Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY | A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
London | 1888 | NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 1,907.00 |
| 307 | BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY | A History of the Birds of New Zealand |
London | 1888 | NZD 600.00 - 800.00 | NZD 2,276.00 |
| 308 | BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY | [2 items] Manual of the Birds of New Zealand... |
Wellington | 1882 | NZD 300.00 - 400.00 | NZD 1,230.00 |
| 309 | BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY | The History of the Birds of New Zealand |
London | 1873 | NZD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 310 | CHEESEMAN, T.F. | [3 vols] Manual of the New Zealand Flora... |
Wellington | 1906 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 185.00 |
| 311 | CRAIG, ERIC | New Zealand Fern Album |
NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 312 | DARWIN, CHARLES | [3 titles] Origin of Species... |
London | 1900 | NZD 60.00 - 100.00 | NZD 92.00 |
| 313 | DARWIN, CHARLES | [2 titles] A Naturalist's Voyage... |
London | 1907 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 105.00 |
| 314 | DARWIN, CHARLES | A Naturalist's Voyage |
London | 1890 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 148.00 |
| 315 | DARWIN, CHARLES | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex |
London | 1883 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 160.00 |
| 316 | DARWIN, CHARLES | The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs |
London | 1889 | NZD 150.00 - 200.00 | NZD 123.00 |
| 317 | EAGLE, AUDREY | Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand |
Wellington | 2006 | NZD 150.00 - 200.00 | NZD 105.00 |
| 318 | FIELD, H.C. | The Ferns of New Zealand and its Immediate Dependencies |
Wanganui | 1890 | NZD 60.00 - 80.00 | NZD 43.00 |
| 319 | GILL, BRIAN [text] PAUL MARTINSON [paintings] | New Zealand's Extinct Birds |
Auckland | NZD 150.00 - 250.00 | NZD 492.00 | |
| 320 | HAAST, JULIUS VON | Report of a Topographical and Geological Exploration of the Western Districts of the Nelson Province, New Zealand. Undertaken for the Provincial Government by Julius Haast esq. |
Nelson | 1861 | NZD 150.00 - 200.00 | NZD 135.00 |
| 321 | HAAST, JULIUS VON | [association copy] Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand |
Christchurch | 1879 | NZD 300.00 - 400.00 | NZD 320.00 |
| 322 | HETLEY, MRS CHARLES | The Native Flowers of New Zealand |
London | 1888 | NZD 200.00 - 400.00 | NZD 984.00 |
| 323 | HETLEY, MRS CHARLES | The Native Flowers of New Zealand |
London | 1888 | NZD 200.00 - 400.00 | NZD 984.00 |
| 324 | HOCHSTETTER, DR. FERDINAND VON | New Zealand; Its Physical Geography, Geology, and Natural History With Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson |
Stuttgart | 1867 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 197.00 |
| 325 | HUDSON, G.V. | New Zealand Moths and Butterflies [Macro-Lepidoptera] |
London | 1898 | NZD 150.00 - 250.00 | NZD 738.00 |
| 326 | MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON | Petrifactions and Their Teachings; |
London | 1851 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 62.00 |
| 327 | MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON | [association copy] Notice of the Remains of the Dinornis and Other Birds |
NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 160.00 | ||
| 328 | OLIVER, W.R.B. | The Moas of New Zealand and Australia... |
Wellington | 1949 | NZD 80.00 - 120.00 | NZD 234.00 |
| 329 | PYKE, VINCENT | [2 items] History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago... |
Dunedin | 1887 | NZD 120.00 - 180.00 | NZD 74.00 |
| 330 | REVIEWS AND OTHER NOTICES Of Sir Walter Buller's Birds of New Zealand |
London | 1890 | NZD 300.00 - 500.00 | NZD 320.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
