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Bonhams: Travel and Exploration Sale

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Auction Name Travel and Exploration Sale Total Sales (GBP) 207,833.60
Auction Date December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 80,100.00
Sale Number #30894 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 128,000.00
Total Lots 58
Sold Lots 53.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 90,700.00
% of Lots Sold 91.38% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 143,300.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 145.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
153

ARCTIC EXPLORATION -- FRANKLIN, BACK & MCCLINTOCK Series of nine autograph letters to Admiral George McKinley (1766-1852) and his daughter, from his friend John Franklin and other figures of Arctic exploration,

 8 February 1826 to 20 September 1837 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
105

GEORGE YACOUB COLLECTION OF MAPS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND LEVANT

 GBP 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 33,280.00
77 BLAGDON (FRANCIS WILLIAM)

A Brief History of Ancient and Modern India, for the Earliest Periods of Antiquity to the Termination of the Late Mahratta War

 1805 plates watermarked 1827-1828 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 14,080.00
2

A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCLXXII, LXXIII, LXXIV, LXXV. By Captain James Cook [sic], Commander of His Majesty's Bark The Resolution...

1781 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
157

AMUNDSEN'S NORWEGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-1912 Danish pocket aneroid marine barometer belonging to Jorgen Stubberud,

c.1910 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
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

1907-1914; 2010 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
63 Henry Whistler

HANKOU - MERCHANT TRADER'S DIARIES Day diaries of Henry Whistler for 1883-1911,

 c.1878-1911 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,400.00
152 William Edward Parry

ARCTIC EXPLORATION -- PARRY & MCKINLEY Copy letter from William Edward Parry to Lord Melville, secretarial,

 26 November 1825 to 23 May 1826 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 6,144.00
156 AMUNDSEN (ROALD)

The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912,

1912 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 6,144.00
36 some by William Saunders

SHANGHAI, CANTON, BEIJING, PORTRAITS AND GROUPS - PHOTOGRAPHY Album of 61 Chinese views,

c.1870s 80s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,608.00
69 DANIELL (THOMAS AND WILLIAM)

A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the Way of China,

 1810 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,096.00
104 ROBERTS (DAVID)

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia From Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, With Historical Descriptions by the Revd George Croly, 6 vol.

 1855-1856 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,584.00
158 SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)

The Voyage of the 'Discovery', vol. 1 (of 2)

 1905 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
109

OTTOMAN TURKEY MAP, IN ARABIC

 1888 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
155 SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)

The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol.

 1905 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
161 SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)

Scott's Last Expedition... Vol. I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, 2 vol.

 1913 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,072.00
1 Sarah Hall (1846-1921)

TRAVEL JOURNALS Thirteen volumes of manuscript travel journals written by Sarah Hall (1846-1921) of Sheffield,

 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
76 Captain Thomas Williams (b.1846)

INDIA - MARITIME LOG BOOKS Papers of Welsh-born Master Mariner, Captain Thomas Williams (b.1846),

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
169 MAWSON (DOUGLAS)

The Home of the Blizzard, 2 vol.

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
143 [CAZABON (MICHEL JEAN)] HARTMANN (HIPPOLYTE)

Album Martiniquais, lithographed title and 12 tinted lithographed views by Eugene Ciceri,

 c.1860 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
84 MALCOLM (JOHN)

Sketch of the Sikhs, a Singular Nation, Who Inhabit the Provinces of the Penjab [sic], Situated Between the Rivers Jumna and Indus

 1812 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,048.00
97

MUMBAI, SRI LANKA, EGYPT, SUEZ AND MALTA - PHOTOGRAPHY Two albums of photographs,

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
95 Cartwright family

CALCUTTA, BENGAL, DURBAR, POLO, MILITARY AND COLONIAL LIFE - PHOTOGRAPHY Five photograph albums,

 1880s-1910s GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,664.00
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
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
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