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
151	Jackie Ranken	Aerial Abstracts : A Collection of Aerial Landscape Photographs		2004	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
152	Ian Fairweather	The Drunken Buddha		1965	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 508.00
153	Dieter Roth	Dieter Roth - Graphic Works	London	2003	AUD 600.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
154		Australian Haggadah	Melbourne	1992	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
155	Richard Meryman	Andrew Wyeth by Richard Meryman	Boston	1968	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
156		The Image of the Black in Western Art Volume I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of Roman Empire		1989	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
157		Joan Blaeu Atals Major of 1665		2006	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 76.20
158	edited by Stephan Fussel	Chronicle of the World : The Complete and Annotated Nuremberg Chronicle of 1493	Koln	2001	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
159		Beautiful colour facsimile of: The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry, Musee Conde, Chantilly		1969	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
160	edited by Colin Eisler	The Genius of Jacopo Bellini: The Complete Paintings and Drawings	New York	1988	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
161		Die Abenteuer des Ritters Theuerdank: Kolorierter Nachdruck der Gesamtausgabe von 1517		2003	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
162		Western Civilization and Art	London	1964	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
163		Andreas Cellarius - Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660: The Finest Atlas of the Heavens		2006	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
164		16th Century Art. Three books		1965	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
165		Italian Architecture and the Arts	Rome	1999	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
166		Two books illustrated by Gustave Dore			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
167		Two books on African Art		1980	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 76.20
168	Miyake	Issey Mayake written by Miyake		2016	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
169		2x Hokusai		1989	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
170		Japanese interiors		1990	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
171	Mira Nakashima	Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima by Mira Nakashima		2003	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
172		Two architecture books		2012	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 76.20
173		Two books on Australian Architecture		2017	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
174	Richard Serra	Sculpture: Forty Years by Kynaston McShine and Lynne Cooke		2007	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
175	edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams	Glyndebourne: A Visual History		2009	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	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.