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
301 Thomas A Kempis

French Imitation of Christ 1783

 Leodii 1783 AUD 90.00 - 120.00 AUD 228.60
302 Henry Lawson

In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses

 Sydney 1896 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
303

Norman Lindsay Bookplate for his grand daughter Helen

 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
304 Bill Cosby

Time Flies

 1987 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
305 Christina Scott

Nelson Mandela : A Force For Freedom

 2005 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
306 Edited by Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson

BOYS will be boys!

 1966 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 571.50
307 Lin Bloomfield

The Complete Etchings of Norman Lindsay

 North Sydney 1998 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
308 The Rev. FO Morris

A History of British Birds

 London 1870 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
309

Two books on Primitive Art...

 AUD 60.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
310

Two books on the Gods, Mythology in the Pacific...

 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
311

A little bundle of books on Gems Rocks and Silver...

 AUD 60.00 - 90.00 AUD 38.10
312

Aboriginal Culture 1) Australian in Oxford edited by Howard Murphy and Elizabeth Edwards...

 1988 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 50.80
313

ART. Four Art books 1) The Art of Terracotta Pottery in Pre Columbian and South America...

 1969 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
314

6 issues of the Five Bells Poetry Magazine

 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
315

Two books on Aboriginal Art in the Kimberleys - both signed

 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
316 Gardner and Heider

A collection of Papua New Guinea Experiences 1) Gardens of War: Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age...

 1969 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 139.70
317

A collection of The World of Tribal Arts/ Le Monde de L'Art Tribal Magazine...

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 38.10
318

TENNIS ART. 1) The Art of the Tennis-Racket-Maker and of Tennis...

 French 1767 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
319

20 Books on History, Politics & Crime Fictions

 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
320

18 Books on Young Adults Fiction, Superheroes, Vigilantes, and Self-Improvement

 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
321

A Complete Box Set of Vol 1 & Vol 3 DVD of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

 AUD 80.00 - 160.00 AUD 50.80
322

14 Tourist Guides on European Castles, Windsor Castle, The Versailles, Schonbrunn, The Louvre Collections

 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
323

WOODEN PUZZLES. 1 Timber Chocolate Bar Puzzle

 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 25.40
324

7 19thC Amsterdam Postcards...

 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
325

5 RENAISSANCE POSTCARDS PRINTED IN ROME. 2X Botticelli

 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
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    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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