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
101		The Charlie Chaplin Book.	New York	1916	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 50.80
102		1) Paperback copy of : The Man With The Golden Typewriter 2) Thrilling Cities 3) From Russia With Love Penguin 2008 4) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Vol 3. 1965. All reprints Good copies			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 203.20
103	Charlton Hinman.	The Norton Facsimile The First Folio of Shakespeare. Prepared		1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
104		Seven First Edition Biggles Books Biggles: 1. Works It Out 1951 2.Buries A Hatchet 1958 3.Chinese Puzzle 1955 4. Of The Interpol 1957 5. And The Black Raider 1953 6. Another Job For 1951 7. Foreign Legionnaire 1954 All in dustwrappers with lit			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
105		Spot Map Showing The Gold-Copper Ratios of the Copper Ores from The Copper Mines and Localities of the Cloncurry Gold and Mineral Field . This map measures 105 x 77 cm and was printed in December 1940			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
106		1) The Life of Mozart			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
107	Christopher De Hamel.	1) A History of Illuminated Manuscripts		1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 76.20
108	Simon Winchester	1) The Map That Changed The World. The Tale of William Smith and The Birth Of A Science	London	2001	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
109	Elizabeth Magee 2004 2) The Greek Myths 1996 3) Gothic Art and Architecture	1) Legends Of The Ring Selected and Edited			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
110	Betty Radice. .Edwin Gibbon Edited and With An Introduction	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	London	1983	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
111	Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. In Two Volumes	Recollections Of A Happy Life Being The Autobiography Of Marianne North Edited	London	1892	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
112		1890s Manuscript material from the estate of Ion Idriess concerning Jandamarra (or Pigeon as he was known to the white settlers of the Kimberley's).		1890s	AUD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00	AUD 26,670.00
113	Idriess one page Mostly Nature, Early Mounted Police, and Northern Territory Notes. Generally from about or just before 1930, onward.	Handwritten			AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	AUD 9,525.00
114	John Armour	The Spell Of The Inland A Romance of Central Australia	Sydney	1927	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
115		A box of music books includes Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
116		A broadsheet circa 1932: Monday, May 16 FITZROY STADIUM BRUNSWICK STREET WRESTLING SIX 8 MINUTE ROUNDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING ALEC. DONNETT (RICHMOND) V BOB. PHILLIPS NORTH MELBOURNE Both are ex Australian Amateur Champions Boxing - 6 Rounds		circa 1932	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
117		The State Hermitage. Masterpieces from the Museum's Collections. 2 volume set is a slipcase and dustwrappers.	London	1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
118	D H Lawrence and M. L. Skinner.	The Boy In The Bush	New York	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
119	Frederick McCarthy.	Australia's Aborigines. Their Life and Culture.	Melbourne	1957	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
120		1) Lewis and Short: A Latin Dictionary. This is a twenty first century reprint of the 1879 edition		1879	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
121		1914 Commonwealth of Australia Port Augusta -Oodnadatta Railway. 6 page Parliamentary Paper with a large foldout map with some colour. Map of Port Augusta measures 49 x 43 cm		1914	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
122		1902 NSW Government Report on the Proposed Tramway From Oxford Street to Bellevue Hill. Foolscap size 102 pages. Large folding map measures 90 x 60 cm		1902	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
123		A poster printed in red and black on white lnen STOP SENSELESS SLAUGHTER CONSERVE WILDLIFE	Sydney		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
124	Peter Lombard	49 leaves printed both sides (so 98 pages) written by Peter Lombard and printed in Basel in 1487.		1487	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
125		Charlotte, Emily & Anne Bronte The Complete Novels. Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Gray	London	1991	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00

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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.