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

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Auction Report
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
51 Brett Whiteley.

Ten posters of artworks by Brett Whiteley.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 228.60
52

Chinese language monograph of traditional landscape painting.

Circa1980 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
53 PENROSE, Roland.

The Road is Wider than Long. An Image Diary from the Balkans, July - August 1938.

London 1939 AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
54

A bound set of The Victorian Naturalist: The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.

Melbourne 1884-1926 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
55

Eight books on the R.A.A.F. in the Second World War.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
56

Four books on the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
57 SKENNERTON, Ian.

Australian Service Bayonets.

Margate, Queensland 1976 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
58

Nine books on northern Australia, Darwin, and New Guinea in WW2.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
59

Ten books on the Australian Infantry Forces in World War One.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
60

Four books on Australian artillery and allied divisions.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
61

Seven books on the Australian army in the Vietnam War.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
62 WITHAM, George.

Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units.

Memphis 1980 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
63 JONES, T. Wharton.

The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery.

London 1855 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
64 by Steven Runciman.

Two volumes from the History of the Crusades

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
65 COATES, John.

An Atlas of Australia's Wars.

2001 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
66

Seven books and publications on the bibliography of Australian mining and geology:

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
67 T.W. Edgeworth David

A bound volume of seven scarce offprints and reports by Professor Sir T.W. Edgeworth David, the legendary Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer.

1922 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
68

Eighteen Agatha Christie titles.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 285.75
69 DRAYDON, Allan.

Men of Courage. A History of 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945.

2001 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
70 SERLE, R.P.

The Second Twenty Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the 9th Division.

Melbourne 1963 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
71 BRAHMS, Vivian.

The Spirit of the Forty-Second. Narrative of the 42nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Forces, during the Great War 1914-1918.

Facsimile of the Brisbane edition. 1938 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
72

Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
73

Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
74

Eight books (in nine volumes) on Australian inland exploration.

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
75 W.H. Nicholl

Orchids of Australia. Drawn in natural colour by W.H. Nicholls with descriptive text.

Melbourne 1951 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
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  • 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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