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Auction Name
Travel and Exploration Sale
Auction Date
07/16/2025 - 07/16/2025
Sale Number
#30893
Total Lots
58
Sold Lots
52
Lots Sold
89.66%
Unsold Lots
6
Total Sales (GBP)
215,168.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
76,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
116,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
87,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
133,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
161.05%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 Thomas Daniell, RA

'Mausoleum of Sultan Chusero, Near Allahabad'

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
181 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Private log book kept by Aubrey Howard Ninnis (1883-1956) aboard the S.Y. Aurora, with letters and photographs, 1914-1916

 1914-1916 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 46,080.00
76

Nineteenth century photograph views in India (61, including 4-part panorama of Ooty by A.T.W. Penn), Penang (6), Singapore (10), and Siam/Thailand (23),

 1880s GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
183 SHACKLETON (ERNEST)

South; and rare Shackleton menu (2)

 1919 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,960.00
182 'ENDURANCE' EXPEDITION, 1914-1917

Manuscript menu card for New Year 1916

 1916 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 8,320.00
49 BLACK (JOHN REDDIE, editor)

The Far East. A Monthly Journal, Illustrated with Photographs... New Series, vol. 1-2 only,

 July 1876-June 1877 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,680.00
107

The Caravan to Mecca. The Halt in the Desert', COMPLETE BOXED THEATRE SET,

1850s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 7,040.00
177 PONTING (HERBERT)

The "Castle" Berg. Scott's Last Expedition' CAPTIONED AND SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER,

 1910, printed 1920s/30s GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 5,632.00
178 PONTING (HERBERT)

Scott in his cabin; Terra Nova icebound, 2 gelatin silver photos, and photogravure portrait of Scott (3)

 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 4,608.00
10 BLIGH (WILLIAM)

A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty...,

1790 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 4,352.00
138 PEASE (ALFRED E.)

Travel & Sport in Africa, 3 vol.,

1902 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 4,096.00
103 FORSYTH (T.D.)

Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, Calcutta, 1875; and another (2)

 1875 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
53

Shanghae [sic] Almanac for the Bissextile or Leap Year 1856, and Miscellany,

1855 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,584.00
68 SIREN (OSVALD)

The Walls and Gates of Peking. Researches and Impressions,

1924 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
176 PONTING (HERBERT)

"The 'Terra Nova' at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans", [16 January, 1911]

 1911 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,328.00
70 KNOX (ROBERT)

An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon, in the East-Indies,

1681 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,328.00
11 BLIGH (WILLIAM)

A Voyage to the South Sea...in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty,

1792 GBP 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
75 BALDAEUS (PHILIP)

A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel...,

 1704 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,816.00
69 SIREN (OSVALD)

The Imperial Palaces of Peking, 3 vol.,

1926 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,816.00
109 WOOD (ROBERT)

The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart,

 1753 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,304.00
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
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