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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Savrola. A tale of revolution in Laurania |
London | 1900 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 477 | EADE, Charles (editor) | The Unrelenting Struggle |
London | 1942 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 478 | EADE, Charles (editor) | Secret Session Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill O.M., C.H., M.P. |
London | 1946 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 479 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | London to Ladysmith via Pretoria |
London | 1900 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 480 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | The River War |
London | 1899 | AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 481 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Lord Randolph Churchill |
London | 1906 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 482 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Marlborough |
London | 1933-1938 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 483 | Five detective fiction books, all hardcover octavos |
(Melbourne) | -1982 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 484 | Photoplay edition of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume |
London | circa 1925 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 485 | Two original cloth binder sleeves issued by the National Geographic Society |
1943 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 486 | MAWSON, Sir Douglas | The Home of the Blizzard |
London | 1941 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 487 | DICKENS, Charles | The Personal History of David Copperfield |
London | 1970 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 488 | Five books on sailing and maritime subjects, all are regular sized hardcover titles: |
London | 1964 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 489 | Ellen Wood | Four books by the bestselling English conservative Christian novelist by Ellen Wood |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 490 | Five Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogues |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 491 | DURACK, Elizabeth | Face Value. Women in Papua and New Guinea |
Sydney | 1970 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
![<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.")
