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
101	JONES, Davis (illustrator).	The Book of Jonah. Taken from the authorised version of King James I with engravings on wood by David Jones.	London	1979	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
102	SAFFORD, William Edwin.	The Chamorro Language of Guam. A grammar of the idiom spoken by the inhabitants of the Marianne, or Ladrones Islands.	Washington D.C.	1909	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
103		The Jurassic system in Great Britain by WJ Arkell.		1933	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
104		A lovely collection of the Presidential addresses delivered to the Royal Society of NSW.		1897-1950.	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
105		Fifteen volumes of Philadelphia Franklin Institute Scientific Addresses, all from 1924, and separately issued in the original printed wrappers.		1924	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
106		Eleven books on Australian exploration and history.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
107		Class Book of Geology by Archibald Geikie.	London	1903	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
108		Large chromolithographic map of the NSW groundwater reservoirs titled "Map Shewing Geological Survey of Artesian Intake Beds N.S.W. Survey made under the direction of E.F. Pittman Esq., Government Geologist, 1905-1910.	Sydney	1910	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
109		Six books on microscopy, especially geological microscopy.		1904	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
110	BASSLER, Ray S.	Bibliographic Index of American Ordovician and Silurian Fossils.. Volumes One and Two.	Washington	1915	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
111		Three Annual Reports from the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, for the years 1911, 1913 and 1932.		1911	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
112		This lot comprises: Ice or water: another appeal to induction from the scholastic methods of modern geology by Henry H Howorth.	London ; New York	1905	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
113	Edited by A. Liversidge	Journal an Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Volume XV for the year 1881.		1881	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
114	JACK, Robert Logan and ETHERIDGE, Robert.	Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea.	Brisbane; London.	189	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
115		Three scarce publications arising from the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia during the thirties.		1937	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
116	Arthur Smith Woodward	Two rare monographs on Australian palaeontology by Arthur Smith Woodward, keeper of the department of geology at the British Museum.		1895	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
117		Contributions to the Tertiary Flora of Australia. By Dr. Constantin , Baron von Ettingshausen.	Sydney	1888	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
118		Seven books on the Australian army and related military subjects.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
119		Three old technical books on Australian fossils: RAMSAY, E.P. Catalogue of a Collection of Fossils in the Australian Museum.	Sydney	1883	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
120		An interesting cache of five books on the geology of New Zealand. THOMSON, J. Allan. Brachiopod Morphology and Genera.	Wellington	1927	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
121		Minerals of Western Australia by Edward S Simpson.		1948-1952.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
122	BOOKER, F.W.	The Sedimentation of the Greta and Tomago Coal Measures of the Singleton-Muswellbrook Coalfield.		1953	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
123		Three volumes from the Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology in London.	London	1848-1899	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
124		Antiquarian books and maps on the geology and mining prospects of Canada.		1877	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
125		A mixed lot of 11 geology, mining, and mineralogy pamphlets.		1896	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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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.