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
126

A collection of Military books. Mostly, WWI & WW2 & American Civil War.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
127

A collection of histories and biographies from around the world.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
128

A good collection of Australiana including both history and some classics.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
129

Citizen Nader: Biography by Charles McCarry.

1972 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
130

Two English Historical Classics 1) Boswell's London Journal.

1762 --1763 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
131

Framed Historic Photograph of HMAS Sydney with Two Military Medals commemorating the loss of Australia's Flagship in World War Two

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
132 Arthur Upfield

> A large collection of Upfield.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
133

The Devil's Steps by Arthur Upfield.

1948 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 1,397.00
134

The Bone is Pointed by Arthur Upfield.

1938 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
135

The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W Upfield.

1939 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
136

Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur Upfield

1936 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
137

The Sands of Windee by Arthur W. Upfield.

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 152.40
138

The Great Melbourne Telescope by Richard Gillespie.

2013 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
139

The Waterfowl of North America: The Complete Ducks, Geese, and Swans by Robin Hill.

AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
140

1891 Eucalypts edited by Baldwin Spencer Transactions of Royal Society of Victoria Volume I Part II Articles on Eucalyptus by McAlpine, Dendy, Howitt and Baldwin Spencer.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
141

Bound collection of articles from the Australian Museum.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
142

The Snakes of Australia by JR Kinghorn.

1956 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 177.80
143

A very good lot of natural history books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
144 LANE, Terence & SERLE, Jessie.

Australians at Home. A Documentary History of Australian Domestic Interiors from 1788 to 1914.

1990 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
145 YUKIO, Yashiro.

Art Treasures of Japan.

1960 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
146

Orchids Australia Magazine - February 1989-2000

 1989-2000 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
147

Three Souvenir Albums, Jenolan Caves, Australian Studies, Wentworth Falls

c.1920 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
148 W Michaelsen

South-West Australian Fauna. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
149 compiled Charles Barrett

Wild Life Magazine

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 349.25
150

A bundle of Maps and Atlases. 1) A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton.

2012 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    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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