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
126		Graham Greene Folio Society Six Volumes in a slipcase	London	2004	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
127		The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World. Very good copy. Leather spine and in a slipcase. A very good looking copy. Measures 47 x 33 cm	London	1999	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
128		A 4 page letter, typed and signed and dated 1 October 1982, by the then Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser.		1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
129		1911 Government report on the feasibility of having a railway line run from Barellan towards Mirrool. This is in the Riverina District of New South Wales.		1911	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
130		1873 Report of the Inspector-General of Gardens, Parks, and Reserves.		1873	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
131		Tenth Report of The Board For The Protection of the Aborigines in The Colony of Victoria.		1874	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
132		Annual Report of the Territory of Papua. 1st July 1952 to 30th June 1953. Presented to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
133		Reports of the Queensland Main Roads Department for 1954; 1957 and 1960. Each report is about 100 pages of text. The 1954 report contains three large fold out maps and 15 pages of black and white photographs and the 1957 report has one large folding map a		1954; 1957 and 1960.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
134		About 18 Catalogues of music records. Parlophone 1931 Columbia Records 1923, ...			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
135		11 books on predominantly Psychology with a few on Philosophy, all in good condition. Some titles include Studies in Hysteria by Freud (1950), Collected Papers			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 50.80
136		13 books, all in good condition. A mix on Art, Literature, Theatre and Novels. Mostly from the early-mid 1900s, with a few being more modern titles.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
137	Mark Pennings.	Origins of Australian football : Victoria's early history		2012, 2013-2016	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
138		A set of the complete novels and historical writings of Sir Walter Scott.		circa1862-63	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
139	Zunyi Yang, Cheng Yuqi and Wang Hongzhen. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics No. 3	The Geology of China		1986	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
140	Richard Adams	Watership Down	the UK		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
141	Graeme Base,	The Discovery of Dragons	Melbourne	1996	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
142	Ronald Dahl. Illustrations Quentin Blake.	The Twits		1980	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
143	Peter Carey	The Tax Inspector	St. Lucia	1991	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
144	Tim Winton	Cloudstreet	Melbourne	1991	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 317.50
145	Mario Vargas Llosa and first UK editions	1) The War At The End Of The World 1984 2) The Storyteller1989 3) Death In The Andes 1993	London		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
146	Milan Kundera	1) The Book of Laughter and Forgetting		1982	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
147	Arthur W Upfield	Winds Of Evil	Sydney	1937	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,032.00
148	Henry Lawson	While The Billy Boils With Eight Plates by Mahony.	Sydney	1896	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 2,159.00
149	H. Rider Haggard.	Treasure of the Lake	New York	1926	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
150		A handwritten letter from Roy Bridges to A C Rowlandson.. Roy Bridges was an Australian writer of crime and adventure novels. Many of his books were set in Tasmania where he was born and lived for many years. Rowlandson was the publisher for the NSW Books		circa 1910	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50

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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.