King I W

N Books, including: The South African Campaign, 1879

1880; 1853 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 406.40
24 Ockley Simon

An Account of South-West Barbary

1713 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 152.40
25 Windus John

A Journey to Mequinez

1725 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 76.20
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.