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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Miscellaneous Australiana |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 127 | Joseph Heller | Catch 22 |
1962 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 128 | Hindu Legendak Es Talmud Mesek Forditotta |
Budapest | 1919 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 129 | For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway |
1941 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 130 | The Immortal by Walter Ross |
London | 1958 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 131 | The Spire by William Golding |
in London | 1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 132 | Sergiusz Piasetski | Lover Of The Great Bear by Sergiusz Piasetski |
London | 1938 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 133 | Arthur Upfield | The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur Upfield |
Sydney | 1939 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 134 | Four Arthur Upfield books |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 135 | Five Norman Lindsay Bookplates for the following people |
AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 136 | Five Australian Bookplates |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 137 | Department of Agriculture NSW |
AUD 300.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 138 | 1941 Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 139 | A black and white photograph measures 15 x 20 cms |
1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | Two black and white photographs of Coober Pedy |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 141 | Four original photographs measuring 22 x 17 cms |
No date but probably late 1940s | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | ||
| 142 | Two photographs both inscribed on the rear Colin Simpson Photo Lightning Ridge |
1950s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 143 | One publicity or advertising photograph for Ion Idriess |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 | |||
| 144 | Ion Idriess | The typewritten original manuscript for Cyaniding For Gold by Ion Idriess |
AUD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 145 | English Newspaper The Sphere used as a cricket scrapbook |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 146 | Christopher Tyerman | An Eyewitness History of the Crusades |
2004 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 147 | Graves et al | Mammals from Pouches and Eggs: Genetics, breeding and evolution of Marsupials and Monotremes by Marshall Graves et al. |
1990 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 148 | Edited by Oswald A Goodier | Preston & District Trade & Commerce: The Official Handbook of the Preston ad District Inc. |
London | 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 149 | The Springtide of Life: Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne |
London | 1918 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 150 | Margaret Preston Monotypes edited by Ure Smith |
Sydney | no date but 1949 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 381.00 |
![<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.")
