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
76	ETHERIDGE, Robert (curator and editor).	Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898.		1899- 1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,397.00
77	SHAW, George Bernard & FARLEIGH, John.	The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God.	London	1932	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
78		An outstanding lot of books on the history of New Zealand, including some scarce and desirable titles. All but two of the titles in this lot are hardcover octavo books, bound in the original cloth. Most have their dust-jackets, and the condition is overal	London	1887	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 698.50
79	KOVESI, Catherine.	Pitch Your Tents on Distant Shores: A History of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Tahiti.	Caringbah, NSW	2006	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
80		An excellent selection of books on Maori arts and culture.			AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 2,032.00
81	MARETT R.R. and T.K. PENNIMAN, T.K. (editors).	Spencer's Scientific Correspondence with Sir J.G. Frazer and Others.	Oxford University Press	1932	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
82	NICHOLSON, Peter.	The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture. Fully Explaining the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings; for Diminishing and Gluing of Columns and Capitals...	London	1815	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
83	MacPherson of Dalchully.	Two books on the history and genealogy of Scotland, both in most attractive leather bindings: CHEYNE-MacPHERSON, W. The Chiefs of Clan MacPherson	Edinburgh	1947	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
84	MARSHALL, Arthur C.	The Council of the Municipality of Mosman... Report for period 1922-23. Prefaced with a short historical sketch compiled by the Town Clerk (Arthur C. Marshall).	Mosman	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
85	BARTLETT, W.H. [William Henry]	Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem.		no date but circa 1845	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
86		Mrs. Beeton's Christmas Annual, Fourteenth Season.	London	1860	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
87	MONTGOMERIE, H.S.	The Morrison Myth. A pendant to William Bligh and the Bounty in Fact and Fable.	London	1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
88	BYRD, Richard Evelyn.	Little America. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. The Flight to the South Pole	New York	1930	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 698.50
89	[PARKES, Sir Henry, and others].	Official Record of the Proceedings and Debates of the National Australasian Convention. Held in Parliament House, Sydney, New South Wales, in the Months of March and April, 1891.	Sydney	1891	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
90	READ, Charles Rudston.	What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields.	London	1853	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
91	[KAREN BLIXEN]. DINESEN, Isak.	Seven Gothic Tales. With an introduction by Dorothy Canfield.	New York	1934	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
92	BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de.	A Voyage Round the World. Performed by John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S. by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.	London	1772	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,778.00
93		Presentation folder from the Committee of Management of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum to Henry Birch, in appreciation for his services.	Dated May	1901	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
94		Presentation folder from Cecil Wedgwood, Mayor of Stoke-on-Kent, to the Australian Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, upon his visit during June 1911.		1911	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
95		Illuminated award to A.J.C. Chamen from the doctors and staff at Cootamundra District Hospital,		1925	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
96	edited by Diane Barwick and Robert Reece.	Aboriginal History, a journal		1977-1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
97	LAWSON, Henry.	The Romance of the Swag.		1939	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
98	HAWKESWORTH, John.	Captain James Cook, and others. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken	London	1773	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 3,175.00
99	KING, Phillip Parker.	Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822. With an Appendix, Containing Various Subjects Relating to Hydrography and Natural History.	London	1827	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
100	Karl Baedeker.	Paris and its Environs with Routes from London to Paris - Handbook for Travellers - With 14 maps and 42 plans - Eighteenth Revised Edition	Leipzig	1913	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50

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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.