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
151		In Memoriam Bruce Maurer Pty Ltd Funeral Directors 281 Pacific Highway Crows Nest Phone 92 6121.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
152		1) Australian Aboriginal Art by Ronald M. Berndt	Sydney	1964	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
153	by Barry Hill	1) n Broken Song. T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession	Sydney	2002	AUD 250.00 - 0.00	AUD 381.00
154		Six good titles concerning Aboriginal Australians.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
155	Hudson Fysh	1) Qantas Rising 2) Qantas At War 3) Wings To The World.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
156		40 Australian Eucalypts in Colour by Stan Kelly.	Sydney	1949	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
157		Seven titles - see photograph- on European settlement of Australia.			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
158		1) The Usurper: Jorgen Jorgenson and his turbulent life in Iceland and Van Diemen's Land, 1780-1841 by Dan Sprod	Hobart	2001	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
159		An excellent lot of books of Australian content.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
160		1) Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash 2) Voyage To Disaster by Henrietta Drake-Brockman 3) The Wreck Of The Batavia & Prosper.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
161	Geoffrey Chaucer.	Facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones. Essay by William S. Peterson.		2002	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,921.00
162		1) The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking McMurrtie 2) Anatomy of Printing Lewis 3) Five Hundred Years of Printing 4) Print and Privilege at Oxford. ...			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00
163		The Log Book of Kathleen Gillett written and illustrated by Jack Earl during his 1947-48 voyage around the world	Sydney	1991	AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
164	MATHEWS, Gregory.	The Birds of Australia.		1910 and 1927	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 349.25
165		The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton With commentary by Stephen Harris.	London	2008	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
166		The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years.		1980	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 539.75
167		Hygiene In Simple Language Military and Civil by Major C N Atkins.	Melbourne		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
168	Charles Dickens.	Ten titles by or about Charles Dickens.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
169		Ten Folio Society books all in mint condition in slipcases.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
170		The Novels Tales & Sketches of J M Barrie in Ten Volumes.	New York	1898	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
171		National Geographic: Around the World in 125 Years		2013	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
172		About 20 books on art in New Guinea.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
173		The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying by Jeremy Taylor		1857	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
174		Five Mary Grant Bruce plus Little Mother Meg by Ethel Turner.		1930s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
175		Savages in Serge by J. G. Hides, J. G.	Sydney	1938	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	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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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.