Sydney Rare Book Auctions: History, Science, Mining, Exploration, Zines, Beer and Wine, Photographs and more, A167, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 30, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Page Size: 513 items in 21 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
377 Paul Zweig

The River. A poem by Paul Zweig with an etching by Roger Selden.

1981 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
378 LORENTZ, H. A., EINSTEIN, Albert, MINKIWSKI, H. and WEYL, H.

The Principle of Relativity : A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity.

1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 952.50
379 VERNER, Major Willough.

Range-Finders: Their use for tactical and topographical purposes...

 1893 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
380 THOMAS, Dylan.

Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices.

1954 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
381 JOHNS, Captain W.E.

Gimlet King of the Commandos.

1950 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
382 CALDECOTT, R.

Randolph Caldecott's Last Graphic Pictures.

1888 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
383

Youth Annual.

1930 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
384

Ryan-Drug Mchog-Gnyis.

1962 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
385 GREENE, Graham.

The Heart of the Matter.

1948 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 101.60
386

An endearing cache of The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of all the Arts.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
387 LANDESMAN, Fran.

More Truth than Poetry. Designed and illustrated by Avril Broadley.

1984 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
388 BOLDREWOOD, Rolf.

Old Melbourne Memories.

1896 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
389 STEPHEN, Sir James.

Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography.

1872 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
390 GRIMM, George.

The Australian Explorers. Their labours, perils, and achievements.

1888 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
391 JOBSON, Frederick J.

Australia; with Notes by the Way, on Egypt, Ceylon, Bombay, and the Holy Land.

1862 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
392 [SCOTTISH MARTYRS].

The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition.

1794 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
393 RUSDEN, G.W.

The Discovery, Survey and Settlement of Port Phillip.

1872 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
394 COOPER, H.M.

The Unknown Coast. Being the explorations of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. along the shores of South Australia 1802 by H.M. Cooper.

1953 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
395 KEARTON, Richard.

With Nature and a Camera. Being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer.

1898 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
396 FALLEY, Margaret Dickson.

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research.

1981 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
397 HEERES, J. E.

The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606 -- 1765. Het Aandeel Der Nederlanders in De Ontdekking Van Australie 1606 -- 1765.

1899 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 317.50
398 SPENCER, Robin (editor).

Whistler. A Retrospective.

1989 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
399 SPROD, Daniel.

Proud Intrepid Heart. Leichhardt's First Attempt to the Swan River 1846 -- 1847.

1989 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
400 JACK, Robert Logan and ETHERIDGE, Robert.

Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea.

1892 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
401

Report of The Commissioner For Road Transport And Tramways For The Year Ended 30th June 1936.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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