Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

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Auction Date: September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025

Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
281	COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES	A set of the Accounts of the Voyages...	London	1773	NZD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	NZD 12,300.00
282	COOK, CAPTAIN	The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World	London	1825	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 172.00
283	COOK, LIEUTENANT JAMES	The Journal of HMS 'Endeavour', 1768-1771		1977	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	NZD 369.00
284	DELANO, AMASA	[2 titles] A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres...	Boston	1817	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 111.00
285	FORSTER, GEORGE (1754-1794)	A Voyage round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution	London	1777	NZD 300.00 - 600.00	NZD 923.00
286	GOODRIDGE, CHARLES MEDYETT	Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter	Exeter	1839	NZD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
287	GREGORY, WILLIAM	[association copy] 2 titles. The Second Edition of a Visible Display of Divine Providence;...	London	1801	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 197.00
288	JOHNSON, SAMUEL	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland	Edinburgh	1819	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
289	LAMSON, J.	[2 titles] Round Cape Horn...	Bangor	1878	NZD 150.00 - 250.00	NZD 92.00
290	PARKINSON, SYDNEY	A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship 'The Endeavour': faithfully transcribed from the Papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks	London	1784	NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	NZD 3,198.00
291	SHELVOCKE, CAPT. GEORGE	A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22 in the Speedwell of London of 24 Guns and 100 Men	London	1726	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 197.00
292	SMYTH, J.F. D.	A Tour in the United States of America: Containing an account of the Present Situation of the Country	London	1784	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	NZD 246.00
293	SPEKE, JOHN HANNING	[two exploration titles] Journal of The Discovery of the Source of the Nile...	Edinburgh & London	1864	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 523.00
294	STEWART, C.S.	[2 titles] A Visit to The South Seas...	London	1832	NZD 150.00 - 200.00	NZD 172.00
295	TOWNSEND, JOHN K.	Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili...	Philadelphia	1839	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 62.00
296		ZIMMERMANN'S ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN COOK 1776-1780 [1926] [association copy]	Wellington, New Zealand	1926	NZD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
297		HISTORIC LATE 19TH CENTURY BRASS MICROSCOPE belonging to James Crosby Smith Family history relates that this microscope was made by J.C.S. when he moved to Invercargill in 1901 as a partner in the firm Smith & Laing Ironmongers, from parts which he import			NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 984.00
298	CROSBY SMITH, JOSEPH	[3 Items].The Moa. Relics of old New Zealand....			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
299	JOHN BUCHANAN [1819-1898]	BOTANIST & ARTIST			NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	NZD 9,840.00
300	JOSEPH CROSBY SMITH	Shipboard Diary of the voyage of the clipper 'Calypso', England to Port Chalmers in 1876			NZD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 1,230.00
301	LAING, ROBERT M.	[association copies] TNZI. The Vegetation of Banks Peninsula with a List of Species...			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 62.00
302		NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1867 [Hansards]	Wellington	1867	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 123.00
303	ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C.	Bird-Song: and New Zealand Song Birds	Auckland etc	1926	NZD 60.00 - 100.00	NZD 49.00
304	BULLER, SIR WALTER L.	[association copy] A Classified List of Mr S. William Silver's Collection of New Zealand Birds	London	1888	NZD 600.00 - 700.00	NZD 492.00
305	BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY	A History of the Birds of New Zealand	London	1888	NZD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 2,952.00

Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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