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- Auction Name
- The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham
- Auction Date
- 10/30/2025 - 10/30/2025
- Sale Number
- #1189
- Total Lots
- 250
- Sold Lots
- 202.0
- Lots Sold
- 80.80%
- Unsold Lots
- 48
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 220,116.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 144,380.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 206,220.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 237,880.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 336,220.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 65.47%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Lewis (Captain Meriwether) & Captain William Clarke | North America.- Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent |
1814 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 17,780.00 |
| 207 | Shackleton (Ernest H.) | Polar.- The South Polar Times |
1907-14 & 2010 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,160.00 |
| 198 | [Robinson (Francis Whitfield)] | Australia.- A 360-degree photograph panorama of Sydney (November 1885) |
12th November 2019 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 71 | Coryate (Thomas) | Europe.- Coryats Crudities: Hastily gobled up in five months travells |
1611 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 180 | Oxley (John) | Australia.- Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales |
1820 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 146 | Leichhardt (Dr. Ludwig) | Australia.- Journal of an Overland Expedition to Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington |
1847 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 220 | Sturt (Captain Charles) | Australia.- Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia |
1849 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 5,080.00 |
| 6 | Anonymous photographer (Australian, circa 1890s) | Australia.- Gold mining.- Kalgoorie Gold Mines Western Australia |
[probably circa 1890s] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 4,826.00 |
| 15 | Barrow (John) | China.- Travels in China |
1804 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,064.00 |
| 29 | Bligh (William) | Voyages.- A Voyage to the South Sea |
1792 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 118 | Hill (M.S., active Sydney Australia 1880s) | Australia.- The City of Sydney |
1888 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,810.00 |
| 111 | Hacke (William, editor) | Voyages.- A Collection of Original Voyages: I. Capt. Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe |
1699 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,556.00 |
| 187 | Pease (A. E.) | Africa.- Big Game Hunting.- Travel & Sport in Africa |
1902 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 101 | Frejus (Roland de) | Africa.- The Relation of a Voyage made into Mauritania, in Africk ... to Muley Arxid King of Tafiletta, &c. |
1671 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 |
| 241 | Webb (Rev. Arthur J.) | South Pacific Ocean.- Fiji.- The History of Fiji |
1885 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,048.00 |
| 72 | [Crouch (Nathaniel)], "R, B," | Africa.- A View of the English Acquisitions in Guinea, and the East-Indies ...with a Description of the Isle of St.Helena... |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 231 | Wood (Herbert) | Central Asia.- The Shores of Lake Aral |
1876 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 169 | Murray (George) | Polar.- The Antarctic Manual for the use of the Expedition of 1901 |
1901 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 91 | Ellis (Henry) | China.- Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China |
1817 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,540.00 |
| 41 | Bryden (H. Anderson) | Big Game Hunting.- Great and Small Game of Africa |
1899 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,413.00 |
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