Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Botany, Philosophy, Anthropology, Art, Literature, First editions, & Associated copies, 61525, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025

Page Size: 453 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
261		4 books about Fiction and Novel writing, all in very good condition.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
262	Nadine Gordimer.	The Conservationist	London	1974	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
263		18 hard cover Studio Magazine volumes + 7 paper back volumes (25 total).			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
264		47 black Penguin Classics, mostly in good condition.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
265		Approximately 32 horse racing programmes and booklets from various countries. Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, Philippines, Australia, Singapore, USA.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
266		A photograph album with 148 original colour photographs of race horses in action in South Australia from 1940 to 1946.		1940-1946	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
267		A recording of two horse races. An Actuality Recording of a running description of how Miss G Roesbers big Malachite Ridden by T Ryan.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
268		Two oval shaped photographs			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
269		A printed flyer. Framed behind glass.		28/03/1967	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
271		A collection of 24 Melbourne Cup programmes spanning the years 1979 to 2006		1979-2006	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
273		Three shelves of classic fiction.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
274		8 books on the history and culture of India.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
275		European History Art Culture from Roman times to Renaissance A wonderful selection of over 50 books.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
276		New South Wales Government Gazettes. 1) 1893 Jan-Jul include numerous notices on gold mining; land leases, railway commissions; bankruptcy notices. 2) 1883 Oct - Dec			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
277		A very good Australiana lot. 1) A Voyage to New South Wales: Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley of HMS Sirius 1786-1793. ...	in Paris	1890	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
278	Edited-by Norwich.	Three books on Europe. 1) The Great Cities in History		2009	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
279	Lord Macaulay.	Fine binding The History of England: From the accession of James the Second		1869	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
280		Regulations for the duties of registrars of marriages and their deputies made and approved in pursuance of the Registration and Marriage Acts, 1836 to 1872, with an appendix.	London	1885	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
281		Two books on Frank Hurley and his photography. 1) Hurley's Australia: Myth Dream Reality.		1999	AUD 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
282		9 good books related to China. Including: 1) Rare Treasure Island is always the land of China (Text in Chinese).	Hong Kong	1969	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
283		British Buses A little collection of books and tins.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
284	Primo Levi	Three hardcovers in dustwrappers. 1) A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories. 2) The Mirror Maker: Stories & essays 19893) If Not when?			AUD 60.00 - 80.00	AUD 50.80
285	Albert Camus.	Four volumes by Albert Camus.		1966	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
286	Siegfried Sassoon.	Two books by Siegfried Sassoon. 1) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.	London	1929	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
287	Octavio Paz	Four books by Octavio Paz 1) The Double Flame: Essays on Love and Eroticism.		1996	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90

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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