Sydney Rare Book Auctions: History, Science, Mining, Exploration, Zines, Beer and Wine, Photographs and more, A167, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 30, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Page Size: 513 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
377	Paul Zweig	The River. A poem by Paul Zweig with an etching by Roger Selden.	1981	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
378	LORENTZ, H. A., EINSTEIN, Albert, MINKIWSKI, H. and WEYL, H.	The Principle of Relativity : A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity.	1923	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 952.50
379	VERNER, Major Willough.	Range-Finders: Their use for tactical and topographical purposes...	1893	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
380	THOMAS, Dylan.	Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices.	1954	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
381	JOHNS, Captain W.E.	Gimlet King of the Commandos.	1950	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
382	CALDECOTT, R.	Randolph Caldecott's Last Graphic Pictures.	1888	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
383		Youth Annual.	1930	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
384		Ryan-Drug Mchog-Gnyis.	1962	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
385	GREENE, Graham.	The Heart of the Matter.	1948	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 101.60
386		An endearing cache of The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of all the Arts.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
387	LANDESMAN, Fran.	More Truth than Poetry. Designed and illustrated by Avril Broadley.	1984	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
388	BOLDREWOOD, Rolf.	Old Melbourne Memories.	1896	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
389	STEPHEN, Sir James.	Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography.	1872	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
390	GRIMM, George.	The Australian Explorers. Their labours, perils, and achievements.	1888	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
391	JOBSON, Frederick J.	Australia; with Notes by the Way, on Egypt, Ceylon, Bombay, and the Holy Land.	1862	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
392	[SCOTTISH MARTYRS].	The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition.	1794	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
393	RUSDEN, G.W.	The Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip.	1872	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
394	COOPER, H.M.	The Unknown Coast. Being the explorations of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. along the shores of South Australia 1802 by H.M. Cooper.	1953	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
395	KEARTON, Richard.	With Nature and a Camera. Being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer.	1898	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
396	FALLEY, Margaret Dickson.	Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research.	1981	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
397	HEERES, J. E.	The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606 -- 1765. Het Aandeel Der Nederlanders in De Ontdekking Van Australie 1606 -- 1765.	1899	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
398	SPENCER, Robin (editor).	Whistler. A Retrospective.	1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
399	SPROD, Daniel.	Proud Intrepid Heart. Leichhardt's First Attempt to the Swan River 1846 -- 1847.	1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
400	JACK, Robert Logan and ETHERIDGE, Robert.	Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea.	1892	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
401		Report of The Commissioner For Road Transport And Tramways For The Year Ended 30th June 1936.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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.
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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