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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
426

Two Records: 1) Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass -- Casino Royale

AUD 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
427 Louis Liger

Le Jardinier Fleuriste, ou la Culture universelle des Fleurs, Arbres, Arbustes, Arbrisseaux servant a l'embellissemet des Jardines...

Paris 1764 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 88.90
428 Stephen Bone

Of the Western Isles Forty Woodcuts by Stephen Bone

London 1925 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
429 WEBB, Martyn J. and Audrey

Golden Destiny

1993 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
430

Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry

Baltimore 1989 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
431 MOUTERDE, Rene, S. J.

The Nahr el Kelb (Dog River)

1934 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
432

Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

Wednesday May 24 of 1826 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 698.50
433

Three rare Australian colonial newspapers:

Tuesday, October 2, 1860 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 Not Sold
434

Three ghoulish old medical books

Jena 1919 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
435 TATZ, Colin Martin

Aboriginal Administration in the Northern Territory of Australia

1964-03-01 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
436 Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov

Icons' by Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov

2006 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
437

The Endemic Flora of Tasmania

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
438

Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland

London 1970 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
439

The first 23 issues of the Journal "Aboriginal History"

1977 to 1999 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
440

Two Modern

London 1959 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
441

Four Books on figure Skating

circa 1930-40 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
442 WA Goodacre

The Beginner in Bee Culture by WA Goodacre

Sydney 1931 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
443 Edited by J.C. Beaglehole

The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771

1963 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 101.60
444 FE Winchcombe

As it Strikes me by FE Winchcombe

1916 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
445

Microscope Spencer Buffalo USA 80381

circa 1910 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
446

Four herbals

1949 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
447

Two books on Witchcraft

AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
448 John Dunmore

Two books on Explorers by John Dunmore

2007 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 254.00
449

A collection of Map Catalogues from book map and print dealers

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 76.20
450

Kidder-Parker Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural Engineers, Contractors, and Draughtsmen

1947 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 38.10
  • 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.