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

Auction Details

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
26	Albert F. Calvert	The Discovery of Australia	London and Liverpool	1893	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
27	James Armour	The Diggings, the Bush and Melbourne	Glasgow	1864	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 1,651.00
28		The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales		1888	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
29		Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile Limited Edition	Boston	1927	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
30	Karl Schmeisser Assisted by Bergassessor Dr. Karl Vogelsang	Gold-fields of Australasia	London	1898	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
31		Banking Under Difficulties or Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand	Melbourne	1888	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
32		Australia Comprising New South Wales: Victoria Or Port Philip; South Australia	London	No date but 1853	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 1,397.00
33	Joanna Mendelssohn	The Life and Work of Sydney Long	Sydney	1979	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
34	the Hon. Sebastian C Adams	A Synchronological Chart Or Map of History: A Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern, And Biblical History Synchronized	New York	1878	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 508.00
35		A one page cricket score card/souvenir for the match Australia versus Cambridge		May 13, 14 & 15 1953	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
36		AUSTRALIANA. 1. Australian Complete Book Of Flower...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
37		FINE CLOTH BINDINGS. 1. A March On London G A Henty...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
38		Letts's Popular Atlas Being A Series of Maps Delineating The Whole Surface Of The Globe With Many Special and Original Features and a Copious Index of 23,000 names	London		AUD 14,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
39		AUSTRALIANA. Two facsimile copies of The Sydney Gazette Volume 1 March 5, 1803 to February 26 1804 and Volume 2 March 4 1804 to February 24, 1805			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
40	Edited by H Hopfner & J.G. Douglas	The Otway Basin of Southeastern Australia: Special Bulletin, Geological Surveys of South Australia and Victoria		1971	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
41	Carne	Geology and Mineral Resources of the Western Coalfield	Sydney	1908	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
42		1903 Western Australia Report of The Department Of Mines For The Year 1892			AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 952.50
43		Four Reports of the Department of Mines For The Year 1911, 1912, 1914 and 1916	Perth		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 825.50
44		1839 MAP AUSTRALIA			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
45	Henry George	Social Problems	London	1931	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
46		The Holy Bible			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47		The Physical Atlas A Series of Maps & Illustrations of the Geographical Distribution of Natural Phenomena Embracing 1. Geology. 11. Hydrography. 111. Meteorology	Edinburgh	1850	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
48		TOURIST GUIDES NSW. 1. Tourist Guide and Street Directory From Helensburgh to Bega South Coast	Sydney		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
49		FREEMASONRY NSW. Two booklets on the History of Freemasonry in SW			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
50		Geological Map Bendigo Gold Field		Circa 1940	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

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
Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.

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