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
26	SAUER, Gordon C. John Gould	The Bird Man. A chronology and bibliography	Sydney	1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
27		Four pieces of early Sydney printed sheet music		circa 1870-1900	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
28	J. W. Collinson	Five scarce books by J. W. Collinson on the early history of North Queensland			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
29		A small cluster of pleasing antique printed material related to wasps	Paris	1858	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
30	WHITMAN, Walt	The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman	New York	1963	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
31		Eight locally printed Queensland locality guides: Seventy-fifth anniversary of Dalby as a municipality 1863-1938		1863-1938	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 539.75
32		South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register	Adelaide	1988	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
33		A bound volume of the Adelaide "Truth" newspaper, comprising a continuous run of issues from Saturday 2 July 1932 to Saturday 31 December 1932			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
34		A bound volume of the Sydney Morning Herald			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
35	McCLELLAN, George B.	McClellan's Own Story	New York	1887	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
36	NICHOLS, Thomas Low	Forty Years of American Life	London	1864	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
37	GOLDMANN, Charles Sydney	With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa	London	1902	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
38		A rather good cache of nine books on the Boer war	London	1900	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
39		The History of the Soudan Expedition: An Historical Record of The Events relating to the Levy, Despatch, and Return of the New South Wales Contingent	Sydney	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
40	HILLEGAS, Howard C.	With the Boer Forces	London	1900	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	COLLYER, Brigadier-General J.J.	The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916	Pretoria	1939	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
42	WATT, Steve	In Memoriam. Roll of Honour Imperial Forces		2000	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
43	SILVER, Lynette and ELLIOTT	Four Australian battalion histories, all are octavo sized books, in near-fine to fine condition			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
44	WILSON, Herbert Wrigley	With the Flag to Pretoria	London	1900	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
45		Occupation Souvenir of Japan		1946	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
46	POWLES, Lieutenant-Colonel C. Guy	The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine	Auckland	1922	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
47	DIXON, Jeremy	The Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, 1940-1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Recipients	Altgen	2013	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
48		Seven books on military aviation during the Second World War	London	2001	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
49	R. Brough Smyth	The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria with Notes on the Modes of Occurence of Gold and Other metals and Minerals by R. Brough Smyth	Melbourne	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
50	GRAINGER, Percy	Photos of Rose Grainger and of 3 short accounts of her life by herself, in her own handwriting	New York	1923	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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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.