Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025

Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
331	SHELLEY, CAPTAIN G.E.	A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds	London	1876-1880	NZD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
332		ATLAS L'ASTROLABE Voyage de la corvette L'Astrolabe execute Pendant Les Annees 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829	Paris	1833	NZD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00	NZD 11,685.00
333	CARY, JOHN	New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland	London	1794	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
334	MALING, PETER B.	Historic Charts & Maps of New Zealand 1642-1875		1996	NZD 350.00 - 450.00	NZD 431.00
335	MALING, PETER BROMLEY	Early Sketches and Charts of Banks Peninsula 1770-1850	Wellington	1981	NZD 300.00 - 400.00	NZD 221.00
336		MAPS NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND [2x]...			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 55.00
337		MAPS ROTORUA & HAWKES BAY [3X]...	Wellington	nd [ca 1915]	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 55.00
338	SIR JOHN COODE, C.E.	The Harbours of New Zealand	Wellington	1880	NZD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
339	VUILLEMIN, A.	Nouveau Plan Illustre de la ville de Paris avec le systeme complet de ses Fortifications et Forts Detaches . .	Paris	1846	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 320.00
340	CARRICK, RO	New Zealand's Lone Lands: Being Brief Notes of a Visit to the Outlying Islands of the Colony	Wellington	1892	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 135.00
341	CUMPSTON, J.S.	[3 titles] Macquarie Island...			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
342	FORD. C. REGINALD	Antarctica. Leaves from a diary kept on board an exploring vessel.	Christchurch etc	[1908]	NZD 600.00 - 800.00	NZD 1,538.00
343	FRASER, CONON	Beyond the Roaring Forties	Wellington	1986	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
344	HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON	The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843 under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross	[London]	[1853]	NZD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
345	PONTING, HERBERT GEORGE (1871-1935)	Midnight in Antarctic Summer 1910...			NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 5,043.00
346	SCOTT, CAPT ROBERT F.	The Voyage of the "Discovery"	London	1907	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 98.00
347	ANSON, F.A [editor]	The Piraki Log	Henry Frowde	[1910]	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 62.00
348	BRETT, SIR HENRY	[2 titles] White Wings...	Auckland	1924	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 92.00
349	McNAB, ROBERT	[2 titles] The Old Whaling Days...	Christchurch	1913	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 86.00
350	S.S. WAIKATO	Captain Weston [Master] Extract from Statement of General & Particular Average...			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
351		THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE 21 Volumes from Vol. 1. 1832 to Vol. 21, 1852			NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 615.00
352		ALL BLACKS' & SPRINGBOKS' ADVERTISING MATERIAL			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
353		ALL BLACKS / LIONS ADVERTISING POSTERS			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
354		AUCKLAND RUGBY UNION [2 items]	Auckland		NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
355	BEETHAM, GEORGE	The First Ascent of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand	London	1926	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 185.00

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: 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.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.