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
201		A striking engraved plate of Jacob's ladder, illustrating Genesis 28.12	the Hague	1728	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
202		Two natural history plates from "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay",	London	1789	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
203		Ten ichthyological studies of tropical marine fishes,	London	1799	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
204		Five Australiana books, all hardcover octavo titles.	London	1897	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
205		This lot comprises a range of materials. Of greatest interest are four regimental commissions, printed upon vellum parchment, and dated 1896-1898. T		1896-1898	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
206	Mark Twain	Four books by Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Clemens).		1883	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
207	Xavier Herbert,	First edition of Poor Fellow My Country	Melbourne	1975	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
208	STANLEY, Henry M.	In Darkest Africa.	New York	1890	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
209	Harriet Beecher Stowe. Comprising "Uncle Tom's Cabin", London circa 1900, f "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands", London 1854.	Three Books		1854	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
210		The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. Originally		1909, 1979	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 254.00
211		The Arts. A mixed lot. 1) Fifty Drawing			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
212		Lloyds Natural History 1) Handbook to the Carnivora. Part 1 Cats Civets and Mongooses			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
213		Map of Australia	in London	1886	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25
214	edited byProfessor Baldwin Spencer.	Handbook of Melbourne: for the Use of Members of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science	Melbourne	1890	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
215	John Stanley James.	Australian History 1) The Vagabond Papers			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
216	Julian Thomas.	Three books on the South Seas. 1) Cannibals and Convicts		1886	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
217	REN Twopenny.	Reminiscing early Australia 1) Town Life in Australia		1883	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
218	Jillian Robertson.	Australian Biographies 1) Lizard Island: A Reconstruction of the Life of Mrs Watson		1981	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
219	Will Lawson.	A little bundle of Early Australian Fiction. 1) When Cobb and Co. was King		1936	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
220	David W Waters Lieut-Commander.	Navigation & Voyages. 1) The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times		1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
221		Sydney University Speleological Society 1955-1957 Volume 1 number 1 Volume 2 Number 1 and 2 Volume 3 One and Two Volume 4 Number 1			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
222	Ion Idriess.	Three books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 88.90
223		What the World Thinks - A Collection of Cartoons from the World Press.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
224	Peter Southwell-Keely.	Snowy Mountains. 1) Highway to Heaven: A History of Perisher and the Ski Resorts along the Kosciusko Road			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
225		A little collection of books on books and other bookish things. 1) The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Literature 2) The Story of Writing ...			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20

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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.