Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POPE, Alexander | The Iliad of Homer |
London | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 2 | EVERETT, Marshall (editor) | Two books on the Titanic tragedy: Wreck and Sinking of the titanic |
[New York] | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 3 | SHUTE, Nevil | A Town Like Alice |
London | 1950 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 4 | CICERO, M. | Tulli Ciceronis Orationum |
Lugduni (Lyon) | 1555 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 5 | DRYDEN, John | The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. |
Edinburg | 1777 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 6 | The Holy Bible |
Glasgow | 1896 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 7 | SCOTT, Robert Falcon | The Voyage of the Discovery |
London | 1907 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 8 | STEVENSON, Robert Louis and OSBOURNE, Lloyd | The Ebb-Tide |
London | 1894 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Three books by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Chicago edition | 1894 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 10 | A.A. Milne | Three books by A.A. Milne |
London | 1928 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie |
London | 1961 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | |
| 12 | ANZAC Memorial |
London | Dated April 1916 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 13 | [DAVIS, Arthur Hoey, pseudonym "Steele Rudd"] | The Poor Parson |
Sydney | 1907 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | C.J. Dennis | Five books by C.J. Dennis |
AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 15 | SCOTT, Sir Walter | Rob Roy |
Edinburgh | 1818 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 16 | ALI, Salim and RIPLEY, S. Dillon | Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan |
London and Bombay | 1968-1974 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | OAKLEY, E. D. | Jimmy of Murrumbar. A Story of the Amazing Ability and Fidelity of an Australian Black Tracker |
Melbourne | undated but 1938 | AUD 75.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 18 | JOHNS, Captain W.E. | Gimlet King of the Commandos |
London | 1950 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | HOCKING, Jenny | Gough Whitlam |
Melbourne | 2014 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 20 | An endearing cache of The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of all the Arts |
London | various dates | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | CALDECOTT, R. | Randolph Caldecott's Last Graphic Pictures |
London | 1888 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | GOODRIDGE, Charles Medyett | Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the shipwreck of the Princess of Wales cutter, with an account of two years residence on an uninhabited island |
Exeter | 1838 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 23 | McNAUGHT, J.U. | The Brisbane Directory for 1878-9 |
Queen street | 1879 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 24 | Thomas Welsby | Two books on Queensland angling and local history |
Brisbane | 1931 | AUD 350.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 25 | Barton, E.J.T. (editor) | Jubilee History of Queensland: A Record of Political, Industrial, and Social Development |
Brisbane | 1909 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 317.50 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
