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
130	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[association copy] Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord	Dunedin	1945	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 105.00
131	BEATTIE, HERRIES	Our Southernmost Maoris	Dunedin	1954	NZD 75.00 - 125.00	NZD 209.00
132	BEATTIE, HERRIES	The Maoris and Fiordland	Dunedin	1949	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 105.00
134	BEATTIE, HERRIES	The Moa. When Did It Become Extinct?	Dunedin	[1953]	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 62.00
135	BEATTIE, HERRIES	Tikao Talks	Dunedin	1939	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 221.00
136	BEATTIE, HERRIES	[2 titles] Maori Place-names of Canterbury...	Dunedin	1945	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 62.00
137	BEATTIE, JAMES HERRIES [edited by Atholl Anderson]	Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 246.00
138	BEST, ELSDON	[6 issues] Dominion museum Bulletins No's 4 to No 10...			NZD 250.00 - 400.00	NZD 185.00
139	BEST, ELSDON	Forest Lore of the Maori	Wellington	1942	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 123.00
140	BEST, ELSDON	The Maori	Wellington	1924	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 172.00
141	BEST, ELSDON	Waikare-Moana, The Sea of the Rippling Waters	Wellington	1897	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 74.00
142	BEST, ELSDON [2 titles]	The Maori Kohanga [The Nest House] and Its Lore			NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 135.00
143	BEST, ELSDON	[2 volumes] Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist...			NZD 400.00 - 500.00	NZD 492.00
144	BEST, ELSDON	[2 volumes] Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist...			NZD 200.00 - 250.00	NZD 461.00
145	BEST, ELSDON	The Pa Maori	Wellington	1927	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	NZD 49.00
146	BINNEY, JUDITH/ GILLIAN CHAPLIN	Nga Morehu: The Survivors	Auckland	1986	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
147		COLONIAL MUSEUM BULLETINS [3 ISSUES]...		[1905]	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 123.00
148	COWAN, JAMES	[2 titles] Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori...	Auckland etc	1925	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 92.00
149	COWAN, JAMES	[association copy] The Maori Yesterday and Today	Auckland etc	1930	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
150	DITTMER, W.	Te Tohunga. The Ancient Legends and Traditions of The Maoris	London	1907	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 86.00
151	DUFF, ROGER	[3 titles] The Moa-Hunter Period of Maori Culture...	Wellington	1977	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 68.00
152	DUFF, ROGER	[2 titles] The Moa-Hunter Period of Maori Culture...	Wellington	1950	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	NZD 111.00
153	GREENWOOD, WILLIAM	The Upraised Hand or The Spiritual Significance pf the Rise of the Ringatu Faith	Wellington	1942	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 37.00
154	GREY, SIR GEORGE	[3 titles] Polynesian Mythology & Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders...	London	ND [ca 1900]	NZD 120.00 - 180.00	NZD 111.00
155	GUDGEON, THOMAS WAYTH	The History and Doings of the Maoris	Auckland	1885	NZD 50.00 - 80.00	NZD 62.00

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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.