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
329	by Margaret Gardiner.	Barbara Hepworth: A Memoir		1982	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
330		11 Children's books, all in good condition.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
331		The Legendary Lindsay's by Ursula Prunster.	Sydney	1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
332	by Keith Willey.	The First Hundred Years: The Story of the Brisbane Grammar School 1868-1968	Brisbane	1968	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
333		British Leader Biographies 1) A History of Warfare: Montgomery of Alamein.	London	1968	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
334		Two titles by John Prebble		1966	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
335		Eight volumes published by Folio Society.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
336		Two Folio Society publications by Robert Graves. 1) Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina: The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Emperor of the Romans Born 10 B.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
337	Anton Chekhov.	Two Folio Society publications with writings by Anton Chekhov. 1) Short Stories. 2) The Shooting Party.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
338		The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter edited by his son Francis Darwin.	London	1888	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
339		Antarctica Including: 1) The Home Of The Blizzard: The Story Of The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Douglas Mawson.	Kent Town	1996	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
340	by George Alexander Cooke	Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography Containing an Accurate and Entertaining Description of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America:...		no date by circa 1805	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
341	by Anders Sparman.	A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S Resolution		1944	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
342		HM Bark Endeavour by Ray Parkin		1997	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
343		Sophie's Choice by William Styron.		1979	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
344		Four classic texts all published by Barnes and Noble. 1) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
345	by Joseph Heller.	Catch 22 With introduction by Malcolm Bradbury, Illustrations by Neil Packer.		2019	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
346		Five books. 1) Single and Single by John Le Carre.		1999	AUD 80.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
347		Seven Australian Classics. 1) Collection of short Stories of Henry Lawson .		1986 reprint.	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
348		Three books relating to the Soviet Union. 1) Khrushev Remembers: The Last Testament.		1974	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
349		Four volumes written by or about Winston Churchill. 1) The Second World War: Volume One - The Gathering Storm.		1948	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
350		45 Mary Grant Bruce books, including 20 brand new copies of A Little Bush Maid.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
351	Edited by J.J. Veevers.	1) Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighbours in Gondwanaland.		2000	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 165.10
352		Reflections on New South Wales 1788-1839 by Louis De Freycinet.	Sydney	2001	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50
353	by Deanna Petherbridge.	The Primacy of Drawing - Histories and Theories of Practice.		2011	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 139.70

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.