Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Maps, Mining, Art, firsts, signed and limited edition book, A166, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 16, 2025 - November 16, 2025
Page Size: 325 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1842-1853

1842-1853 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 2,032.00
2 GRAD, M. A. Charles

L'Australie Interieure. Explorations et voyages a travers le continent Australien de 1860 a 1862

Paris 1864 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
3 RENNELL, James

The Geographical System of Herodotus, examined, and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geography...

London 1800 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
4 COPINGER, W.A.

County of Suffolk. Its history as disclosed by existing records and other documents, being materials for the History of Suffolk

London 1904 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
5 WANLISS, T.D.

The War in Europe of 1870-1

1871 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
6 CRICHTON, David Alexander

The Australasian Fruit Culturalist, Containing full and complete information as to the history, tradition, uses, propagation and culture of such fruits as are suitable for Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania

Melbourne 1893 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
7 WEBB, F.H. (editor)

Extracts from the Private Letters of the Late Sir William Fothergill Cooke, 1836-39

London 1895 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
8 WALTER JAMES

WINE-MAKING AND VITICULTURE BY WALTER JAMES

Melbourne (1949), (1950) AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
9

EIGHT ANTIQUE BOOKS ON AUSTRALIA

Edinburgh [1793] AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
10 BROWNING, Colin Arrott

The Convict Ship, and England's Exiles

London 1847 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
11

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

1893 to 1909 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
12

United States International Centennial Exhibition of 1876

1876 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
13

Department of Mines Annual Reports for 1878 to 1899

AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
14 Maurice Macdougall

Notable Men of Queensland 1950 Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland in This Year of 1950 A.D.

Brisbane 1950 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
15

BOOKPLATES FRED LANE

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
16 M Labillardiere

Voyage in Search of La Perouse, performed By Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794

London 1800 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
17 Ion Idriess

Nemarluk King Of The Wilds

19441 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
18 John Oxley

Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales

1964 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
19 John Murray

A Handbook for Travellers in India and Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon

London 19493 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
20 Richard T Baker, & Henry G. Smith

A Research on the Eucalypts Especially in Regard to their Essential Oils

Sydney 1920 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
21

WAHROONGA REAL ESTATE

Saturday 24th June 1961 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
22

BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE

Saturday 18th June 1960 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
23

BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE

Saturday 13th June 1961 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
24 William Ridley

Kamilaroi. And Other Australian Languages

Sydney 1875 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
25 Edited by Karl Baedeker

Palestine and Syria Handbook For Travellers

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
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