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
176	NIXON, Richard.	Real Peace. A Strategy for the West.	New York	1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
177	MORRISON, James.	The Journal of James Morrison, Boatswain's mate of The Bounty. Describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti.	London	1935	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
178	BLIGH, William.	The Bligh Notebook. 'Rough account - Lieutenant Wm. Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor' 28 April to 14 June 1789.		1986	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
179	BLIGH, William.	The Voyage of the Bounty's Launch as related in William Bligh's Despatch to the Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer.	London	1934	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 635.00
180	BLIGH, William.	Bligh's Voyage in the Resource, from Coupang to Batavia, together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet "Vlydt" and his remarks on Morrison's Journal.	London	1937	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 698.50
181	BLIGH, William.	The Log of the Bounty. Being Lieutenant William Bligh's Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in a Voyage to the South Seas, to take the Breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies.	London	1937	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
182	FRYER, Mary Ann.	John Fryer of the Bounty. With an introduction and commentary by Owen Rutter, and Wood-Engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve.	London	1939	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
183	SHACKLETON, E. H.	Aurora Australis.	Auckland	1988	AUD 2,400.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
184	BLACKMAN, Charles and AMADIO, Nadine (text).	Paris Dreaming. A Celebration of a City of the Imagination. The Paris Drawings of Charles Blackman Written and Compiled by Nadine Amadio.	Sydney	1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
185	[SMITH, Captain John]. ARBER, Edward (editor).	Capt. John Smith, of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire; President of Virginia, and Admiral of New England. Works 1608-1631.		1884	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
186		A bound volume comprising the first eight parts of the "English Scholar's Library". The editor of this series, Edward Arber, was a fellow of Kings College and embarked on publishing the "English Scholar's Library", with the noble intention of making impos		1558, 1878 and 1879	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
187	GIBBON, Edward.	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and unabridged in three volumes.	New York	no date but circa 1940	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
188	MAETERLINCK, Maurice.	The Life of the Bee. Translated by Alfred Sutro. Illustrated by Edward J Detmold.	London	1911	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
189		Vita del Padre Emmanuele Padial, della Compagnia di Gesu...	Parma	1728	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
190	SIMON, Andre.	History of the Champagne Trade in England.	London	1905	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
191	FORESTER, C.S.	Flying Colours including A Ship of the Line.	London	1938	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 381.00
192	Ken McGregor.	Fifty Years of Perceval Drawings	Sydney	1989	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
193		A shelf lot of historical novels, mostly contemporary, and typically on themes of the Middle Ages.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
194	Jane Austen.	A small lot of books by and about Jane Austen.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
195		Five books on Medieval history.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
196	WELCH, Charles.	London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century. Contemporary Biographies, edited by W. T. Pike (Pike's New Century Series, No. 15).		1905	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
197	KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johann von.	Voyage Round the World, in the years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva.	London	1813	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
198	BATCHELDER, Alf.	Playing The Greater Game: The Melbourne Cricket Club and its Ground in World War I.	Brighton, Victoria	1998	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
199	HAY, Agnes Grant, nee Gosse.	Footprints. A Memoir of the Late Alexander Hay, one of the fathers and early colonists of South Australia.	London	1899	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
200	edited by Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Markbreiter.	Arts of Asia Magazine,		1989-1993	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	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.