Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025

Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
195		3 books on Samuel Johnson			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
196		2 books on Cosmology, 1) Expanding Universe: Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope. 2) The Cosmic Gallery: The Most Beautiful Images of the Universe by Giles Sparrow.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
197		4 Charles Dickens books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
198	MacCURDY, Edward. (editor).	The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.	London	1948	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
199		4 Australian Kids books. 1) The Pirate Fairies by J. W. Heming.			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
200		Art of Florence by Turner.	New York	1994	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
201	Frances Temple and Mabel Corrigan.	Shopping in Creepyville	Melbourne	1946	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
202		Box of Australian Kids books, condition varies.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
203	Elleston Trevor	Ant's Castle	published by The Falcon Press	1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
204	Michael Laclotte.	The Art and Spirit of Paris	published by Abbeville Press	2003	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
205		This is Japan, Number 5 1958.		1958	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
206		6 books on Egypt, all in very good condition. Some titles include Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids (1999),...			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
207		64 Australiana books on a extensive range of topics. Most prominently on literature, however also includes some books on Art, History and Religion.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
208		7 books from Folio Society.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
209		5 books on sports and medicine, all in good condition. 1) Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine (3 Volumes)			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
210	Lindsey Davis	7 Modern Fiction books by Lindsey Davis, 6 of which are			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
211		5 Modern Biographies,			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
212		6 Adventure Fiction books			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
213		18 fiction book			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
214		3 books on Cinema and, 1 book on the history of Music.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
215		4 books on Art and Sculpture			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
216		23 books on the production, history and significance of porcelain,			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
217		28 books on Porcelain, mainly French Porcelain with a few on American Porcelain.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
218		5 books on Italian Art			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
219		13 books on Psychology,			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown

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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.