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
144	Gabriel Garcia Marquez.	One Hundred Years of Solitude	London	1970	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
145		Herpetological Papers 1889-1940.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,905.00
146		Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History under the leadership pf Roy Chapman Andrews. Preliminary Contributions in Geology Palaeontology, Archaeology and Zoology.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,778.00
147		Natural History of Central Asia			AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 4,445.00
148		Four Colour Maps by John Sands.		No date c1886.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
149		A very good lot of mixed history books. Includes: Ancient Greek Life Myth and Art ; Scottish History - Highland Clans 1475-1625; Irish History -The Great Shame ...			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 38.10
150	Will Goldston	Will Goldston's Exclusive Magical Secrets Series.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
151	Agatha Christie	Agatha Christie Crime Collection. 27 Volumes.		1991	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
152	Graham Greene.	6 Volumes Set by Graham Greene.		1997	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
153	Charles Dickens.	Twelve Volumes Works of Charles Dickens.		1994-1995.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
154	IDRIESS, Ion L.	The Great Trek First edition of 1940.	Sydney	1940	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
155	Edited Joan Kerr.	The Dictionary of Australian Artists - Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870.		1992	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
156		The Pele Albums - Selections From Public and Private Collections Celebrating The Soccer Career of Pele. 2 Volumes.		1990	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
157	Christopher Hibbert	Italian Cities. 3 Volumes Set		2000	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
158	henry Martin.	Les joyaux de l'enluminure a la Bibliotheque Nationale. The Jewels of Illumination at the National Library		1928	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 190.50
159		The Complete Atlas, One Hundred and Twenty Maps of Modern Historical , Classical, and Physical Geography; with Descriptive Letterpress of Modern and Physical Geography by James Bryce LLD; Historical Geography by William F. Collar and Classical Geography b		No date c1878.	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
160		Magnum Magnum by Brigitte Lardinois with 413 photographs in color and duotone.		2008	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
161	Peter C. Sutton.	The Age of Rubens		1993	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
162	edited Andreas Fingernagel & Christian Gastgeber.	1) In The Beginning was the Word - The Power and Glory of illuminated Bibles		2003	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 698.50
163	Hugh Tait.	1) 5000 Years of Glass edited		2012	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
164		Five books about Astronomy.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
165		Three book about Shipping.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
166		Five books about Atlas of World History.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
167	Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski.	Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski. Special edition.		2012	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
168		Five books about World Exploration and Mapping. All hardback and in very good condition.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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.