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
101		An exciting cache of publications, including scarce ephemera, relating to the opera, includes the Dame Nellie Melba 'Grand Opera Season, June-July-August 1924, Souvenir'			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
102		A good quality shelf lot of Australiana, comprising a total of 31 volumes.		forties and fifties	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
103		The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version.	in London	not dated but circa 1960	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
104		A medley of books on various subjects, being a shelf lot comprising a total of 20 books.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
105	Authors include Rudyard Kipling, G.A. Henty, William Thayer, Mary Grant Bruce, Kenneth Graham, and many others.	An exciting shelf lot of vintage children's books, comprising a total of 27 volumes.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
106		Five detective fiction books, all hardcover octavos.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
107	by Fergus Hume,	Photoplay edition of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab	London	circa 1925	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
108	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Lord Randolph Churchill.	London	1906	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
109	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Savrola. A tale of revolution in Laurania.	London	1900	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
110	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.	London	1900	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
111	EADE, Charles (editor).	Secret Session Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill O.M., C.H., M.P.	London	1946	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
112	EADE, Charles (editor).	The Unrelenting Struggle. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill C.H., M.P.	London	1942	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
113	CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.	Maxims and Reflections of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. Arranged and provided with an introduction by Colin Coote...	London	1947	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
114	WATSON, Wing Commander John & JONES, Louis.	3 Squadron at War.		1959	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
115	MACKENZIE, S.S.	The Australians at Rabaul. The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the Southern Pacific by S. S. Mackenzie.	Sydney	1940	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
116		Pictorial History of the Russian War 1854-1856.	Edinburgh and London	1856	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
117		A collection of 3 books on Australian commandos, all hardcover in very good to fine condition.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
118		Desert Warriors : Australian P-40 Pilots at War in the Middle East and North Africa 1941-1943 by Russell Brown.	Maryborough	2000	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
119		Getting Through. The Unit War History of 3rd Australian Division Signals. 3/66 Club Unit Association.	Melbourne	1987	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
120	HAY, David.	Nothing Over Us: The story of The 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion.	Canberra	1984	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
121		1) Ghosts by In Khaki : The History of the 2/4 TH Machine Gun Battalion 8Th Australian Division A.I.F by Les Cody Published by Hesperian Press, Western Australia, 1997			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
122		1) Let Enemies Beware, 'Caveant Hostes', The History of the 2/15th Battalion, 1940-1945. Written and signed by Ronald J. Austin of the 2/15th battalion			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
123		Mosquito Monograph: A History of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF Operations by David Vincent.	Adelaide	1982	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
124		A diverse cache of military titles, comprising hardback and softcover books.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
125	REEVES, Richard Stone & ROBINSON, Patrick.	The Golden Post. An artistic study of the tumultuous events that led to the day when they ran for ten million dollars.	New York	1985	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70

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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
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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