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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
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
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
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
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
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
155	SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)	The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol.	1905	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,328.00
109		OTTOMAN TURKEY MAP, IN ARABIC	1888	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

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux

Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.

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