A rare book collection of Geoffrey Bond OBE, will be offered for sale by Golding Young & Mawer Lincoln and is expected to reach over £100,000 when it goes up for auction on Wednesday April 27. The collection, which has already been online for a week, has raised considerable interest among Nottingham collectors.
The auctioneers have reached out to local libraries and other venues in the hopes that the valuable collection from the 18th and 19th century, could be displayed publicly. The collection has several valuable editions including
One of the most valuable books was published by S & J Ridge in 1792 written by Captain George Cartwright, and titled 'A Journal of Transactions and Events During a Residency of Nearly 16 Years on the Coast of Labrador'. It spans three large volumes and auctioneers expect considerable interest in excess of £4,000.
