Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Photographs, Maps and More, 52525, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Page Size: 469 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201	Phoebe Atwood Taylor	Death Lights a Candle	Indianapolis	1932	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
202	Charles Rowcroft, esq.,	Fanny, the Little Milliner	London	1853	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
203		Sein Kampf Antwort an H r.	Wien (Vienna)	1936	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
204		The Balance of Pain And Other Poems by Australie.	London	1877	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
205	Susan Sontag:	Six mostly first US or UK editions in hardback by Susan Sontag:			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
206		Nine works of very modern Literature. All first US or UK editions and near mint copies in dustwrappers			AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
207	Salinger, J. D.	4 Volume Boxed Set	New York, Boston	2010	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
208		A bunch of Australian Military Books as per the attached photos.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
209		About 50 issues of a New Zealand monthly sports magazine 'Sports Digest' from the 1950s.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
210		1920-21 Report of the Royal Commission on the Matter of Uniform Railway Gauge.		1920-21	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
211		The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 1914-15-16 Railways Report With Appendices, on Commonwealth Railways, and Progress of Operations to 30th June, 1916,			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
212		Bound volume of The Australasian Newspaper	Melbourne	1899	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
213		Report of the Housing Board on Dacey Garden Suburb and Observatory Hill.		1922	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
214	Cecil Bert Lovell Lock	The Fighting 10th. A South Australian Centenary Souvenir of the 10th Battalion, A.I.F. 1914-1919. A Collection of Biographical, Historical, and Statistical Records Appertaining to the 10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force &c., &c.	Adelaide	1936	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
215	Compiled by T F Wade-Ferrell T	In All Things Faithful. A History and Album of the 30th Battalion and New South Wales Scottish Regiment 1885-1985.	Sydney	1985	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
216	Neville Browning	For King and Cobbers The History of the 51st Battalion A.I.F. 1916 - 1919	Perth	2010	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
217	Lieutenant -Colk A C N Olden	Westralian Cavalry In The War The Story of the Tenth Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., in the Great War, 1914-1918	Brisbane		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
218	Ron Austin	As Rough as Bags : The History of the 6th Battalion, 1st AIF, 1914-1919		1992	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
219	R. R. Freeman	Second to None. A Memorial History of the 32nd Battalion AIF 1915-1919	Adelaide	2006	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
220		58 books on the history of major world events, and hugely influential figures throughout time.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
221	Peter Stone	Hostages to Freedom: The Fall of Rabaul	Victoria	2006	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
222	Robert Goodwin.	Mates and Memories: Recollections of the 2/10th Field Regiment		1995	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 127.00
223		7 books on Ballet, Music and Theatre, all in good condition.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
224		7 books on a variety of topics, most notably on theatre, music and biographies.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
225	Bronislaw Malinowski.	The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia	London	1929	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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