Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025

Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	BURFORD, ROBERT	Description of a view of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand	London	ca 1838	NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 738.00
6	HOLLAND, H.E & R.S. ROSS	[2 titles] The Tragic Story of the Waihi Strike...	Wellington	1913	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 197.00
7		NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. Latest Information from Settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of Taranaki, New Zealand	London	1941	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 68.00
8	SMITH, S. PERCY/W.J. PENN	[association copy] Taranaki: The garden of Eden	New Plymouth	1906	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 80.00
9	ST. JOHN, LIEUT-COLONEL	[New Zealand Militaria] [association copy]. Pakeha Rambles Through Maori Lands	Wellington	1873	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 320.00
10	WARD, LOUIS E	Early Wellington	Auckland etc	[1928]	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 148.00
11	WARD, LOUIS E	Early Wellington	Auckland etc	[1928]	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 135.00
12	ACLAND, L.G.D.	[first and second series] The Early Canterbury Runs	Auckland etc	1930	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 221.00
13	AYSON, WILLIAM	Pioneering in Otago	Dunedin	[1937]	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 172.00
14	BANNERMAN, J.W.H. [compiler]	Milestones or Wrecks of Southern New Zealand		1913	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 295.00
15	BEATTIE, HERRIES [3xs]	Doubtful Sound;...	Dunedin	1955	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 55.00
16	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[2 titles] Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country...	Dunedin	1946	NZD 60.00 - 80.00	NZD 123.00
17	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[association copies, 2 titles] Maori Place-names of Otago...	Dunedin	1944	NZD 60.00 - 80.00	NZD 234.00
18	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[association copy] The First White Boy Born in Otago. The story of T.B. Kennard	Dunedin	1939	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 271.00
19	BEATTIE, HERRIES	Far Famed Fiordland	Dunedin	1950	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 209.00
20	BEATTIE, HERRIES	I Visit Manapouri...	Dunedin	1949	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 43.00
21	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[two association items] The Pioneers Explore Otago	Dunedin	1947	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 209.00
22	BEATTIE, HERRIES. [4X]	Records of Gore and Surrounding Districts Early Settlers Association...		1927-03-01	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 80.00
23	BEATTIE, JAMES HERRIES	The Southern Runs...		1979	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 320.00
24	BEGG, A. CHARLES & NEIL, C.	Dusky Bay		1966	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 62.00
25	BEGG, A. CHARLES & NEIL, C.	The World of John Boultbee...	Christchurch	1979	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 105.00
26	BROAD, LOWTHER	[association copy] The Jubilee History of Nelson. From 1842-1892	Nelson	1892	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 62.00
27	BUDE, EUGENE DE [1836-1910]	Notice sur la Province de Canterbury	Geneve	1866	NZD 80.00 - 120.00	NZD 55.00
28	BUICK, T. LINDSAY	[2 titles, association copies] Old Marlborough or The Story of a Province...	Palmerston North	1900	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 185.00
29	BUICK, T. LINDSAY	[2 titles] The French at Akaroa...	Wellington	1928	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 111.00

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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.
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.