Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
248		7 books on Christianity,			AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 127.00
249		Narrative Of The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine, From Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland. Compiled From The Journals Of The Brothers and edited by Frederick J Byerley. Facsimile of the 1867		1995	AUD 60.00 - 80.00	AUD 50.80
250		Zohrab the Hostage. By DR Morier the author of Haji Baba.	n Paris	1833	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
251		The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt Edited by M. Aurousseau. 3 Volumes.		1968	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
252		The Australian Abroad by J. Hingston. 2 Volumes. here are numerous illustrations and maps.	London	1879;	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
253		Reminiscences of Thirty Years Residence in New South Wales and Victoria With A Supplementary Chapter on Transportation and the Ticket of Leave System by R Therry.	London	1863	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
254		Our Antipodes; or, Residence and Rambles in the Australian Colonies with a Glimpse of the Gold Fields by Lt Colonel Charles Mundy	London	1855	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
255		Six books on Asia.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
256	DIGGLES, Silvester.	The Ornithology of Australia. Reprint of the original edition		1866 and	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
257		Two prize bindings from Sydney Schools. 1) Sydney Church of England Grammar School 1937.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
258	Jane Austen	A collection of book by and about Jane Austen. 1) Talking of Jane Austen by Kaye-Smith and Stern. 1944			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
259	William Cowper	The Poetical Works of William Cowper from the Aldine Edition of the British Poets series. published in London by William Pickering, 1843.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
260		Imitation de la Sainte Vierge.	in Paris		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
261		Finely bound copy of Mitchell's Popular Astronomy.	in London	c1876.	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
262		A little bundle of sweet small bindings to decorate your shelf.			AUD 120.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
263		A box of fourteen books.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
264		A collection of books on Printing and Book collecting including a couple of Australian related books.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
265	Vincent Van Gogh.	Vincent Van Gogh. Two volumes 1) Paintings 2) Drawings. Hardcovers in dustwrappers. In slipcase.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
266		Three modern book on Australian Religious History.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
267		Flower Paintings of Ellis Rowan. From the collection of the National Library of Australia.	Canberra:	1982	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 254.00
268	Joseph Banks	Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
269	Adrian Feint edited Sydney Ure Smith.	Adrian Feint Flower Paintings	Sydney	1948	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
270		Painting Ornament & Carpets			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
271	All Cunningham.	The Songs of Scotland: Ancient and Modern	in London	1825	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
272		A little bundle of nine fine bindings. The tallest book 18cm.			AUD 350.00 - 500.00	AUD 241.30

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.