Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and the Arts, 92825, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025

Page Size: 309 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226		A little bundle of Sydney history from Beecroft and surrounds. \			AUD 120.00 - 160.00	AUD 38.10
227		Three books of Great Expeditions. 1) The Seventy Great Journeys in History edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison		2006	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
228		A small collection of Science books mostly related to physics and its theories. 1) Niels Bohr's Times in Physics, Philosophy and Polity	Oxford.		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
229		A shelf of the classics. Everything from Shakespeare, Dante's Divine Comedy, Bernard Shaw, Complete poems of Keats and Shelley, Famous plays of the 18th Century, Steinbeck and more.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
230		Folio Society. Hardcovers in slipcase in very good condition. 1) Lives of Artists			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50
231		Music biographies and more 1) Johann Sebastian Bach			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
232		Three Atlases. 1) Edward Gibbon's Atlas of the World. Folio in Slipcase. 2) The Contemporary Atlas of China, Published Collins.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
233		Four books on Nepal and the Himalayas. Includes: 1) Art of Nepal. Los Angelos County Museum of Art. Quarto paperback. 2) Himalayas			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
234		A shelf of Australian (and surrounds) Natural History . 1) Encyclopaedia of Australian Wildlife. 2) Bungania Caves 3) Pacific Wonderland 4) Ornamental Flowering Trees of Australia. 5) A field Guide to Australian Birds			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
235		A shelf of Australiana books. From historical homes to, pioneer histories. A fabulous lot. 1) The Art of Sally Morgan 2) The Artists and the Desert - McGrath and Olsen 3) Australia's Historic Heritage 4) Historic Places of Australia 5)			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
236		Italian & European Art 1) Paintings in the Vatican			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
237		Four books on Art, Architecture & Stain Glass. 1) The House of God			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
238		Hubble Space Photography. 1) Hubble Vision: Astronomy with the Hubble Space Telescope		1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
239		A collection of beautiful photography books.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
240		Three books on Australian Wine 1) Margaret River : Australian Wine Regions R Ian Lloyd 2005.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
241	Norbert Aujoulat.	The Splendour of Lascaux: Rediscovering the Greatest Treasure of Prehistoric Art		2005	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 152.40
242		A shelf of history 21 books: Ancient to Modern. From the Temples of Egypt to British History, to Medieval Classical Art and Old Civilisations.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
243		A packed shelf of paperback fiction.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 38.10
244		Two shelves of Fiction.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
245		A shelf of Folio Society .			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
246		Notes and Sketches of New South Wales. during a Residence in that Colony from 1839 to 1844 Meredith, Mrs. Charles	London	1844	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 215.90
247	Rev John Graham.	Lawrence Struilby or Observations And Experiences During Twenty-Five Years Of Bush-Life In Australia.	London	1863	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 349.25
248		Mutiny on the Bounty 1) The Voyage of the Bounty Launch. John Fryer's Narrative, with an introduction by Stephen Walters.		1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
249	John Currey.	Bass Strait & Van Dieman's Land 1) A voyage to Establish a Settlement in Bass's Straights to which is added a Description of Port Phillip and an account of the landing at The Derwent in 1804	Melbourne	1986	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
250	AW Howitt	The Native Tribes of South-East Australia	London	1904	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50

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.