Art + Object: Rare Books, 212, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025

Page Size: 307 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ACLAND, L.G.D. [signed]	The Early Canterbury Runs	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
2	ADAMS, C. WARREN [2x]	A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
3	BRAYSHAW, NORMAN H. [2 titles]	Canvas and Gold	NZD 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
4	FARIS, IRWIN	Charleston [Nelson Province, New Zealand] Its Rise and Decline.	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
5	HANDBOOKS & GUIDES	New Zealand International Exhibition 1906-1907	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
6	HECTOR, JAMES [4 items]	Handbook of New Zealand	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
7	HIGHAM, C.F.W, MASON, G.M. & MOORE, S.J.E [6 Otago Titles]	Upper Clutha Valley -- An Archaeological Survey	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
8	HILL, SUSANNE AND JOHN	Richard Henry of Resolution Island	NZD 100.00 - 120.00	Unknown
9	KAPPA [JOHN WARD]	New Zealand	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
10	KEAM, R.F.	Tarawera	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
11	MACKAY, J.A.	[5 titles]	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
12	McNAB, ROBERT	Murihiku	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
13	RICHARDSON, BILL [4 titles]	Wheels & Deals	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
14		SOUTH ISLAND [5 Titles]	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
15		SOUTH ISLAND HISTORIES	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
16		SOUTHLAND / OTAGO HISTORY, EPHEMERA	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
17		STEWART ISLAND MATERIAL	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
18	VANCE, WILLIAM	Land of Promise	NZD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
19	W.F. [William Farnie]	Typescript History of Invercargill	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
20	WARD, LOUIS E.	Early Wellington	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
21	ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH	The New Zealanders Illustrated	NZD 7,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
22	BELL, LEONARD & MORROW, DIANA	Jewish Lives in New Zealand -- A History	NZD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
23		BOX OF EARLY NEW ZEALAND HISTORIES [5 titles]	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
24		BOX OF NEW ZEALAND HISTORIES	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
25	BRACKEN, THOMAS	Lays of the Land of the Maori and Moa	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown

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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.