Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025

Page Size: 491 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
401		Thirty catalogues on indigenous Australian art			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
402		Six catalogues on the Australian modernist painter Albert Tucker		1969 to 2019	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
403		Seven catalogues on the Australian modernist painter Jeffrey Smart		1986 to 2016	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
404		Russell Drysdale catalogues			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
405		Four catalogues and price-lists related to Robert Dickerson, the modernist Australian painter		circa 1990	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
406		A choice cache of catalogues, price-lists and brochures on the Australian surrealist painter James Gleeson			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
407		Arthur Boyd catalogues			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
408	GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von	Faust	London	2005	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
409	John Williams	A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, and Usages of the Inhabitants by John Williams		1842	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
410		The Guide to Virile Manhood		1943	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
411	BRADLEY, Mrs. Eliza	An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, Wife of Captain James Bradley, of Liverpool, Commander of the ship Sally, which was wrecked on the coast of Barbary, in June 1818...	Boston	1823	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
412	LYSAGHT, A. M.	Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766	Berkely and Los Angeles	1971	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
413		A shelf of 15 Gardening books			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
414	Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard	Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia by Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard	Crawley	2009	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
415		A shelf of 28 books on the history of Asia. Japan, Korea, China			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
416		A shelf of 50 books on European history and surrounds			AUD 200.00 - 350.00	AUD 88.90
417		Pacific and Australia. European Vision in the South Pacific			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
418	Edwin Buijsen	The sketchbook of Jan van Goyen from the Bredius-Kronig Collection by Edwin Buijsen		1993	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
419	KINNS, Samuel	Moses and Geology	London	1889	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
420	WELSH-OVCHAROV, Bogomila	Vincent van Gogh	New York	2016	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 114.30
421	CERVANTES, Miguel Saavedra	The History of the Valorous & Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha	London	1900	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
422		MAGGS BROS. Australia and the South Seas	London	1927	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
423		Four books on the explorers Burke & Wills	Melbourne	1911	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
424	Michael Terry	Sand and Sun. Two gold-hunting expeditions with camels in the dry lands of Central Australia	London	1937	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
425		Where the Australians rest: a description of many of the cemeteries overseas in which Australians	Melbourne	1920	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20

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.