Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

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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
256 KIDSON, A.L.

[2 titles] Petrol Company...

Wellington 1961 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 68.00
257 LOUGHNAN, R.J.M.

[association copy] Divisional Cavalry Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45

Wellington 1963 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 148.00
258 McCLYMONT, W.G.

To Greece

Wellington 1959 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
259 MURPHY, W.E.

[association copy] 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery

Wellington 1966 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 49.00
260 MURPHY, W.E.

[association copy] [2 titles] The Relief of Tobruk...

Wellington 1961 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
261

NEW ZEALAND ARMY BOARD. Army Board Surveys 1943-1946 [8 issues]...

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 55.00
262 NORTON, FRAZER D.

26 Battalion War History Branch

Wellington 1952 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 148.00
263 PHILLIPS, N.C.; KAY, ROBIN

[2 titles] Official Histories of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945...

Wellington 1957 and 1967 NZD 120.00 - 150.00 NZD 74.00
264 PRINGLE, D.J.C. And GLUE, W.A.

20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

Wellington 1957 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 105.00
265 ROSS, ANGUS

23 Battalion Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45

Wellington 1959 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 135.00
266 SANDFORD, KENNETH

[Signed] Mark of the Lion

Century Hutchinson 1987 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 123.00
267 SINCLAIR, D.W.

19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment

Wellington 1954 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 68.00
268 STOUT, T. DUNCAN M.

[3 titles] Medical Services in New Zealand and the Pacific...

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
269 TAYLOR, NANCY M.

[3 titles] The Home Front Volume...

Wellington 1986 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
270 THE ROTATOR

37th Field Park Company Third Division New Zealand Engineers

27th Feb 1943 to 12th April 1944 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 80.00
271 THOMPSON, WIND COMMANDER H.L.

[2 titles, 4 volumes] New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force...

Wellington 1953 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
272

TROOPSHIP PAPER Ake ake kia kaha

Colombo [1941] NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 148.00
273 TURNER, PRIVATE W.J.R.

The Unofficial History of the 8th Brigade Machine Gun Company [N.Z.E.F.I.P.]

Auckland, N.Z. 1944 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 160.00
274 UNDERHILL, Rev. M L, [et al]

[2 titles] New Zealand Chaplains in the Second World War...

Wellington 1950 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 49.00
275

UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL HISTORIES OF THE THIRD DIVISION 2nd NZEF IP [In Thirteen Volumes]...

NZD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
276 WALKER, RONALD

[2 titles] Alam Halfa and Alamein...

Wellington 1967 NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 37.00
277 WATERS, S.D.

[2 titles] The Royal New Zealand Navy...

Wellington 1956 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
278 ANSON, GEORGE

A Voyage Round the World

London 1849 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 123.00
279 BEAGLEHOLE, J.C [editor]

The Endeavour Journals of Joseph Banks 1768-1771

1963 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 135.00
280 BEAGLEHOLE, J.C.

[5 Books, 2 Booklets] The Journals of Captain James Cook with the folio of Charts & Views...

NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 369.00
  • 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.