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
432	WILLIAM MORRIS	[2 titles] A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written, in Prose and In Verse...	London	1890	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 49.00
433	WOOLF, VIRGINIA	Kew Gardens. Decorated by Vanessa Bell		1927	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 584.00
434		ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS. The Oxford University & City Guide...	Oxford	1822	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 92.00
435		ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS [2 titles] Farnham Descents from Henry III and the Subsequent Kings of England	Cavan	1860	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
436	BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM	Commentaries on the Laws of England	London	Dates 1793 - 1809	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 431.00
437	BROWNE, THOMAS	Pseudodoxia Epidemcia: or Enquiries Into very many Received Tenets and commonly presumed Truths Together with the Religio Medici	London	1672	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
438	CAESAR, JULES	C. Julii Caesaris quae exstant		1678	NZD 200.00 - 250.00	NZD 123.00
439	DEBRETT, JOHN	[2 titles] The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland...	London	1820	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
440		FOUR ANTIQUARIAN TRAVEL TITLES Pennant, Thomas - The Journey from Chester to London...	London	1811	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 123.00
441	J. JOHNSON	Typographia or the Printer's Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing	London	1824	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
442	JOHNSON, SAMUEL	A Dictionary of the English Language	London	1786	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	NZD 246.00
443	KNIGHT, CHARLES	Old England	London	1854	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 68.00
444	LUIS DE GRENADA	Seven Meditatien op Elcken Dach Van De Weke Ghemaeckt int Latyn door den Eerw...			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 123.00
445		MECHANICS MAGAZINE Museum Register, Journal and Gazette...	London	1826	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 271.00
446	NICHOLSON, PETER	[2 volumes] The New Practical Builder and Workmans Companion...	London	1823	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
447	PARKER, SAMUEL	An Account of the Government of the Christian Church, for the first Six Hundred Years	London	1683	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 92.00
448		THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites of the Church of England			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 221.00
449		The NEWGATE MAGAZINE or Malefactors Monthly Chronicle	London	1765	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 320.00
450		THE QUEENS REGULATIONS AND ORDERS FOR THE ARMY Published by Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards	London	1844	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 80.00
451	ECCLES, ALFRED	Donald Reid, Statesman			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
452	ELDER, JOHN RAWSON	[2 titles] The Letters and Journals of Samuel Marsden 1765-1838...			NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 62.00
453	HAAST, H.F. VON	The Life and Times of Sir Julius von Haast	Wellington	1948	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 98.00
454	SCHOLEFIELD, G.H. [editor]	[5 titles] A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography...	Wellington	1940	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
455	THWAITES, IAN	In Another Dimension	Auckland	2001	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
456	BIGGER, TRISHA	Dressing a Galaxy. The Costumes of Star Wars			NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 148.00

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.
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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.