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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
126 EDGE-PARTINGTON, James.

Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands.

Bangkok 1996 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
127 FELDMAN, J.A.

Nias. Tribal Treasures. Cosmic reflections in stone, wood, and gold.

Delft 1990 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
128 CHAUVET, Stephen.

Les Arts Indigenes en Nouvelle-Guinee.

Paris 1930, 1995 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
129 MATHEWS, Gregory.

The Birds of Australia.

Reprint of the original edition published between 1927 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
130 DIGGLES, Silvester.

The Ornithology of Australia.

Reprint of the original edition published between 1870 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
131 YOUATT, William.

The Horse. With a treatise of Draught.

London; facsimile edition Bangkok 1861 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
132

This lot comprises a bound pair of statutes relating to the early colony in New South Wales.

AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
133

A cache of photographs and documents relating to two separate marriages, in 1934 and 1961 respectively.

1934 and 1961 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
134 BUCHANAN, John (illustrator).

The Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand.

Wellington 1879 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
135

The Discovery of Australia by George Collingridge.

Sydney 1895; facsimile=1983 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
136 MONTGOMERY, James (editor). by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq.

Voyages and Travels Round the World,

AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 317.50
137 MORWOOD, M.J. & HOBBS, D.R.

Visions from the Past.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
138

Thirty issues of 'The Boy's Own Paper' from the year 1899, disbound from a larger volume, and in very good condition.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
139 JONES, Frederic Wood.

The Mammals of South Australia.

Adelaide 1923-1925. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
140

A selection of Australian vintage ornithology books.

1909 and 1911 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
141 ROTH, Walter E.

Fighting Weapons.

1909 AUD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
142

A small cache of Edwardian scenic cards, being sepia prints mounted upon card, measuring 11 x 16.5 cm.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
143

Architectural plan for a modernist Australian brick bungalow, built in Arncliffe in 1959.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
144

A vintage Australian railway poster, titled New South Wales Railways. Time-table and Fares -- Suburban Line.

1886 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
145

Two publications from the 'Illustrated London News' celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

1953 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
146

Five issues of 'The Sydney Mail' from the First World War, dated 1916-1918.

1916-1918. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
147

A bundle of 'Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries' across the date range 2011-2024.

2011-2024. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
148

Collection of 45 separately published papers from the Queensland University Department of Geology.

1938-1955 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
149 Edited by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria.

1889; and (1891 and 1892). AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
150

A box of books and papers on the butterflies and moths of Ireland.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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