Australian Book Auctions: Books, 115, Armadale,

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Auction Report
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
25 GRIBBLE, E.R.

THE PROBLEM OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL.

Sydney 1932 AUD 100.00 - 160.00 AUD 127.00
26 HADDON A. C.

REPORTS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO TORRES STRAITS.

Cambridge 1903-1935. AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 20,320.00
27 HADDON, A.C.

THE DECORATIVE ART OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA,

Dublin 1894 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,079.50
28 HORNE, George A. and G. AISTON.

SAVAGE LIFE IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

London 1924 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 381.00
28A HORTON, David.

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA.

Canberra, 1994 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 203.20
29 HOWITT, Alfred William.

THE NATIVE TRIBES OF SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA.

London 1904 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 508.00
30 ISAACS, Jennifer.

TIWI:

Melbourne 2012 AUD 100.00 - 160.00 AUD 279.40
31 KLEINERT, Sylvia and Margo NEALE, Margo (edited by).

THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART AND CULTURE.

Melbourne 2000 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 152.40
32 LANDTMAN, Gunnar.

THE FOLK-TALES OF THE KIWAI PAPUANS.

Helsingfors 1917 AUD 160.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
33 LOW, Hugh.

SARAWAK; ITS INHABITANTS AND PRODUCTIONS:

London 1848 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 304.80
34 LUMHOLTZ, Carl.

AMONG CANNIBALS:

London 1889 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 228.60
35 MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw.

THE SEXUAL LIFE OF SAVAGES...

London 1929 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 AUD 228.60
36 MARKHAM, Albert Hastings.

THE CRUISE OF THE "ROSARIO"

London 1873 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 AUD 254.00
37 MASSOLA, Aldo.

BUNJIL'S CAVE.

Melbourne 1968 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 177.80
38 MITTON, Robert.

THE LOST WORLD OF IRIAN JAYA.

Melbourne 1981 AUD 100.00 - 160.00 AUD 127.00
39 MOORE, David R.

THE TORRES STRAIT COLLECTIONS OF A.C. HADDON,

London 1984 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 330.20
40 MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

AYERS ROCK:

Sydney 1965 AUD 180.00 - 260.00 AUD 279.40
41 MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

THE TIWI:

London and Melbourne 1958 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 508.00
42 MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

NOMADS OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT.

Adelaide 1976 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 355.60
43 OLDMAN, W. O.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ETHNOGRAPHICAL SPECIMENS,

London 1904-[1910]. AUD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,524.00
44 PARKER, K. Langloh.

THE EUAHLAYI TRIBE:

London 1905 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 177.80
45 PEPPER, Phillip and Tess DE ARAUGO.

THE KURNAI OF GIPPSLAND.

Melbourne 1985 AUD 100.00 - 160.00 AUD 152.40
46 PLOMLEY, N. J. B. (editor).

WEEP IN SILENCE.

Hobart 1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 355.60
46A PLOMLEY, N. J. B. (editor).

THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION AND THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES 1802.

Hobart, 1983 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 254.00
47 POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI, Clifford. JOHNSON, Vivien.

THE ART OF CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI.

Sydney 1994 AUD 140.00 - 200.00 AUD 279.40
  • 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.