Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
231 NAPIER, CAPT. W.E.L.

With the Trench Mortars in France

Auckland NZD 500.00 - 600.00 NZD 308.00
232 NEILL, J.C.

The New Zealand Tunnelling Company 1915 - 1919

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 221.00
233 NICOL, SERGT, C.G.

The Story of Two Campaigns

Auckland 1921 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
234

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND'S EFFORT IN THE GREAT WAR I - IV...

NZD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
235 PILLING, LIEUT. E.G.

An Anzac Memory

Dunedin 1933 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 86.00
236 POWLES, COL. C.G.

[association copy] The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles

1928 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 320.00
237 ROBERTSON, JOHN

With the Cameliers in Palestine

1938 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 92.00
238 SMITH, STEPHEN JOHN [Late 5th [Wellington] Regiment]

The Samoa [N.Z.] Expeditionary Force 1914-1915

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 344.00
239 STUDHOME, LT.- COLONEL, JOHN

New Zealand Expeditionary Force: Record of Personal Services During the War of Officers, Nurses, and First-Class Warrant Officers

Wellington 1928 NZD 200.00 - 250.00 NZD 295.00
240

THE KIA-ORA COOEE [complete run]

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 492.00
241

THE MAHENO EXAMINER [2 troopship papers]...

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 105.00
242 WILKIE, MAJOR A.H.

Official War History of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919

Auckland etc 1924 NZD 350.00 - 550.00 NZD 221.00
243 ANON

[3 titles] Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939-45...

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
244 ANSON, T.V.

The New Zealand Dental Services

Wellington 1960 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
245 BATES, P.W.

Supply Company

Wellington 1955 NZD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
246 BORMAN, C.A.

Divisional Signals

Wellington 1954 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
247 BURDON, R M.

24 Battalion

Wellington 1953 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
248 CODY, J. F.

28 (Maori) Battalion

Wellington 1956 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 160.00
249 CODY, J.F.

New Zealand Engineers, Middle East

Wellington 1961 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 105.00
250 CODY, J.F.

21 Battalion

Wellington 1953 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 111.00
251 DAVIN, DAN

Crete

Wellington 1953 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 98.00
252 DAWSON, W.D.

18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

Wellington 1961 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 105.00
253 GALLICHAN, PTE J. 45933 [editor]

The Tiki Times

NZD 150.00 - 350.00 NZD 98.00
254 HENDERSON, JIM

[2 titles by] 22 Battalion...

Wellington 1958 NZD 100.00 - 125.00 NZD 135.00
255 KAY, ROBIN

27 [Machine Gun] Battalion

Wellington 1958 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 160.00
  • 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.
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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.