Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Rev. Walter Weston. | A facsimile of: Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps |
in London | 1896 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 106 | Jean de Brunhoff. | Histoire de Babar Le Petit Elephant by |
in Paris | 1931 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 107 | Edited Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson. | BOYS will be boys! A Photographic Essay. |
1966 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 108 | Time Flies by Bill Cosby. |
1987 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | My Battle by a nasty little man with a moustache. |
Boston | 1933 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 110 | Story of "Southern Cross" Trans Pacific Flight 1928 by Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm. |
in Sydney | 1928 | AUD 450.00 - 550.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 111 | Bradman by AG Moyes. |
Sydney | 1948 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 112 | Graham Freudenberg. | A Certain Grandeur |
1977 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | Matthew Hayden. | Standing My Ground |
2010 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 114 | John Le Carre. | Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy |
1974 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 115 | Joan Lindsay. | Picnic at Hanging Rock |
in Melbourne | 1967 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 116 | Germaine Greer. | The Female Eunuch |
in New York | 1971 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 117 | Christina Scott. | Nelson Mandela : A Force For Freedom |
2005 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | Ion Idriess | The Scout The Australian Guerrilla Book VI |
in Sydney | 1943 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 119 | Pierce Egan | Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Revised and Corrected with additions of numerous slang phrases, collected from tried authorities |
in London | 1823 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 120 | Henry Lawson | In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses. |
in Sydney | 1896 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | Francesco Milizia. | Principles of architecture |
in Roma: | 1800 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola | Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture de Jacques Barozzio de Vignole : nouveau livre on y joint un essai sur les memes ordres suivant le sentiment des plus celebres architectes. Le tout enrichi de vignettes et cartels. |
in Paris | 1762 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 123 | Johann Peter Ludewig | German Law. Handbook of the German States and Territories. Germania princeps. Volumen sacri rom. Imperii electores complexum |
in Halle | 1711 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 124 | A C Kelly | The Vine in Australia |
in Melbourne; Sydney | 1861 | AUD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 125 | Thomas A Kempis | French Imitation of Christ 1783 - De Imitatione Christi by Thomae A Kempis. |
in Leodii | 1783 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | 1679 Funeral Ceremonies of all Nations by Muret Ceremonies funebres de toutes les nations by Muret. |
in Paris | 1679 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 127 | James Fordyce. | Chronology of the Reigns of George III & IV; Including a Notice of every important Fact....With a General Chronology of the most important Events and Discoveries, from the earliest Records, to the Year 1760 |
in London | 1823 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 130 | Karl Baedeker | London and its Environs 1900 - Handbook for Travellers |
in Leipsic | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 143 | George Baker. | The Soul of a Skunk: the autobiography of a conscientious objector |
London: | 1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
