Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book, A166, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
101 Thomas Hall

The Early History of the Warwick District and Pioneers of the Darling Downs

1920s AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
102

The Last of the Bushrangers

London 1895 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
103 E. O. G. Shann

Cattle Chosen : The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia 1829 to 1841

1926 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
104

The Story of Australasia

New York 1893 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
105 Fridtjof Nansen

The First Crossing of Greenland

1902 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
106

Too Clever...

Melbourne No date but circa 1887 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
107 Alicia Bailey

Esoteric Psychology

1971 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
108

DICKENS LEATHER BINDING. Charles Dickens

1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
109 John Richardson with Marilyn McCully

PICASSO. A Life of Picasso

New York 1991 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
110 Sir James George Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

1976 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
111 Sumner Locke

The Dawsons' Uncle George

Sydney 1914 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
112 Henry Lawson

When I was King and other Verses

Sydney AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
113 henry Lawson

The Skyline Riders And Other Verses

Sydney 1910 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
114 EDGAR PENZIG

The Sandy Creek Bushranger

Sydney 1985 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
115

Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke & Wills

Melbourne 1862 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
116 The Rev. William Norris

Annals of the Diocese of Adelaide

1852 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
117 Arthur Richards

The "Centennial Story": The History of Freemasonry in Queensland Australia over the first One Hundred Years 1859-1959

Brisbane 1959 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
118

Leatherwork Through The Ages by Joan R Kirkbride

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
119 Will Graves Verge

ARCHITECTURE. John Verge, Early Australian Architect: His Ledger & His Clients

Sydney 1962 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
120 Hugh Arnold

Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England And France

London 1913 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
121

ART DECO / ART NOUVEAU. 1. All Colour Book of Art Nouveau

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
122

RUSKIN. The Stones Of Venice Introductory Chapters And Local Indices

1897 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
123 Atha Westbury

Australian Fairy Tales

London 1897 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
124

MILES FRANKLIN. 1. Old Blastus Of Bandicoot...

Melbourne 1932 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
125

Maritime History of the World: A Chronological Survey of Maritime Events from 5000 BC Until the Present Day

England 1985 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
  • 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.