Auction No 420, Category: Travel
11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)
Late-19th/early-20th Century Magic Lantern glass slides of good quality including scenes from the Boer War (38), views of Argentina (14),
Late-19th/early-20th Century Magic Lantern glass slides of good quality including scenes from the Boer War (38), views of Argentina (14),
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £72
MORE DETAILSLate-19th/early-20th Century Magic Lantern glass slides of good quality including scenes from the Boer War (38), views of Argentina (14), and UK & European topography. Various photographers / producers. Most with captions. (118)
Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): Forty-One early 20th Century Photographs of the Andes and South American cities in the issued album.
Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): Forty-One early 20th Century Photographs of the Andes and South American cities in the issued album.
Lot 94
Lot: 94
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £200
MORE DETAILSEnrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): Forty-One early 20th Century Photographs of the Andes and South American cities in the issued album. [c.1905]. Landscape octavo, cloth bound, peg-fitting album, containing 41 high quality 17 x 23cm photographs depicting scenes in the Andes (10) plus views of Valparaiso, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and elsewhere, each laid down on thick boards. The condition of the photographs is fine, without fading. Pencil inscriptions on the mounts accompany many of the photographs. A couple of the photographs appear to be by other photographers of the period.
Amundsen and Ellsworth "Our Polar Flight", Dodd, Mead & Co.,1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile "My Polar Flights", Muller, 1961
Amundsen and Ellsworth "Our Polar Flight", Dodd, Mead & Co.,1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile "My Polar Flights", Muller, 1961
Lot 95
Lot: 95
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £125
MORE DETAILSAmundsen and Ellsworth Our Polar Flight, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile My Polar Flights, Muller, 1961, first edition, in d/jkt, near fine; and two related, plus another on airships. All in d/jkts, the jacket of the Amundsen with peripheral faults and faded. (5)
Elisee Reclus "Africa and Its Inhabitants", H. Virtue & Co, [1899], 4 vols in 8, gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with coloured maps (3),
Elisee Reclus "Africa and Its Inhabitants", H. Virtue & Co, [1899], 4 vols in 8, gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with coloured maps (3),
Lot 96
Lot: 96
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSElisee Reclus Africa and Its Inhabitants, H. Virtue & Co, [1899], 4 vols in 8, gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with coloured maps (3), tissue-guarded plates, and many other maps/wood-engravings in text. 11 x 7.5”. Near fine. (8)
"Picturesque Europe with Illustrations on Steel and Wood", Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co [1876-79], 5 vols bound in 10, tall 4to, gilt cloth,
"Picturesque Europe with Illustrations on Steel and Wood", Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co [1876-79], 5 vols bound in 10, tall 4to, gilt cloth,
Lot 98
Lot: 98
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £44
MORE DETAILSPicturesque Europe with Illustrations on Steel and Wood, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co [1876-79], 5 vols bound in 10, tall 4to, gilt cloth, now mylar-protected; each vol. with steel-engraved title & frontispiece, plus a further 55 steel-engraved plates and many wood-engravings. VG condition, couple of endpapers creased, some discoloration to couple of rear boards. (10)
H.W. Bates (Ed.) "Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3;
H.W. Bates (Ed.) "Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3;
Lot 99
Lot: 99
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
MORE DETAILSH.W. Bates (Ed.) Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3; half-leather, gilt, some wear to extremities, a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; fine internally with numerous wood engravings after Gustave Dore and other artists. (3)
H.M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent", Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities; fine internally with large folding-map.
H.M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent", Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities; fine internally with large folding-map.
Lot 100
Lot: 100
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSH.M. Stanley Through the Dark Continent, Newnes, 1899, 2 vols, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities; fine internally with large folding-map.
Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", Archibald Constable & Co.,1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates & folding-maps
Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", Archibald Constable & Co.,1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates & folding-maps
Lot 101
Lot: 101
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSFridtjof Nansen Farthest North, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates and folding-maps; J.Arthur Bain Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen, Scott Publishing, new (expanded) edition,[1898], VG; Sven Hedin Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 1909, 2 vols, complete with plates & maps; and another. Some sporadic light foxing to text of Nansen ‘Farthest North', the plates etc unaffected. (6)
Selection of Maps by G.W. Bacon, comprising "Transport Map of South England and part of Wales", c.1923, districts of Scotland (set of 13),
Selection of Maps by G.W. Bacon, comprising "Transport Map of South England and part of Wales", c.1923, districts of Scotland (set of 13),
Lot 102
Lot: 102
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £44
MORE DETAILSSelection of Maps by G.W. Bacon, comprising Transport Map of South England and part of Wales, c.1923, districts of Scotland (set of 13), and Bacon's New Survey Map of Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge & Bedford. Cloth-backed, cloth-bound, all folding, Transport Map and New Survey very large. VG/VF (15)
"The National Geographic Magazine", National Geographic Society, Washington, Jan.1928 - June 1929, with the two Maps of Discovery
"The National Geographic Magazine", National Geographic Society, Washington, Jan.1928 - June 1929, with the two Maps of Discovery
Lot 103
Lot: 103
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSThe National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Society, Washington, Jan. 1928 – June 1929, with the two Maps of Discovery and one of the coloured frontispieces all by N.C. Wyeth. Cloth bound, gilt, fraying to top of spines o/w VG; the maps with vertical creases. (3 vols)
"The National Geographic Magazine", 1914-1919, July-Dec. 1923, and 1925, issue for November 1925 complete with folding map of Arctic Regions
"The National Geographic Magazine", 1914-1919, July-Dec. 1923, and 1925, issue for November 1925 complete with folding map of Arctic Regions
Lot 104
Lot: 104
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £125
MORE DETAILSThe National Geographic Magazine, 1914-1919, July-Dec.1923, and 1925, issue for November 1925 complete with folding map of Arctic Regions and five other folding maps in other vols., in good condition. Cloth bound, gilt, some wear, Vol.1 of 1914 lacking backstrip; all very clean internally. Also National Geographic Index 1888-1988 in d/jacket. (16 vols)