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
201	J E Carne and L J Jones	The Limestone Deposits of New South Wales	Sydney	1919	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
202		Seven Volumes of Thackeray's works			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
203		Daimler Instructions for Care and Maintenance of 1915 Models	England		AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
204	Frank Morris	MORRIS DRAWINGS OF BIRDS. Pencil Drawings 1969-78	Melbourne	1978	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 165.10
205	Frank T Morris	Birds of Prey of Australia	Melbourne	1973	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 190.50
206	Joseph Forshaw	Kingfishers and Related Birds	Melbourne	1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
207	Donald P. Vernon	Pigeons and Doves of Australia by Frank Morris with foreword	Melbourne	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
208	Peter Longhurst	Hibiscus		1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
209	FINCHES MORRIS	Finches of Australia A Folio	Lansdowne	1976	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
210		Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to New Guinea	Bathurst	1984	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
211	Joseph M. Forshaw	BIDS LANSDOWNE EDITIONS. 1) Kingfisher sand Related: Alcedinidae Ceryle to Cittura...		1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
212		MARSUPIALS OF AUSTRALIA		1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
213	Robert David Fitzgerald	ORCHIDS LANSDOWNE EDITIONS. 1) Australian Orchids...		1977	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
214	Noel Counihan	WAR OR PEACE TWELVE LINOCUTS			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 114.30
215		To You, the Living: poems of bereavement and loss Marjorie Pizer	Leura	1981	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
216	Lewis Lasseter	LASSETER'S DIARY: NORTHERN TERRITORY GOLD EXPLORATION		1986	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 38.10
217	FRANK HINDER	Frank Hinder Lithographs	Sydney	1978	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 139.70
218		L. Roy Davies: Wood Engravings	Sydney	1978	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
219	edited by Lin Bloomfield	Rose Lindsay: A Model Life		2001	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
220		The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay		1982-7	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
221		Norman Lindsay's Ship Models	Sydney	1966	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
222		Norman Lindsay's Ship Models	Sydney	1966	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
223	Alasdair McGregor	Frank Hurley: A Photographer's with text	England	2007	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
224	Meg Stewart	Margaret Olley: Far From a Still Life	Australia	2005	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 349.25
225	Emily McCulloch Childs and Ross Gibson	New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art	Melbourne	2008	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	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.