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
126	CARNE, J.E.	Mercury, or "Quicksilver" in New South Wales, with notes on its occurrence in other colonies and countries. Department of Mines, Geological Survey of Mineral Resources handbook number 7.	Sydney	1913	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
127		A superb three volume set, being 'Geology' by Thomas C. Chamberlin and Rollin D. Salisbury.	New York	1909	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
128		Text Book of Geology by Archibald Geikie. With Illustrations.		1882	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
129		Shelf lot of geology books, from the collection of the Royal Society of NSW, and now consigned to us.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
130	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	The World Crisis.	London	1923-1931.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
131	DUNCAN, Sinclair Thomson.	Journal of a Voyage to Australia by the Cape of Good Hope, Six Months in Melbourne, and Return to England by Cape Horn, Including Scenes and Sayings on Sea and Land.	Edinburgh	1884	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
132	BLACKMORE, Edwin Gordon.	The Decisions of the Right Hon. Evelyn Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons (April 30, 1857- February 8, 1872) and of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand, Speaker of the House of Commons (February 9, 1872 - February 25, 1884).	Adelaide	1892	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
133		A bound volume of six publications by Sir Timothy Augustine Coghlan, government statistician to the colony of New South Wales.		1900	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
134	1886. HENTY, Richmond.	Australiana or My Early Life.	London	1886	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00
135	HEYWOOD, B.A.	A Vacation Tour at the Antipodes Through Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand in 1861-1862.	London	1863	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
136		Australiana and some colonial books, four titles in this lot.		1876	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
137	By Ronald M. Berndt and Catherine H. Berndt with John E. Stanton.	A World That Was - The Yaraldi of The Murray River and The Lakes, South Australia.		1993	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
138	ROMAINE, William. by the Rev. T. Will	The Works of the Late Reverend William Romaine, A.M. Rector of Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, and Saint Ann, Blackfriars, and Lecturer of Saint Dunstan, in the west, London. A new edition	London	1812	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
139	LAUD, William.	A Relation of the Conference between William Laud, late Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mr.		1839	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
140		Nine books on the anthropology of the Polynesian Pacific.			AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
141		Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N.			AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
142		Eleven books on William Bligh as per the photos.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
143		1) Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls Convict Women in Van Diemen's Land 1803 - 1829 by Phillip Tardif 2) The Women of Botany Bay by Portia Robinson ...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
144		Biographies and studies of several influential Federation figures:			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 603.25
145		A collection of books by and about Darwin and Huxley.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 381.00
146		1) Two Voyages To The South Seas : 1. Astrolabe 1826 1828 2. Astrolabe and Zelee 1837-1840.			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
147		1) The Quest For Grace 2) The Puzzles of Childhood His Early Life both by Manning Clark 3) An Eye For Eternity The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna 4) Manning Clark A Life by Brian Matthews.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
148		Port-Phillip or the Colony of Victoria .	Glasgow	1853	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
149	Both by Morag Joss.	1) Funeral Music 1998 2)) Fearful Symmetry 1999.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
150		About 50 issues of The Bulletin Magazine from the early 1950s.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	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.