Ending Mar 7, 2024 10:11 EST

Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection

 
  Lot 12
 

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Logbook for the Clipper Ship "Kingfisher" and others

[NAUTICAL INTEREST]

Logbook for a series of voyages on the Clipper Ship "Kingfisher"; the Ship "R. S. Ely"; the "Anita" and other vessels. Various locations: undertaken 1870-1880. Three-quarters leather, with the ticket of "Ghee-Sing Bookbinder, Accountbook" (now rebacked and recornered), original marbled sides. 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (36.5 x 23 cm); approximately 100 ff., vertical and horizontal rules, with columns for date, latitude, longitude, distance, wind direction and barometer, with remarks about the quality of the day's sailing, all written in a clear, strong hand. Binding worn, rebacked as noted, sporadic damp-staining and discoloration.

The album has the name of Captain W. E. Coldrey written in pencil on the front free endpaper, with the indication that the book was purchased in Hong Kong, December 28, 1870, which is congruent with the binder's label. Coldrey seems to have captained a series of voyages on a variety of vessels over a ten-year period, concluding with a run from Galveston to Liverpool and Hull.

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

[NAUTICAL INTEREST]

Logbook for a series of voyages on the Clipper Ship "Kingfisher"; the Ship "R. S. Ely"; the "Anita" and other vessels. Various locations: undertaken 1870-1880. Three-quarters leather, with the ticket of "Ghee-Sing Bookbinder, Accountbook" (now rebacked and recornered), original marbled sides. 14 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (36.5 x 23 cm); approximately 100 ff., vertical and horizontal rules, with columns for date, latitude, longitude, distance, wind direction and barometer, with remarks about the quality of the day's sailing, all written in a clear, strong hand. Binding worn, rebacked as noted, sporadic damp-staining and discoloration.

The album has the name of Captain W. E. Coldrey written in pencil on the front free endpaper, with the indication that the book was purchased in Hong Kong, December 28, 1870, which is congruent with the binder's label. Coldrey seems to have captained a series of voyages on a variety of vessels over a ten-year period, concluding with a run from Galveston to Liverpool and Hull.

Auction: Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, ending Mar 7, 2024

  • Timed Auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
  • Bidding Will Open on February 22 and Close on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am
  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions


NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold a timed online auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books closing on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am. Explore the world through a fascinating range of offerings featuring maps, Americana, travel, sporting books, literary sets and the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection of Africana.

Esmond Bradley Martin

Esmond Bradley Martin (1941-2018) was educated as a geographer and philosopher. He and his wife Chryssee had an enduring fascination with Africa, and settled in Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid-1970s. He wrote extensively, oftentimes in conjunction with his wife, publishing works including Zanzibar. Tradition and Revolution, Hamish Hamilton, 1978; Cargoes of the east. The ports, trade, and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean, Elm Tree Press, 1978; and many other works on African history and conservation. In the late 1970s, he began extensive research into the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, which included substantial stints incognito posing as a buyer of illicit wildlife products. For a while, he served as special envoy for rhino conservation for the United Nations.

For about thirty years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Esmond Bradley Martin assiduously collected books and manuscripts on Africa and its history, acquiring a phenomenal collection of letters by many of the major English explorers of the nineteenth century, as well as numerous rarities from earlier centuries. He was buying at a time when troves of such material surfaced frequently at English auctions. Doyle was privileged to offer the first selection from his collection in the November 7, 2023 auction. We are pleased to present this second offering of property from The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection.

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Bidding in the timed online auction will open on Thursday, February 22 and close on Thursday, March 7 beginning at 10am. Lots will close sequentially, one lot per minute, with a soft close. Should any bids be placed in the final minute, bidding will remain open on that lot for three (3) additional minutes.

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