Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
279		Norman Selfe - Early Engineering in Australia A collection of entries in The Australian Technical Journal from January 31 - until June 30 , 1903.			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
280		The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain and Philatelic Review of Reviews.		1903	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
281		The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillanme translated from the French by Alain-Rene Lesage.	London	1822	AUD 750.00 - 850.00	AUD 476.25
282		The Life of the Reverend Mr. James Hervey Rector of Weston-Favell, in Northamptonshire.	Berwick	1770	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
283		Maurice Tiernay, the soldier of fortune by [Charles Lever].	London	circa 1855	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
284		The Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip by GW Rusden.	London	1872	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
285		The Adventures of Martin Cash: comprising a faithful account of his exploits while a bushranger under arms in Tasmania in company with Kavanagh and Jones in the Year 1843 edited by James Lester Burke.	Hobart Town	1870	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
286		The Colonial Intelligencer, or, Aborigines Friend 1848-1854	London	1848-1854.	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
287		Images & Footsteps: A Poem by Paul Zweig with five etchings by Berta Molke.		1971	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
288		Seize attitudes de Toscanini with Illustrations by Lilly Steiner commenters par Henry. Prunieres.		1936	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
289		Pigeons and Doves of Australia by Frank Morris with foreword by Donald P. Vernon.	Melbourne	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
290		Drawings by William Westall.	London	1962	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 76.20
291		The Australian Sketch-Book by S T Gill.	Melbourne	1974	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
292	by Edward Wakefield.	New Zealand Illustrated: The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns, also The Natural Wonders of New Zealand		1889, 1967	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
293		4 books about Mammal.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
294		16 books about Astronomy.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
295		Eight Books about Birds of The World.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
296		1) Eucalyptographia. A Descriptive Atlas of The Eucalypts of Australia and The Adjoining Island; by Baron Ferd. Von Mueller.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
297		Seven books about Voyages and Exploration History.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
298		A shelves of Miscellaneous books and pamphlets.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
299		A lot of about 18 Art Books.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
300		Nautical Style - Yacht Interiors & Design written by David Glenn. Photographed by Simon McBride.		2000	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
301		The Willis Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets' by Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, special edition, number 91 of a limited 250 copies, signed "Morys Aberdare", with no dedication, which is a rare example in this special edition.		1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
302		Lucian Freud with text by Martin Gayford. Edited by David Dawson and Mark Holborn. Photographed by John Riddy.		2018	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
303		7 books/pamphlets on Feminism, mostly good condition, some light foxing to some and cover creasing.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.