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
26	EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.	Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands.	1996	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
27		NSU Wankel Spider convertible advertising publication from 1963.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
28		Bartholomew's New Reduced Survey Sheet 19 -- Isle of Skye.	circa 1920	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
29		Star Wars promotional brochure	1977	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
30		The Voyage of Governor Phillip Voyage to Botany Bay...	1950	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
31		Four Australian nineteenth century books related to the Methodist Church.	nineteenth century	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
32		Five books on the London Missionary Society and related evangelical missions in the South Pacific and Australia.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
33	Gustav Warneck. edited George Robson.	Outline of a History of Protestant Missions From the Reformation to the Present Time: With an Appendix Concerning Roman Catholic Missions	1906	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
34		Three antiquarian Christian spiritual books: Hymns for Infant Minds.	1818	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
35	TERRAS, James H.	The Mission of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales.	1928	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
36		A bound volume of ten pamphlets	1947-1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
37	PETTY, John.	The History of the Primitive Methodist Connexion. From its Origin to the Conference of 1860, the First Year of the Connexion.	1864	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
38		A complete run of the Melbourne Wesley College Chronicle, from May 1925 to August 1941.	1925-1941.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
39		An archive relating to the missionary activities of Albert Grieg and his wife in China, active from 1896 to 1927.	1896-1927.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,921.00
40		Six books on South Pacific history and anthropology: DOUGLAS, Bronwen. Across the Great Divide.		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
41	Charles Sturt	Two Australian exploration books by Charles Sturt		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
42	IVENS, Walter.	The Island Builders of the Pacific. How and why the people of Mala construct their artificial islands, the antiquity and doubtful origin of the practice, with a description of the social organization, magic and religion of their inhabitants.	1930	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
43	HORNBEIN, Thomas and BROWER, David (editor).	Everest. The West Ridge.	1965	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
44	[FRANKLIN, Sir John, and others].	Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land, 1837-1839.	1840	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
45		Five books on Australian inland exploration.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
46	NEREVY, [J.F.]	The Torrent of the French Revolutions...	1873	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
47		From Ergot to 'Ernutin'. An Historical Sketch. Lecture Memoranda, Australian Medical Congress Melbourne 1908.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
48		An Authentic Journal of the Expedition under Commodore Phillips to Botany Bay... by an Officer.	1789; 1975	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
49		Private Journal of W.H. Tietkens on an Expedition to the Nullarbor Plain. February 1879 to January 1880.	1998	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 203.20
50	WARE, James.	Remarks on the Opthalmy, Psorophthalmy, and Purulent Eyes of New Born Children... London, printed for T.	1814	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	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.