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
51	Brett Whiteley.	Ten posters of artworks by Brett Whiteley.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
52		Chinese language monograph of traditional landscape painting.		Circa1980	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
53	PENROSE, Roland.	The Road is Wider than Long. An Image Diary from the Balkans, July - August 1938.	London	1939	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
54		A bound set of The Victorian Naturalist: The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.	Melbourne	1884-1926	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
55		Eight books on the R.A.A.F. in the Second World War.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
56		Four books on the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57	SKENNERTON, Ian.	Australian Service Bayonets.	Margate, Queensland	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
58		Nine books on northern Australia, Darwin, and New Guinea in WW2.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
59		Ten books on the Australian Infantry Forces in World War One.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
60		Four books on Australian artillery and allied divisions.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
61		Seven books on the Australian army in the Vietnam War.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
62	WITHAM, George.	Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units.	Memphis	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
63	JONES, T. Wharton.	The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery.	London	1855	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
64	by Steven Runciman.	Two volumes from the History of the Crusades			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
65	COATES, John.	An Atlas of Australia's Wars.		2001	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
66		Seven books and publications on the bibliography of Australian mining and geology:			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
67	T.W. Edgeworth David	A bound volume of seven scarce offprints and reports by Professor Sir T.W. Edgeworth David, the legendary Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer.		1922	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
68		Eighteen Agatha Christie titles.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
69	DRAYDON, Allan.	Men of Courage. A History of 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945.		2001	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
70	SERLE, R.P.	The Second Twenty Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the 9th Division.	Melbourne	1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
71	BRAHMS, Vivian.	The Spirit of the Forty-Second. Narrative of the 42nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Forces, during the Great War 1914-1918.	Facsimile of the Brisbane edition.	1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
72		Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
73		Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
74		Eight books (in nine volumes) on Australian inland exploration.			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
75	W.H. Nicholl	Orchids of Australia. Drawn in natural colour by W.H. Nicholls with descriptive text.	Melbourne	1951	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00

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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.