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
76	Dr. Constantin , Baron von Ettingshausen.	Contributions to the Tertiary Flora of Australia.		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
77	GRIFFITHS, Arthur.	Memorials of Millbank and Chapters in Prison History. With illustrations by R. Goff and the author.	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
78	HOOPER, Robert.	The Anatomist's Vade Mecum. Containing the anatomy, physiology, morbid appearances, &c, of the human body.	1811	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
79		Two first editions by Australian novelist Thea Astley: A Descant for Gossips.	1960	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
80		Two first editions by Martin Cruz Smith, both signed by the author: Stallion Gate.	1986	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
81		Five first editions by Alison Lurie, and all have been signed by the author.	1984	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
82		Two first editions by Olga Masters, both signed by the author: Loving Daughters.	1984	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
83		Two first editions by Barry Unsworth, both signed by the author: Losing Nelson.	1999	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
84		Two first editions by Thomas Shapcott, both signed by the author: The Birthday Gift.	1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
85	FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence.	A Coney Island of the Mind.	1959	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
86		In Hazard by Richard Hughes.	1938	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
87	David Malouf	Two first editions: The Conversations at Curlow Creek. - Dream Stuff.	1996. 2000	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
88	Paul Auster	Two first editions: Timbuktu. A Novel.	1999	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
89	Elizabeth Jolley	Four first editions novels by Elizabeth Jolley, all have been signed by the author.		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
90	Salman Rushdie	Four first editions novels by Salman Rushdie, all have been signed by the author.		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
91	Cyril Pearl.	Hardy Wilson and his Old Colonial Architecture	1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
92	PROUST, Marcel.	In Search of Lost Time.	2000	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
93	John Evelyn	The Diary of John Evelyn. With an introduction and notes by Austin Dobson.	1906	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
94		The Colonial Intelligencer, or, Aborigines Friend 1848-1854	1848-1854.	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
95	DELAMOTTE, Philip H.	The Practice of Photography.		AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
96	Paul Zweig	Images & Footsteps: A Poem by Paul Zweig with five etchings by Berta Molke.	1971	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
97		Gough Whitlam: biography by Jenny Hocking Volume 1: A Moment in History Volume 2: His Time	2014	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
98		Notes on the Colony of Victoria: Historical, Geographical, Meteorological, and Statistical by Henry Heylyn Hayter,	1875	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
99		Seven books on Nude art and photography In good condition		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
100		Twelve books on erotic and nude photography		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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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.
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.