Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

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Auction Report
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
30 [JAMES BARR]

BY AN OLD IDENTITY - The Old Identities: Being sketches and reminiscences during the first decade...

Dunedin 1879 NZD 60.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
31 CARRICK, RO. [compiler & editor]

Historical Records of New Zealand South, Prior to 1840

1903 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 197.00
32 CHANDLER, PETER

[2 titles] A History of New River Estuary and its Environs...

Invercargill 1973 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 62.00
33

CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME 4

Christchurch 1905 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 160.00
34 DUNCAN, ALFRED H.

The Wakatipians or Early Days in New Zealand

London 1888 NZD 600.00 - 800.00 NZD 615.00
35 ECCLES, ALFRED & REED, A.H.

[association copy] John Jones of Otago. Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant

Wellington 1949 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 148.00
36 FARIS, IRWIN

Charleston (Nelson Province, New Zealand) Its Rise and Decline

Wellington 1941 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 86.00
37 GILLESPIE, O.A.

South Canterbury, A Record of Settlement

Timaru, NZ 1958 NZD 40.00 - 60.00 NZD 25.00
38 GORE

[3 titles] Martin, A. [Compiler] - Anniversary of the Gore Volunteer Fire Brigade 1886 - 1936...

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
39 GOULTER, MARY CATHERINE

[2 titles] Keeper of Sheep...

Christchurch 1955 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 271.00
40 GRANT, JAMES GORDON STUART. [1838-1902]

Critical Examination of "Ecce Homo."

1867 to 1874 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 62.00
41 HALL-JONES, F.G.

[association copy] F.G - Kelly of the Inverkelly

Dunedin 1944 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 160.00
42 HALL-JONES, F.G.

[association copy] Invercargill Pioneers

1946 NZD 100.00 - 120.00 NZD 74.00
43 HALL-JONES, F.G.

[association copy] King of the Bluff

Dunedin 1943 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 431.00
44 HALL-JONES, F.G.

Historical Southland. [association copy]

1945 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 80.00
45 HASSING G.M.

Pages from the Memory Log of G.M. Hassing

[ca 1930] NZD 60.00 - 80.00 NZD 105.00
46 HILL, SUSANNE & JOHN

Richard Henry of Resolution Island. A Biography

Dunedin 1987 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 80.00
47 HOUGHTON, JOHN

Memories of the Life of J.F.H. Wohlers, Missionary at Ruapuke, N.Z.

Dunedin 1895 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 234.00
48 KAPPA [JOHN WARD]

New Zealand. Nelson the Latest Settlement of the New Zealand Company

London 1842 NZD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
49 MACINTOSH, JOAN

[4 titles] A History of Fortrose...

NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 160.00
50 MCDONALD, K.C.

[2 titles by] History of North Otago...

1940 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 271.00
51 MCHUTCHESON, WILLIAM

[association copy] Camp-Life in Fiordland, New Zealand. A Tale of the Sutherland Falls

Wellington 1892 NZD 150.00 - 175.00 NZD 221.00
52 MCINDOE, JAS

[association copy] A Sketch of Otago

Dunedin 1878 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 185.00
53 MCLINTOCK, A.H.

[Ltd deluxe edition] [2 titles] The History of Otago...

Dunedin 1949 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 135.00
54 MCNAB, ROBERT

[association copy] Murihiku and the Southern Islands

Invercargill 1907 NZD 200.00 - 250.00 NZD 160.00
  • 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.