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
76		Four fine ornithology books (in five volumes total).			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
77	OLIVER, Douglas L.	Ancient Tahitian Society.		1974	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
78	Charles Joseph	La Trobe Landscapes and Sketches. Introduced by Dianne Reilly, notes by Victoria Hammond. [With] Australian Notes 1839-1854.		1999 and 2006	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
79	HODDER, Edwin (editor).	The Founding of South Australia as Recorded in the Journals of Mr. Robert Gouger, First Colonial Secretary.	London	1898	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
80	SASSOON, Siegfried.	Sherston's Progress.	London	1936	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
81	by Jessie Una Wilkins.	Henry Kendall the Poet	Sydney	no date, 1970 or so.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
82	COLWELL, James.	The Illustrated History of Methodism.	Australia	1812-1855	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
83	[SCOTTISH MARTYRS].	The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition.	Edinburgh	1794	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
84	HENDERSON, G. C. (editor).	The Journal of Thomas Williams. Missionary in Fiji, 1840-1853.	Sydney	1931	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
85	CARROLL, Lewis & COLLINGWOOD, Stuart Dodgson (editor).	The Lewis Carroll Picture Book.	London	1899	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
86	SMITH, J Bucknall.	A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction, as applied to the working of street and other railways.	London	1887	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
87		Indenture and property lease documents between Rev. Charles Hawkins, Kelston, County Middlesex, and George Samuel Ford.		1833	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
88		This lot comprises 46 consecutive publications, being the annual 'Report of the Board of Visitors to the Observatory; together with the annual report of the government astronomer.'		1860-1915.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
89	WELLS, Thomas E.	Michael Howe. The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.	Sydney	1926	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
90	HAYTER, Henry Heylen.	Illustrated Handbook of Victoria, together with the Official Catalogue of Exhibits in the Victorian Court.	Dunedin	1889-90.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,143.00
91	COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David.	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales	London	1804	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,016.00
92	EYRIES, J.B.B.	Recherches sur l'epoque veritable de la decouverte de la terre de Van Diemen du nord; part J.B.B. Eyries.		1814	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,143.00
93	SAVAGE-LANDOR, A. Henry.	Across Unknown South America.	London	1913	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
94	NANSEN, Fridtjof.	Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram.	Westminster	1897	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
95	A significant document relating to the foundation and early settlement of South Australia (specifically the Wakefield colonisation scheme).	Titled 'An Act for regulating the sale of Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the Australian colonies' and dated 22 June 1842.	London		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
96	FRASER, J.G.	The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead. Vol. I The belief among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Strait Islands, New Guinea, and Melanesia. From 'The Gifford Lectures', St. Andrews, 1911-1912.	London	1913	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97	Two rather glorious books on Izaak Walton: WESTWOOD, Thomas.	The Chronicle of The "Compleat Angler" of Izaak Walton And Charles Cotton.	London	1883	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
98	Eight scarce books on Wesleyan missionary endeavours in Australasia, New Zealand, and the Pacific ocean.	Also includes a few London Missionary Society books.		1831	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
99	ARAGO, Jacques und Jules Janin (preface).	Souvenirs d'un aveugle voyage autour du monde par Jacques Arago nouvelle edition revue et augmentee illustree de 22 grandes vignettes, portraits introduction par M. Jules Janin.	Paris	[1840].	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
100	HALLEN, A. W. Cornelius (editor).	The Registers of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate London.	London	1889	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.