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

Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	J K Rowling	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	London	1998	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 698.50
77	Father Peter John Powell	People of the Sacred Mountain: A History of the Northern Cheyenne Chiefs and Warrior Societies	San Francisco	1981	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
78		L' Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire Raisonne Des Sciences Des Arts et des metiers		1969	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
79	Sir T.W Edgeworth David	The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia	London	1950	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
80		Masterpieces in the National Palace Museum		1971	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
81	Robert L Jack	Map of the Chillagoe Mining District to Accompany Report on the Chillagoe Mining District and Projected Railway		1898	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
82		Section Showing Relative Levels Of The Several Caves		1925	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 889.00
83		CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW SOUTH WALES	Sydney	1907	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
84		EPHEMERA. A big box of ephemera			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
85	A. N. Baranov	WORLD ATLAS. The World Atlas	Moscow	1967	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
86		JUVENILE. 1 Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe...			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
87	Sir Thomas Henley	FIJI & PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1. Fiji The Land Of Promise Religious Political Economic	Sydney	1926	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
88	Shakespeare, Longfellow, Keats	POETRY. Well bound copies of books of classic poetry			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
89		LAWSON & PATERSON. 1. Selected Poems of Henry Lawson	Sydney	1980	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
90		St Thomas' Church Port Macquarie 3rd Oldest Church in Australia		December, 1824	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
91	Edited by Professor F W Hutton	Handbook Of Christchurch For The Use of the Members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science		1891	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
92	Arthur Gray	The Town of Cambridge A History	Cambridge	1925	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
93		An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge		1959	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
94	Sir Alexander Gibb	Maritime Services Board of NSW Stage 1 Report on Botany Bay Investigation of Potential Sites For A Deep-Water Port		1966-04-01	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
95		NSW TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1895			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
96	Andrew Garran	Picturesque Atlas of Australasia			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
97		N.S.W. Rys. Moss Vale to Port Kembla Books 1 and 2		September, 1927 and November 1927	AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
98		NYMPH FLIES AND FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT. Six books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 38.10
99		SIX BOOKS ON FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON	London	circa 1920	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 38.10
100	L. E. Skinner	Police of the Pastoral Frontier	Brisbane	1975	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90

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.
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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.