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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | C.E.W. Bean | Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 |
Sydney | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 127 | Samuel Sharpe | Rudiments of a vocabulary of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
London | 1837 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 128 | D H Lawrence | Aaron's Rod |
London | 1922 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 129 | MALCOLM LOWRY | Under The Volcano |
London | 1947 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 130 | Paul Cupid | The Rival Physicians |
Sydney | 1910 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | Simpson Newland | The Far North Country |
Adelaide | 1887 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 132 | Robert Logan Jack | LOGAN JACK QLD GOLD MINE 1889 |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 133 | Edited by Leonard Samuel Curtis | The History of Broken Hill Its Rise And Progress |
1908 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 134 | Cover Title: Picturesque Queensland 72 Views |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 476.25 | |||
| 135 | Cover title reads: Queensland Illustrated |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 136 | A. M. Duncan-Kemp | Where Strange Paths Go Down |
Brisbane | 1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 137 | An Australian Language as spoken by the Awabakal |
1892 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 138 | The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia |
Melbourne | 1947 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 139 | AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. Kylie Tennant 1. Ride On Stranger 1943... |
1943 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | Johnston | AUSTRALIAN PLANTS TREES. 1. Forest Trees of Australia... |
1970 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | T E LAWRENCE | Seven Pillars of Wisdom A Triumph |
London | 1935-08-01 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 142 | Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Hillaire Belloc | LITERATURE. About 30 titles |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 143 | LITERATURE. About 16 modern books |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |||
| 144 | Spencer and Gillen | INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA. 1. The Native Tribes of Central Australia... |
1939 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 145 | AUSTRALIANA. A big box of Australian books in good condition |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 146 | Samuel Hannaford | Jottings in Australia: or, Notes on the flora and fauna of Victoria |
1856 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 147 | The Australian Colonies |
London and Adelaide | 1854 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 148 | E. Davenport Cleland | The White Kangaroo : A Tale of Colonial Life |
London | 1898 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 149 | M H Ellis | The Long Lead. Across Australia by Motor-Car |
London | 1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 150 | edited by W Astrov, A Slepkov, and J Thomas | An Illustrated History of the Russian Revolution |
London | 1928 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 285.75 |
![<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.")
