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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines Or Seven Books of Wisdom of the Great Path |
1958 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 381.00 | ||
| 252 | Sir James George Frazer | The Golden Bough : A Study in Magic and Religion |
1949 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 253 | Bronislaw Malinowski | Coral Gardens and their Magic... |
AUD 120.00 - 220.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 254 | Edward E Evans-Pritchard | Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande |
London etc. | 1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 255 | Five books... |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 | |||
| 256 | Five books... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 257 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Two books... |
AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 258 | Four books... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |||
| 259 | Five books... |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |||
| 260 | Simon Armitage | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight... |
2008 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 261 | George Orwell | Two books... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 262 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Eight books... |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 263 | Bram Stoker | Dracula... |
2008 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 101.60 | |
| 264 | Three Christmas Stories books... |
AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 265 | H.G. Wells | Classics Of Science Fiction |
2004 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 266 | Charles Dickens | 10 books... |
1980s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 267 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Five books... |
2006 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 268 | Two books... |
AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 | |||
| 269 | A History of the Crusade |
1995 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 | ||
| 270 | Two Folio Society... |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |||
| 271 | The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire |
1983 to 1990 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 272 | Richard Dawkins | Two books... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 273 | Rosemary Sutcliff | Three books... |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 274 | Three books... |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |||
| 275 | The Lord of The Rings |
2002 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 228.60 |
![<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.")
