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113th | AUTUMN AUCTION   –   22 | 23 | 24 | 25 October 2025

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Small library of travel and adventure literature, mostly from around 1900
Maximum 33 x 25 cm.
Robertson, Wilhelm. "Geschichte von Amerika", First volume, Leipzig 1777, published by Weismanns Erben und Reich, 574 pages and 2 maps. Half leather binding / Herzog: "Aus Amerika - Reisebriefe", 2 volumes, Berlin 1884, Puttkammer & Mühlbrecht (includes United States of North America as well as Cuba, Mexico and South America). / Hans Erich von Tzschirner-Tzschirne: "In die Wüste", with personal dedication by the author (a great supporter of Karl May). 268 pages, half cloth binding / Friedrich Gerstäcker: "Wie ist es denn nun eigentlich in Amerika?", Leipzig 1849, 127 pages, half leather binding / "Praktischer Reiseführer durch Russland", Leipzig 1881, published by Wolfgang Gerhard, 262 pages without railroad map. / H- Boskoschyn: "Das asiatische Russland", Leipzig, published by Greßner & Schramm, 296 pages with a large number of wood engravings, in a splendid binding with gilt edges. / Eugen Wolf: "Meine Wanderungen - Im Inneren Chinas" Part I, Stuttgart 1901, 298 pages and a map with the routes. Cloth binding with silver edges. / Gonzenbach: "Nilfahrt", Deutsche Verlagsanstalt 1890, 212 pages with many illustrations and a map, embossed cloth binding / Rudolf Zabel: "Berühmte Forschungsreisende im Verkehr mit wilden Völkern - klassische Schilderungen aus der Völkerkunde", Hansa Verlag 1910, 534 pages. / Emil Holub: " Sieben Jahre in Süd-Afrika - Erlebnisse, Forschungen und Jagden auf meinen Reisen von den Diamantenfeldern zum Zambesi (1872 - 1879)" 1st volume, Vienna 1881, 528 pages and a map, gold-stamped cloth binding / Karl von Scherzer: "Reise der Oesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858 und 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Müllerstorf - Arbair, 2 volumes with gold embossing, more than 1200 pages with some plates and maps as well as numerous illustrations / Gaetano Casati: "Zehn Jahre in Äquatoria und die Rückkehr mit Emin Pascha", Bamberg 1891, 2 volumes, approx. 700 pages and an enclosed map. / Henry M. Stanley: "Im dunkelsten Afrika - Aufsuchung, Rettung und Rückzug Emin Pascha's", 2 volumes, Leipzig 1890, approx. 1000 pages and maps. / 2 volumes "Vom Fels zum Meer", Volumes 7 and 8, April 1885 to October 1887 / Adolar Borneck. "Der Fährtensucher", Stuttgart, published by Schmidt & Spring, 620 pages. / Hummel: "Lederstrumpf-Erzählungen - Bilder und Szenen aus dem fernen Westen", Leipzig, 810 pages. / Jules Verne: "Ein Kapitän von 15 Jahren" and "Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant", Verlag A. Weichert, both in cloth binding. A total of 23 books. All with signs of age-appropriate wear.

Call time 25th | Oct. 2025 | probably 10:30 am (CET)

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