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
206

QUEEN VICTORIA ROYAL COMMISSION 1848

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 221.00
207 TWISLETON, CORPORAL F.

[No 318, 2nd N.Z.M.R.] With the New Zealanders at the Front: A Story of Twelve Months'

Christchurch etc [1902] NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 123.00
208

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES [Association copy]

Whangarei 1930 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 123.00
209 ALLEN, LIEUT-COL S.S.

2/ Auckland, 1918

Auckland etc 1920 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 221.00
210 ANNABELL, NORMAN

[association copy] Official history of the New Zealand Engineers During the Great War 1914-1919: a Record of the Work Carried Out by the Field Companies, Field Troops, Signal Troop, And Wireless Troop, During the Operations in Samoa (1914-15)

Wanganui 1927 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 295.00
211

ANZAC MEMORIAL 25th APRIL 1915. Sydney published by the Returned Soldiers Association 1917...

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 123.00
212 AUSTIN, LIEUT-COL. W.S.

The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Wellington 1924 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 148.00
213 BETTY RHIND

[2 items] He Maharatanga [in memory of] the New Zealanders who fought and died in the Gallipolli campaign of the Great War: "An epic of heroism"...

London [1916] NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
214 BRERETON, MAJOR C.B.

[12th Nelson Company N.Z.E.F.] Tales of Three Campaigns

London 1926 NZD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
215 BURTON, 2/LIEUTENANT O.E [Medaille d'Honneur]

The Auckland Regiment

1922 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
216

BY OFFICERS Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclists Corps in The Great War 1914 - 1918

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 200.00 - 50.00 NZD 197.00
217 BYRNE, LIEUT A.E.

Official History of the Otago Regiment NZEF in the Great War 1914-1918

Dunedin [1921] NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 135.00
218 BYRNE, LIEUT. J.R.

New Zealand in the Field 1914-18

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 135.00
219 CARBERY, LIEUT.-COL. A D.

The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918

Auckland etc 1924 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 197.00
220 CUNNINGHAM, W.H; TREADWELL, C.A.L; HANNA, J.S.

The Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919

Wellington 1928 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 400.00
221 ELLIS, ROY F.

[4 titles] By Wires to Victory...

Auckland 1968 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 86.00
222 EPHEMERA

R.101 AIRSHIP MEMORIAL CARD. [2 items]...

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 31.00
223 FERGUSON, CAPTAIN DAVID

The History of the Canterbury Regiment NZEF 1914-1919

Auckland etc 1921 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 98.00
224 FIELD, HARRY

A History of the Northland Regiment and its Forbears. "Pour Devoir"

Auckland 1960 NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 37.00
225 HARVEY, ELSIE

The Peace Recipe Book

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 49.00
226 LIVERPOOL, EARL OF [Arthur William De Brito Savile Foljambe]

The Voyages of His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ships "Maheno", "Marama and Maheno"...

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 123.00
227 LUXFORD, MAJOR J.H. [signed by author]

With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 250.00 - 350.00 NZD 160.00
228 MACKENZIE, CLUTHA [editor]

Chronicles of the NZEF

London August 30th, 1916 to No.12, February 14th 1917 NZD 200.00 - 250.00 NZD 123.00
229 MOORE, A. BRISCOE

The Mounted Riflemen in Sinai and Palestine

Auckland etc [1920] NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 135.00
230 N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, APIA SAMOA

The Pull-Thro'

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 369.00
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    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.