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
126 C.E.W. Bean

Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18

Sydney AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
127 Samuel Sharpe

Rudiments of a vocabulary of Egyptian hieroglyphics

London 1837 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
128 D H Lawrence

Aaron's Rod

London 1922 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
129 MALCOLM LOWRY

Under The Volcano

London 1947 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
130 Paul Cupid

The Rival Physicians

Sydney 1910 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
131 Simpson Newland

The Far North Country

Adelaide 1887 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
132 Robert Logan Jack

LOGAN JACK QLD GOLD MINE 1889

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
133 Edited by Leonard Samuel Curtis

The History of Broken Hill Its Rise And Progress

1908 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
134

Cover Title: Picturesque Queensland 72 Views

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 476.25
135

Cover title reads: Queensland Illustrated

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
136 A. M. Duncan-Kemp

Where Strange Paths Go Down

Brisbane 1964 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
137

An Australian Language as spoken by the Awabakal

1892 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
138

The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia

Melbourne 1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
139

AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE. Kylie Tennant 1. Ride On Stranger 1943...

1943 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
140 Johnston

AUSTRALIAN PLANTS TREES. 1. Forest Trees of Australia...

1970 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
141 T E LAWRENCE

Seven Pillars of Wisdom A Triumph

London 1935-08-01 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
142 Thomas Hardy, George Eliot, Hillaire Belloc

LITERATURE. About 30 titles

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
143

LITERATURE. About 16 modern books

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
144 Spencer and Gillen

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA. 1. The Native Tribes of Central Australia...

1939 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
145

AUSTRALIANA. A big box of Australian books in good condition

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
146 Samuel Hannaford

Jottings in Australia: or, Notes on the flora and fauna of Victoria

1856 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
147

The Australian Colonies

London and Adelaide 1854 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
148 E. Davenport Cleland

The White Kangaroo : A Tale of Colonial Life

London 1898 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
149 M H Ellis

The Long Lead. Across Australia by Motor-Car

London 1927 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
150 edited by W Astrov, A Slepkov, and J Thomas

An Illustrated History of the Russian Revolution

London 1928 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 285.75
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