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
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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.