Forum Auctions: Online: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases
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| Auction Name | Online: Travel Books, Maps & Atlases | Total Sales (GBP) | 199,243.95 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 27, 2026 - August 27, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 77,090.00 |
| Sale Number | #82726 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 109,610.00 |
| Total Lots | 255 | ||
| Sold Lots | 222.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 93,940.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.06% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 133,360.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 33 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 149.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Wilson Benjamin | The Repeal, or the Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp |
[c.1766] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 38 | Wilkinson Robert | The Ballance of Power |
1781 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 |
| 37 | Colley Thomas | The English lion dismember'd or the voice of the public for an enquiry into the public expenditure |
1780 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 10,795.00 |
| 262 | Geographical Journal (The) |
1886-1976 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 8,890.00 | |
| 257 | Moll Herman | Atlas Minor: or a New and Curious Set of Sixty Two Maps |
1736 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 5,588.00 |
| 229 | Anson George | A Voyage Round the World |
1748 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,334.00 |
| 256 | M'Leod John | Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste along the Coast of Corea |
1818 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 4,572.00 |
| 62 | Werner Friedrich Bernard | Delineatio et repraesentatio Regiae Bohemicae metropolis Pragae |
[c.1730] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 4,318.00 |
| 7 | Beard Peter | George Adamson sitting beside a lion |
1969 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 76 | Macartney Lord | Voyage dans l'Interior de la Chine, et en Tartare |
1798 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 233 | Hawkesworth John | An Account of the Voyages ... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere |
1775 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 236 | La Perouse Jean Francois Galaup de | Voyage ... Autour du Monde |
1798 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 127 | Orme Robert | A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV |
1763-78 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 120 | Home Robert | Select Views in Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan |
1794 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 16 | Gordon of Khartoum | Autograph letters signed to Colonel Charles Nugent and Lt. Charles Watson |
1877-79 | GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 129 | Orme Robert | A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan |
1803 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
| 110 | Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal |
1799 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,159.00 | |
| 165 | Guer Jean Antoine | Moeurs et Usages des Turcs |
1746-47 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 258 | Ouseley William Gore | Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States |
1832 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 264 | Staunton George | An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China |
1797 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,159.00 |
| 231 | Cook James | Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majeste Britannique |
1789 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,032.00 |
| 75 | Le Tellier Michel | Defense des Nouveaux Chrestiens et des Missionaires de la Chine, du Japon, & des Indes |
1687 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 152 | Brinkley Francis | Japan [&] China: Its History Arts and Literature |
1903-04 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
| 168 | Iran 1944 |
c.1944 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 267 | Fembo Christoph | Abbildungen der Bewohner der Erde |
1816 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,651.00 |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
