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
176		Prose Masterpieces From Modern Essayists		1893	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
177		FINE BINDINGS - VELLUM SPINES. Two charming old vellum spine bindings. 1) Turner by Frances Tyrrell-Gill...	London	1904	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
178	James Hunt	Stammering and Stuttering, Their Nature and Treatment		1863	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
179		2X 19THC HOBART GAZETTE. Hobart Town Gazette			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
180		NEW ZEALAND SCENERY. The Imperial Album of New Zealand Scenery		no date	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
181		LOUDON'S COTTAGE FARM AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE AND FURNITURE		circa 1846	AUD 220.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
182		GOUGH WHITLAM SIGNED	London		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
183	Rev. Alexander Robertson	The Papal Conquest: Italy's Warning- "Wake Up, John Bull !"	Melbourne	1918	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
184	Len Hutton	Just My Story	London	1956	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
185	edited by Lou Klepac	Signals from the Perimeter: James Gleeson Drawings and Texts	Roseville	1993	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
186		SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE		No date but 1930s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
187		Cover: Thrupp & Maberly Motor Carriages			AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 412.75
188	edited by Viscountess Mary Hyde Eccles, Gordon Turnbull	JAMES BOSWELL'S BOOK OF COMPANY at Auchinleck 1782-1795		1995	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
189	CP Mountford	ALBERT NAMATJIRA - MOUNTFORD. The Art of Albert Namatjira	Melbourne	1944	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
190		NORMAN LINDSAY. A bundle of Norman Lindsay ephemera...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
191		PATRICK WHITE...	Jonathan Cape	1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
192	JONATHAN SWIFT	The Works Jonathan Swift with explanatory notes John Hawkesworth with copper plates	London	1754-79	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
193	LAURENCE STERNE	The Works of Laurence Sterne		1783	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
194	Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury	The Mechanical Eye In Australia: Photography 1841-1900	Melbourne	1985	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
195	Alphonse Bedin	La photography au laboratoire de medecine legale de l'Universite de Nancy		1908	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
196		Claud Levi-Strauss...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
197		The Secret History of the Coningham Case: Illustrated With Photographic Facsimiles of the Documents in the Case and Many Others That Were Not Produced in Court by "Zero"	Sydney	1901	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
198		Cruise of the Conrad: a journal of a voyage round the world		1937	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
199	Charles JB Williams	Principles of Medicine comprising General Pathology and Therapeutics	London	1848	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
200		SYDNEY. 1. Three copies of TheUniversity of Sydney...	Sydney	1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.