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
279		Norman Selfe - Early Engineering in Australia A collection of entries in The Australian Technical Journal from January 31 - until June 30 , 1903.			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
280		The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain and Philatelic Review of Reviews.		1903	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
281		The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillanme translated from the French by Alain-Rene Lesage.	London	1822	AUD 750.00 - 850.00	AUD 476.25
282		The Life of the Reverend Mr. James Hervey Rector of Weston-Favell, in Northamptonshire.	Berwick	1770	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
283		Maurice Tiernay, the soldier of fortune by [Charles Lever].	London	circa 1855	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
284		The Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip by GW Rusden.	London	1872	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
285		The Adventures of Martin Cash: comprising a faithful account of his exploits while a bushranger under arms in Tasmania in company with Kavanagh and Jones in the Year 1843 edited by James Lester Burke.	Hobart Town	1870	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
286		The Colonial Intelligencer, or, Aborigines Friend 1848-1854	London	1848-1854.	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
287		Images & Footsteps: A Poem by Paul Zweig with five etchings by Berta Molke.		1971	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
288		Seize attitudes de Toscanini with Illustrations by Lilly Steiner commenters par Henry. Prunieres.		1936	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
289		Pigeons and Doves of Australia by Frank Morris with foreword by Donald P. Vernon.	Melbourne	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
290		Drawings by William Westall.	London	1962	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 76.20
291		The Australian Sketch-Book by S T Gill.	Melbourne	1974	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
292	by Edward Wakefield.	New Zealand Illustrated: The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns, also The Natural Wonders of New Zealand		1889, 1967	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
293		4 books about Mammal.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
294		16 books about Astronomy.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
295		Eight Books about Birds of The World.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
296		1) Eucalyptographia. A Descriptive Atlas of The Eucalypts of Australia and The Adjoining Island; by Baron Ferd. Von Mueller.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
297		Seven books about Voyages and Exploration History.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
298		A shelves of Miscellaneous books and pamphlets.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
299		A lot of about 18 Art Books.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
300		Nautical Style - Yacht Interiors & Design written by David Glenn. Photographed by Simon McBride.		2000	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
301		The Willis Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets' by Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, special edition, number 91 of a limited 250 copies, signed "Morys Aberdare", with no dedication, which is a rare example in this special edition.		1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
302		Lucian Freud with text by Martin Gayford. Edited by David Dawson and Mark Holborn. Photographed by John Riddy.		2018	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
303		7 books/pamphlets on Feminism, mostly good condition, some light foxing to some and cover creasing.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	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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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.