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
220	George Romanes.	Mental Evolution in Man	London	1888	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 177.80
221	Frank C. Pape	The Works of Rabelais illustrated by Frank C. Pape in 2 Volumes.	London	1933	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
222		8 books on Antiques.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
223		20 books on a mix of ceramics, pottery and art.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
224	Nancy Mitford	2 books by Nancy Mitford, 1) Madame De Pompadour. 2) The Sun King.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
225		The Diplomatic Reminiscences of Lord Augustus Loftus in 2 Volumes.	London	1892	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
226		13 books on the History of England,			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
227		3 books on Catholicism 1) Advent Conferences by Archbishop Vaughan.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
228		16 books on Literature, mostly old books published before 1900		before 1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
229		A bundle of Maps of the Bendigo Strathfieldsaye Area. 1930s-80s.		1930s-80s.	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
230		Thirteen Victoria Geological Maps		1970s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
231		Two John Olsen's reproduction prints.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
232	John Bartholomew.	Two Imperial Maps of England & Wales. Drawn & Engraved		No date c1860s.	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
233		About 20 Maps, Posters and Prints.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
234		1) Ten Superman Comics			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
235		1) Victory A.B.C. Play Tray A box of 26 shaped wooden building blocks shaped as horse. an ice cream, a clock, a jug, a milkman, a kettle, a rabbit, a queen, etc.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
236		1) 62 Panoramic Views Of The Blue Mountains New South Wales. Photos by H C Swain . Moore St Sydney. Series 2.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
237		A large collection of books on photography,			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
238		A bundle of different Australian Magazines			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
239		A small Ephemera lot.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
240		Six miscellaneous books, mostly Australian.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
243		12 books on Literature, all with wonderful fine bindings.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
245		10 books on history, all in good condition. Some titles include Letters of Aldous Huxley (1969), Rescued from Egypt by A. L. O. E. (1867) and Lays of Rome by Lord Macaulay (1880).			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
246		9 biographies focussing on Royal figures, all in good condition.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
247		11 biographies of key historical figures from a variety of backgrounds and professions.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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.