Australian Book Auctions: Books, 115, Armadale,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 15, 2025 - September 15, 2025

Page Size: 96 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ASHLEY-MONTAGU, M.F.	COMING INTO BEING AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES:	London	1937	AUD 140.00 - 200.00	AUD 254.00
2	BASEDOW, Herbert.	NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION OF EXPLORATION IN NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Adelaide	1918	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,905.00
3	BASEDOW, Herbert.	THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL.	Adelaide	1925	AUD 100.00 - 140.00	AUD 177.80
4	BEASLEY., Harry G.	FISH HOOKS,	London	1980	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
5	BERNDT, Ronald and Catherine.	ARNHEM LAND;	Melbourne	1954	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 304.80
6	BERNDT, Ronald M.	DJANGGAWUL.	London	1952	AUD 180.00 - 240.00	AUD 279.40
7	BERNDT, Ronald M.	KUNAPIPI.	New York	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 279.40
8	BERNDT, Ronald M. (ed.).	AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART.	Sydney	1964	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	AUD 177.80
9	BERNDT, Ronald M. and Catherine H.	A WORLD THAT WAS:	Vancouver	1993	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	AUD 254.00
10	BONWICK, James.	THE LAST OF THE TASMANIANS;	London	1870	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 635.00
11	CRAWFORD, I.M.	THE ART OF THE WANDJINA:	Melbourne	1968	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
12	CURR, Edward M.	THE AUSTRALIAN RACE:	Melbourne	1886-1887.	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,206.50
13	DAWSON, James.	AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES:	Melbourne	1881	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
14	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS &C. OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.	London	1898	AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 5,588.00
14A	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	AN ALBUM OF THE WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.	London,	1969	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 330.20
15	EDWARDS, Robert.	THE ART OF THE ALLIGATOR RIVERS REGION.	Canberra	1974	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
16	ELKIN, A.P., and Catherine and Ronald BERNDT.	ART IN ARNHEM LAND.	Melbourne	1950	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 381.00
17	ETHERIDGE, Robert.	THE DENDROGLYPHS, OR "CARVED TREES" OF NEW SOUTH WALES.	Sydney	1918	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
18	ETHERIDGE, Robert.	THE CYLINDRO-CONICAL AND CORNUTE STONE IMPLEMENTS OF WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES...	Sydney	1916	AUD 140.00 - 240.00	AUD 177.80
19	EVANS, I.H.N.	AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES IN BORNEO.	London	1922	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 304.80
20	FLANAGAN, Roderick J.	THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA.	Sydney	1888	AUD 100.00 - 140.00	AUD 152.40
21	FURNESS, William H.	THE HOME-LIFE OF BORNEO HEAD-HUNTERS,	Philadelphia	1902	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
22	GAMMAGE, Bill.	SKY TRAVELLERS,	Melbourne	1998	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 152.40
23	GERBRANDS, Adrian A. (ed.).	THE ASMAT OF NEW GUINEA.	New York	1967	AUD 120.00 - 220.00	AUD 101.60
24	GREENWAY, John.	BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES	Sydney	1963	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 127.00

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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.
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.