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 Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
272

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS [New Zealand]

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
273

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
274 EVELYN, JOHN [William Bray, editor]

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S.

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
275

BOX LOT - MISCELLANEOUS MIXTURE

NZD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
276

BOX OF MISCELLANEOUS TITLES

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
277

MISCELLANEOUS TITLES

NZD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
278 19th CENTURY NOVELTY BOOK

Lauberhafte Verwandlungen. Metamorphoses Magiques.

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
279 BARRIE, J.M.

Peter Pan and Wendy

NZD 200.00 - 250.00 Unknown
280 BLACKMORE, R.D.

Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor.

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
281 BROWNING, ROBERT [2 Victorian titles]

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
282 CARROLL, LEWIS

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
283

CHILDRENS VINTAGE BOOKS

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
284 CROMPTON, FRANCES E. et al.

Kitty and Her Kits

NZD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
285

DOLL'S HOUSE

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
286 DULAC, EDMUND'S PICTURE BOOK

For the French Red Cross

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
287 GREENAWAY, KATE

A Apple Pie

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
288 KINGSLEY, CHARLES

The Water Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.

NZD 50.00 - 75.00 Unknown
289 LANG ANDREW

The Green Fairy Book

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
290 LANG, ANDREW [5 titles]

The Pink Fairy Book

NZD 100.00 - 120.00 Unknown
291 MALTBY, G.B.

Pip and Pepita in Goblinland

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
292

MINIATURE & SMALL BOOKS

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
293 MOLESWORTH, MRS. [et al] [3 titles]

Under the Sea

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
294 PEAKE, MERVYN [6 items]

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 Unknown
295 POGANY, WILL [illustrator]

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
296 POGANY, WILLY [illustrator]

The Tale of Lohengrin

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • 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.