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
80	COX, ALFRED	Recollections. Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand	Christchurch	1884	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
81	CRAIK, GEORGE L.	[association copy] The New Zealanders	London	[ca 1850]	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 86.00
82	CRUISE, RICHARD	Journal of a Ten Months, Residence in New Zealand	London	1824	NZD 300.00 - 400.00	NZD 320.00
83	EARLE, AUGUSTUS	A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827;	London	1832	NZD 300.00 - 400.00	NZD 295.00
84	FENTON, FRANCIS	[1st edition & reprint] Important Judgements 1866-1879			NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 1,046.00
85	FIRTH, J.C.	[association copy] Nation making: a story of New Zealand; savagism v. civilisation	London	1890	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 160.00
86	GUTHRIE-SMITH, H.	[Association copy] Tutira. The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station	Edinburgh & London	1926	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 62.00
87	LEYS, THOMSON W (ed) SHERRIN, R. A. A. & WALLACE, J H.	Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand from Earliest Times to 1840 by R. A. A, Sherrin; from 1840 to 1845 by J H Wallace			NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 295.00
88	LOUGHNAN, R.A.	Royalty in New Zealand	Wellington	1902	NZD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
89	MCNAB, ROBERT	Historical Records of New Zealand	Wellington	1908	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 135.00
90	NANCY M. TAYLOR	[5 titles] Journal of Ensign Best 1837-1843...	Wellington	1966	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 86.00
91		NEW ZEALAND COMPANY Heale, Theophilus - New Zealand and the New Zealand Company: In answer to a pamphlet entitled 'How to Colonize'...	London	1842	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 68.00
92		NEW ZEALAND HISTORY [4 titles]...	Hobart	1903	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 80.00
93	NICHOLAS, JOHN LIDDIARD	Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815			NZD 400.00 - 600.00	NZD 400.00
94		RECORDS OF THE SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND Annual Records of Parties and Officers Conducting Basic Surveys and Scientific Operations			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 431.00
95	RUSDEN, G.W.	[3 titles] History of New Zealand...	London	1883	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 92.00
96		THE NEW ZEALAND CONSTITUTION ACT Together with Correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor in Chief of New Zealand	Wellington	1853	NZD 300.00 - 400.00	NZD 185.00
97		THE ORDINANCES OF NEW ZEALAND Passed in the first ten sessions of the general Legislative Council	Wellington	1850	NZD 100.00 - 300.00	NZD 92.00
98		THE PENNY MAGAZINE Of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1838	London	January 6th - December 31st, 1838	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 74.00
99	THOMSON, ARTHUR, C.	The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present - Savage and Civilized	London	1859	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
100		TREATY OF WAITANGI 1877 Facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi	Wellington	1877	NZD 300.00 - 350.00	NZD 369.00
101	TROLLOPE, ANTHONY	New Zealand	London	1874	NZD 60.00 - 80.00	NZD 295.00
102	W.B. [W. BAUCKE]	[3 titles] Where the White Man Treads Across the Pathway of the Maori...	Auckland	1905	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 62.00
103	WAKEFIELD, E.G & WARD, J.	The British Colonization of New Zealand being an Account of the Principles, Objects and Plans of the New Zealand association...	London	1837	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 68.00
104	WAKEFIELD, EDWARD	New Zealand Illustrated and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns	Wanganui	1889	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 68.00

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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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.