Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Churchill, Military, History and Fiction Books and Ephemera, 82425, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 24, 2025 - August 24, 2025

Page Size: 328 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226		1) Trout Fishery Of Tasmania by Don Gilmour in three volumes, ( 1 ) 1865-1910 ( 2 ) 1910-1950 (3) 1950-1999.		1996, 1997, 1998	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
227	by David Marr.	Patrick White: A Life	Sydney	1991	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
228		Detectives of Europe and America, or, life in the Secret Service : a selection of celebrated cases in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland, Egypt, and America : a revelation of struggles and triumphs of the most renowned detectives			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
229		A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler.	Franklin Center, Pennsylvania	1998	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
230		Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt (for the Murder of William Weare).			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 203.20
231		The Collected Essays of Sir William Osler edited by John P McGovern and Charles G Roland.	Birmingham	1985	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
232		The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire.			AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00	AUD 889.00
233	Edward Gibbon , By John Lord Sheffield	Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative	London.	1796	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
234		International frontiers and boundaries: law, politics and geography by Victor Prescott and Gillian D. Triggs.	Boston	2008	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
235		Three Map References All hardcover in dustwrapper in excellent condition.			AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 215.90
236		The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh: As Registered in the College of Arms from the beginning of the XIth Century.			AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
237		Shackleton The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909			AUD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
238	by Capt. W.E. Johns.	Five Biggles books			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
239	BOYCOTT, A.G.	The Elements of Imperial Defence.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
240	by Allison Danzig.	The Winning Gallery: Court Tennis Matches	Philadelphia.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
241		A copy of a 'Bay View Estate' estate sale poster created by the company Callaghan and Co. in Beaumaris, Victoria.			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
242		Two books bound in on volume. 1) The Discoverie of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh, 1596.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
244	by J. B. Hawkins.	Nineteenth Century Australian Silver	Woodbridge	1990	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
245		1) 6 postcards of ancient Egyptian art on the cover.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
246		A stack of over 30 European royalty & religiously related postcards, consisting of kings, queens, duchesses, royal weddings, parades, subjects of religious illustrations and art, photographs of religious sites, and statues.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
247		A stack of over 60 miscellaneous postcards from the 20th Century, depicting landscapes, cities, portraits and comedic art.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
248		A stack of roughly 50 postcards with designs of African tribes, art and wildlife, most are real photographs some are illustrations of photographs.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
249	by HA Smuth.	The Official Year Book of New south Wales 1921		1922	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
250		12 books on Australian Art and Pottery.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
251	by Tristan Buesst.	The Art of Rupert Bunny with an appreciation by Clive Turnbull and Biographical Sketch			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold

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.
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.

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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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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000