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
51	WITHERBY, H.F., JOURDAIN, F.C.R., and others.	The Handbook of British Birds.	London	1949	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
52	WILLIAMS, Thomas Walter.	Original Precedents in Conveyancing...	Dublin	1790	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 825.50
53	WILSON, Hardy.	Instinct. Wandin, Victoria,		1945	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 539.75
54	BUCKLAND, Francis T.	Curiosities of Natural History.	London	1903	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
55	DEIGHTON, Len.	Horse Under Water.	London	1963	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
56		Two Arthur Upfield first editions, both	London.	1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57	VASON, George.	Life of the late George Vason of Nottingham. One of the troop of Missionaries first sent to the South Seas by the London Missionary Society in the ship Duff, Captain Wilson, 1796.	London	1840	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
58		FINDLAY, G. G and W. W. HOLDSWORTH. The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society.	London	1921-1924	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
59		OUIDA, pseudonym of aria Louise Rame. Eleven novels, from the Australian edition "	Melbourne,	1873	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
60		A bound volume of ten pamphlets	printed in Auckland	1947- 1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
61		Both	Published by Angus & Robertson		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
62		A shelf lot of books on Melanesian social anthropology, specifically Papua New Guinea and the Highlands.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
63		Four bound volumes of the New South Wales Government Gazette		1843-1851	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
64		Six books on Christian Missions in the South Pacific and Melanesia: KING, Joseph. W.G. Lawes of Savage Island and New Guinea.	London	1909	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
65	HALCOMBE, J. J. (editor).	The Emigrant and the Heathen; or sketches of Missionary life.	London	[1874].	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 762.00
66	COOPER, H.M.	The Unknown Coast. Being the explorations of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. along the shores of South Australia 1802	Adelaide	1953	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
67	SMITH, James Edward.	Memoir and Correspondence of the Late Sir James Edward Smith, M.D. President of the Linnaean Society. Edited by Lady Smith.	London	1832	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 444.50
68	[MORE Hannah].	Coelebs in Search of a Wife. Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals.	London	1826	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
69	BLACKWOOD, Robert Leslie.	The Quest of the Trout.	Melbourne	1926	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 203.20
70	COATES, D., and the Reverends John BEECHAM and William ELLIS. C	hristianity the Means of Civilization: Shown in the Evidence Given Before a Committee of the House of Commons, on Aborigines.	London	1837	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
71	ELLERY, Robert L. J.	Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observatory, in the Years 1881 -- 1884.	Melbourne	1888	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
72	[FRANKLIN, Sir John, and others].	Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land, 1837-1839.	Hobart	1840	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
73	LUFFMAN, John.	Elements of History and Chronology shewing the Origin of States and the Revolutions of Empires, from the Creation of the World to the Close of the Year 1804.	London	no date but 1805	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
74		Five books on Australian colonial history: GRIFFITHS, Nesta. Some Houses and People of New South Wales.	Sydney	1949	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
75	WAGNER, Richard.	Tannhauser. A dramatic poem		1911	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.