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
453		3 books on Catholicism 1) Advent Conferences by Archbishop Vaughan.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
454		Three modern book on Australian Religious History. 1) My Journal of the Council by Yves Congar.	2012	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
455	F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt Edited M. Aurousseau.	The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt Edited by M. Aurousseau.	1968	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 50.80
456		A little bundle of books. Australian Literature and Criticism.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
457		A little collection of Travel guides Europe and surrounds 1) Switzerland Including French Savoy and the Italian Lakes London, Thos. Cook, 1900 2) Boulanger's Turkey Paris, Hachette, 1960 ...		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
458		Two art books. 1) Collage: Pasted Cut and Torn papers		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
459		Two NSW Histories. 1) Generations. The Hughes Family of Sydney 1840-2007 by Anne Stevens.	2007	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
460		Zohrab the Hostage. By DR Morier the author of Haji Baba.	1833	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
461		The Poetical Works of William Cowper from the Aldine Edition of the British Poets series.	1843	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
462		Two prize bindings from Sydney Schools. 1) Sydney Church of England Grammar School 1937.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
463		A nice bundle of poetry published between 1880-1940. 1) ARNOLD, Matthew. Poems 1840-1867.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
464		12 books on Literature, all with wonderful fine bindings.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
465		13 books on the History of England, all in good condition.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
466		1) Barbara Hepworth: A Memoir by Margaret Gardiner.	1982	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
467	Mario Vargas Llosa	1) The War At The End Of The World 1984 2) The Storyteller1989 3) Death In The Andes 1993		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
468	Graeme Base,	The Discovery of Dragons	1996	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
469	Ronald Dahl. Illustrations Quentin Blake.	The Twits	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
470	Peter Carey	The Tax Inspector	1991	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
471	Richard Adams	Watership Down		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
472	YEATS, William Butler.	Autobiographies. Reveries over Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil.	1926	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
473		The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter edited by his son Francis Darwin. In Three volumes.	1888	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 381.00
474	J M Barrrie	The Novels Tales & Sketches of J M Barrrie in Ten Volumes.	1898	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
475		SS Afric: White Star Line: Photograph Album		AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
476		A charming family road trip around New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.		AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
477		This lot comprises a collection of 35 volumes (houses within in 28 protective slipcases), being high-quality facsimile editions of famous juvenile literature, drawn from the breathtaking Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public L		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	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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