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
26	THYER, Brigadier J. H. (introduction).	The Grim Glory of the 2/19 Battalion A.I.F. by various members of the Unit Association.	Sydney	1975	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
27	CALDECOTT, R.	Randolph Caldecott's Last Graphic Pictures. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
28	NETTO, Curt.	Papier-Schmetterlinge aus Japan von C. Netto. Nach skizzen des verfassers illustrirt von Paul Bender.	Leipzig:	1888	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
29	NELSON, Harold (illustrator).	The Noble Birth and Gallant Atchievements of that Remarkable Outlaw Robin Hood Together with a True Account of the Many Merry & Extravagant Exploits He Play'd.	Edinburgh	1906	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
30	edited and produced S. Louis Giraud.	Two volumes of the Bookano Stories series,	London	circa1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
31	Mary Grant Bruce	'The Cousin from Town' and 'Rossiter's Farm'.	Melbourne	circa1920	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
32	JOHNS, Captain W.E.	Gimlet King of the Commandos.	London	1950	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
33	SHAKESPEARE, William.	The Tragedie of Macbeth. With illustrations and notes by J. Moyr Smith.	London	1889	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
34	BLACKMAN, Charles and AMADIO, Nadine (text).	Paris Dreaming. A Celebration of a City of the Imagination. The Paris Drawings of Charles Blackman Written and Compiled by Nadine Amadio.	Sydney	1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
35	ELUARD, Paul and Marc CHAGALL.	Le Dur Desir de Durer. Illustrated by Marc Chagall,	Surrey	1950	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
36	edited Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens.	The Pen Drawings of Norman Lindsay. Special Number of "Art in Australia",	Sydney	1918	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
37	OAKLEY, E. D.	Jimmy of Murrumbar. A Story of the Amazing Ability and Fidelity of an Australian Black Tracker.	Melbourne:	undated but 1938	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
38	[CURMER, Henri Leon].	IV Livres de L'imitation De Jesus-Christ Qu'aucuns Attribuent a Iessen a'autres a Gerson, & d'autres a Thomas, a Kempis, fidelement traduits.	Paris:	1856	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
39	BERNDT, Ronald M.	Kunapipi. A Study of an Australian Aboriginal Religious Cult.	Melbourne	1951	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
40		An endearing cache of The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of all the Arts.	London	various dates,	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
41	IDRIESS, Ion L.	Must Australia Fight? First edition of 1939.	Sydney	1939	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
42	FAULKNER, Henry.	Elephant Haunts: Being a Sportsman's Narrative of the Search for Doctor Livingstone, with Scenes of Elephant, Buffalo, and Hippopotamus Hunting.	London	1868	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 2,032.00
43	WHYMPER, Edward.	The Ascent of the Matterhorn.	London	1880	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
44	d'ORLEANS, Prince Henri.	From Tonkin to India by the Sources of the Irawadi January '95 -- January '96. Translated by Hamley Bent, illustrated by G. Vuillier.	London	1898	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
45	BOSWELL, James.	The Life of Samuel Johnson. A new edition elucidated by copious notes.	London	undated but 1851	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
46	MELVILLE, Henry.	Observations respecting the Islands of the Mauritius, written during a Short Sojourn there in 1828.	Adelaide	2004	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 241.30
47		Atlas-Geography of Siam -- 28 Lessons and Readings. Atlas-Geographie du Siam -- 28 lecons et lectures.	Orne	1925	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
48	McGRATH, Sandra.	Brett Whiteley.	Sydney	1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,270.00
49	Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc.	Der Blaue Reiter.	Munich	1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
50	Bill Henson.	Mnemosyne	in Zurich and in Sydney	2005	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50

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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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.