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
151

THE WORKS OF JAMES BRANCH CABELL

New York 1927 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
152

HARRY SEIDLER - ONE SIGNED. Three books about the iconic architecture of Harry Seidler...

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
153 Grahame L. Walsh

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ROCK ART

Bathurst NSW 1988 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
154 PAUL KNOBEL

Events

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
155

DAMIEN PARER SIGNED. Xmas Down South

1939 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
156 ROSEMARY DOBSON

The Continuance of Poetry - Twelve Poems for David Campbell

1981 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
157 PATRICK WHITE

The Eye of the Storm

1973 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
158

Big Money

London and Sydney AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
159

Keim's Illustrated Hand Book Washington and Its Environs: a Descriptive and Historical Hand Book to the Capital of the United States of America

1887 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
160 Peter & George

LIQUOR COMMISSION. Facts behind the Liquor Commission

Sydney circa 1950s AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
161

PHOTOGRAPHY. Three photography books...

2009 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
162

Wild Rivers: Franklin/Denison/Gordon

1983 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 571.50
163 WILBUR SMITH

Four books...

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
164 Captain WE Johns

Four Biggles books...

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
165 Jurgen Muller

MOVIES. 100 All-Time Favorite Movies

2008 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 38.10
166

ART AND DESIGN. A bundle of books on Art and Design...

Circa2020 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
167

CARS. 1) Supercars: Driving the Dream...

2005 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 50.80
168 Sam Pilger

The Treasures of Manchester United

2003 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
169

Singer Sewing Machine with Ornamental table

Circa 1940s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
170 J. G. Hides

Savages in Serge

Sydney 1938 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 50.80
171

1897 FARTHEST NORTH NANSEN

1897 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
172

The Bookfellow; A Monthly Magazinelet for Book-Buyers and Book-Readers

Sydney 1899 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
173

Military Survey of Australia Lake Macquarie (Re-Survey) New South Wales

1938-06-01 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
174

5X FICTION BOOKS IN DUSTWRAPPERS SOME

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
175 Harry C Perry

Memoirs of The Hon Sir Robert Philp K.C.M.G. 1851 -1922

Brisbane 1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
  • 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.