Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	HUME, Fergus W.	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.	London	[not dated but mid-1888].	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 5,207.00
27	IDRIESS, Ion L.	Manuscript fragment by Idriess, written when wounded aboard a transport in the Dardanelles during the First World War.		1915	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
28	IDRIESS, Ion L.	Manuscript of Forty Fathoms Deep.		1937	AUD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
29	Bookplate measuring 176 x 114 cm, fine and uncirculated, 1930.	Amy Johnson was a pioneer English aviator, revered as the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in the year 1930.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
30	MacFARLANE, Charles.	Constantinople in 1828. A residence of sixteen months in the Turkish capital and provinces.	London	1829	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
31	MANILIUS.	Astronomicon ex Recensione Richardi Bentleii	Strasbourg	1767	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
32		Sermones ingeniosissimi ac sctissimi [sanctissimi] patris Ephris Edissene ecclesie dyaconi per Fr. Ambrosium Camaldulensem de greco in latinum conversi.	Paris	1505	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
33	MILLISS, Roger.	Waterloo Creek. The Australia Day massacre of 1838, George Gipps and the British conquest of New South Wales.	Melbourne	1992	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
34	MILNE, A.A.	Toad of Toad Hall. A play from Kenneth Grahame's book 'The Wind in the Willows'.	London	1929	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
35	[UNKNOWN COMPILER].	Armorials of Somerset.	Undated	circa 1800	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
36	[PARIS OLYMPICS].	LANE, Frederick Claude Vivian. Collection of Bookplates. Seven bookplates, various sizes		1929 and 1910-1940.	AUD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00	Not Sold
37	PENNANT, Thomas.	The View of Hindoostan.	London	1798	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
38	PUZOS, Nicolas.	Traite des Accouchemens contenant des observations importantes sur la pratique de cet Art; deux petits traites; l'un, sur quelques maladies de la Matrice; & l'autre sur les maladies des Enfans du premier age	Paris	1759	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
39	RITSON, Joseph.	Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, and Galloway, and Murray.	Edinburgh	1828	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 603.25
40	ROBERTS, Peter.	The Cambrian Popular Antiquities; or, an Account of the Traditions, Customs, and Superstitions, of Wales.	London	1815	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
41	STREHLOW, T.G.H.	Songs of Central Australia.	Sydney	1971	AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
42	WILLAN, Robert.	On Vaccine Inoculation.	London	1806	AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
43	VALENTIA, Jacob Perez de.	Doctissimae et plane divinae explanationes in centum & quinquaginta Psalmos Davidicos...	Venice	1581	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,270.00
44	WHEATLEY, Dennis.	Murder off Miami [and] Who Killed Robert Prentice?	New York	1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
45	Annie E Proulx:	Accordion Crimes.	New York	1996	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
46	WOLF, Joseph.	The Life and Habits of Wild Animals. Engraved by J.W. and Edward Whymper, with descriptive letterpress by Daniel Giraud Elliot.	London	1874	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47		A bundle of very old English newspapers,		1674	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
48		This lot comprises a collection of 35 volumes (houses within in 28 protective slipcases), being high-quality facsimile editions of famous juvenile literature, drawn from the breathtaking Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public L	London Tokyo	1981	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
49	PRATT, George (illustrator).	Enemy Ace. War Idyll 1914 1918		1991	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
50		Parameters for the River. A prospectus for rehabilitation of Parramatta River,	Sydney	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80

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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.