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
298	The Rev. FO Morris.	A History of British Birds			AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
299	Edward Hutton.	Theocritos The Complete Poems Translated by Jack Lindsay with Wood Cuts by Lionel Ellis and an Introduction	in London	No date but 1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
300		The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay. By Lin Bloomfield.	North Sydney:	1998	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
301		Norman Lindsay Bookplate for his grand daughter Helen.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
302	James Edge-Partington.	Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands	Bangkok	1996	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
303	Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith.	The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages.		1985-1987	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 381.00
304	Thor Heyerdahl.	The Art of Easter Island	London:	1976	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
305	A L Crawford	Aida Life and Ceremony of the Gogodala		1981	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
306	Adrienne Kaeppler, Christine Kaufmann and Douglas Newton.	Oceanic Art.	New York	1997	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
307	Gunnar Landtman.	The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea - A Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau's Ideal Community		1927	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 349.25
308		L'Art Oceanien: Sa Presence - Collection "Le Musee vivant," No.38	Paris	1951	AUD 220.00 - 280.00	Not Sold
309	Photographs George MacDonald. Text Charles Hunt.	Shark Tooth Stone Blade: Pacific Island art from the University of Aberdeen .			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
310		Spatules a chaux Massim Lime Spatulas.	Paris	2000	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
311	Chris Boylan.	New Guinea Shields. Animated by Spirits	New York	2012	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
312	Wardwell, Scheinberg, Zarember.	Woman Eternal: The Female Image in African Art	New York	1991	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
313	edited Harry Beran and Barry Craig.	Shields of Melanesia		2005	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
314	Captain Frank Hurley	Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air on Land and Sea in New Guinea	Putnams	1924	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
315	Adrienne Kaeppler.	Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art	Honolulu	2010	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
316		Oceanic Art by Anthony Meyer. Text in English, German and French.		2000	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
317		The Austral Islands: History, Art And Art History by Rhys Richards.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 127.00
318		Arts of the South Seas: Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. From the Collections of the Musee Barbier-Mueller. Edited by Douglas Newton.			AUD 180.00 - 220.00	AUD 215.90
319		Arts primitifs dans les ateliers d'artistes.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
320		Art. Art Objects, and Ritual in the Mimika Culture by Simon Kooijman.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
321		DAALDER, Truus. "Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa". Public by Ethnic Art Publications in association with Macmillan in 2009.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
322		Three books on Jewellery.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90

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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.