Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book, A166, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Douglas Pratt | Pixie O'Harris Original Illustration done on the front endpaper of: The Australian Artist |
1985 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 227 | Mareidi and Gert Stoll | IBEJI: Twin Figures of the Yoruba |
Munich | 1980 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | Aboriginal Australia 1) The Tasmania Aborigines... |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 229 | edited by Anne Marie Brody | Aboriginal Art 1) Stories: Eleven Aboriginal Artists, Works from the Holmes a Court Collection... |
1997 | AUD 160.00 - 260.00 | Not Sold | |
| 230 | Aboriginal Art Dreaming 1) Dreamings : The Art of Aboriginal Australia edited Peter Sutton... |
1989 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 231 | TGH Strehlow | Rex Battarbee 1) Rex Battarbee: Artist and Founder of Aboriginal Art Movement in Central Australia with text... |
1956 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 232 | Aboriginal Art from Central Australia 1) The Face of the Centre: Papunya Tula Paintings 1971-1984... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 233 | ROVER THOMAS | Two Rover Thomas catalogues. 1) Roads Cross: The Paintings of Rover Thomas with Kim Akerman, Mary Macha, Will Christensen and Wally Caruana... |
1994 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 234 | Charles Mountford | Three books on Albert Namatjira. 1) The Art of Namatjira... |
1944 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 235 | edited by Everard Leske | HERMANNSBURG. 1) Hermannsburg: A Vision and a Mission... |
Adelaide | 1977 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Art of Utopia. 1) The Art of Utopia... |
1991 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 237 | edited by Chris McGuigan | Karnta: Aboriginal Women's Art |
Westgate, N.S.W. | [1987] | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 238 | Margo Neale | Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere: Paintings from Utopia |
1998 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 239 | Isaacs Jenny, Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald Holt and Janet Holt | Emily Kame Kngwarreye Paintings with contributions |
Sydney | 1998 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 240 | GERALD MURNANE | A bundle of books... |
AUD 50.00 - 80.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 241 | TOLKIEN. JRR Tolkien 1) The Two Towers... |
1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 242 | STALIN. Leo Trotski Stalin: An appraisal of the Man and his Influence |
1947 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 243 | edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens with W. Hardy Wilson | Domestic Architecture in Australia: Special Number of Art in Australia |
Sydney | 1919 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 244 | edited by Fred and Eleanor Jacka | ANTARCTICA. Antarctica x8 1) Mawson's Antarctic Diaries... |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 245 | Roald Amundsen | The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 |
St. Lucia | 1976 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 246 | EGYPT. Five publications on Egypt and surrounds... |
1962 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 349.25 | ||
| 247 | Clare Sheridan | Arab Interlude |
1936 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 248 | AC Inchbold | Syria and Armenia 1) Under the Syrian Sun in two volumes... |
London | 1906 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 249 | Ella K Maillart | Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir |
1937 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 250 | Marshall Broomhall | The Chinese Empire: a general & missionary survey |
C1907 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
