Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
252		A great box of ephemeral items. Newspapers, small publications and advertising.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
253		A bundle of Poetry Books. Including Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis; New Zealand Verse; The Ballad of Alan Bond by Robert Hugh's; ...			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
254		A collection of fun! Pop up Books for kids.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
255		Lightolier Green Book Of Decorative Lighting.		1926	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 444.50
256		A charming family road trip around New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.		1920s	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
257		SS Afric: White Star Line: Photograph Album Cloth bound album.			AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
260		Among the Cannibals of New Guinea: Being the Story of the New Guinea Mission of the London Missionary Society by Reverend Samuel McFarlane.		1888	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00
261		Pitcairn: The Island, The People, and The Pastor, To Which is Added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island by Reverend Thos. Boyles Murray and brought up=to-date by Reverend C Elcum.		1897	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
262	by Gustav Warneck. Third English Edition edited by George Robson.	Outline of a History of Protestant Missions From the Reformation to the Present Time: With an Appendix Concerning Roman Catholic Missions	Edinburgh	1906	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
263		Samoa Past and Present A Narrative of Missionary Work in the South Sea by Charles Phillips.	London	no date circa1890	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
264		Geography and history of Oceania : comprising a detailed account of the Australian colonies and a brief sketch of Australasia, Malaysia, Polynesia and Antarctica.	Tasmania	1865	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 241.30
265	by Beatrice Grimshaw.	From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands.	London	1907	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
266	and edited by John Bowden, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Malcolm Ross.	A Journey Through Austronesian and Papuan Linguistic and Cultural Space: Papers in Honour of Andrew Pawley		2010	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
267		The Samoan Journals of John Williams, 1830 and 1832 by John Williams.		1984	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
268		Hawaiki: The Whence of the M?ori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History; Being an Introduction to the Native History of Rarotonga by S Percy Smith.	Wellington	1898	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
269		A Voyage Around the World With the Romanzov Exploring Expedition in the Years 1815-1818 in the Brig Rurik, Captain Otto Von Kotzebue by Adelbert Von Chamisso and translated by Henry Kratz.	USA	1986	AUD 180.00 - 250.00	AUD 139.70
270		Peter Parley's tales about the islands in the Pacific Ocean : with numerous engravings.	Philadelphia	1855	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
271		The Founders of Canterbury: Volume 1 Being Letters from the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley and to Other Well-Known Helpers in the Settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand by John Robert Godley.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
272	Edited by Henry B. Wheatley.	The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784. Volumes 1,-5		1884	AUD 240.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
273	Edited by Patrick McConvel and Nicholas Evans, Nicholas.	Archaeology and Linguistics: Aboriginal Australia in Global Perspective.		1997	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
274		Kanga Creek: An Australian Idyll by Havelock Ellis.	London	1922	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
275		Comics: Ideology, Power, and the Critics by Martin Barker.		1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
276		Successful Dairy Farming in Australia	Sydney.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
277		Victoria: The half-length portraits and the twopence queen enthroned by Charles L Pack.	New York	1923	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
278		A Bibliography of Australasian Poetry and Verse by Percival Serle.		1925	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

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.