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
151

Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide and General Handbook, Illustrated with Local and Other Maps, Special Edition.

2012 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
152 Frank Cash.

Parables of the Sydney Harbour Bridge: - Setting forth the preparation for, and progressive growth of, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to April 1930.

1930 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 349.25
153

Film and photography. Four books from the Collins Photography Workshop by Michael Freeman

 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
154

Two shelves with over 50 hardcover in dust wrappers in excellent condition.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
155 Baldacci, Gillette , Tremayne, Follett, Ludlum, and more.

Two shelves with over 65 paperback fiction.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
156

Charming hand-painted postcard of Sydney Harbour with Yacht.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
157

A Pocket Guide to Abergavenny: containing a map of the district, 17 illustrations and descriptive letterpress.

1906 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
158

A collection of books on Asia including A guide to rugs and carpets, histories and art,

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
159

A collection of Music books. A couple of histories but mostly paperback pocket music script books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
160

A collection of non-fiction books, a mix of science, natural history and history books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
161 Giovanni Boccaccio.

Decameron of Boccaccio [unexpurgated].

1960 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 88.90
162

A shelf of dictionaries, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Fables and a Thesaurus for good measure.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
163

Sydney Views 1920s-1930s 1) The Most Up-To-Date Sydney Panoramic Views.

circa 1920-1930s. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
164

A collection of Australian postcards.

c.1900-1920s AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 539.75
165

Georg Jensen Jewelry by David A. Taylor.

2005 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 190.50
166

Sailing-Ship Models A Selection from European and American Collections with Introductory Text by R. Morton Nance.

1924 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
167

Charles Dickens 25 volume set.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
168

Poetry Collection -, including. Poems by Robert Browning, Tennyson, John Milton, J.G Whittier, John Keats, Byron.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
169

25 volumes of The Worlds Great Classics by Grolier, including The Works of Shakespeare, The Divine Comedy, The Odyssey, Plutarch, Huckleberry Finn, Vanity Fair, Ivanhoe & many more.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
170 Mary & Elizabeth Durack

The Way of The Whirlwind

 1944 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
171

Keylock's Dams of Winners of all Flat Races in Great Britain and Ireland

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
172

7 Volumes in 8 Parts of Historical records of New South Wales and Facsimiles of Charts 1762 to 1780 to accompany Volume 1, Part 1.

AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
173

16 Thomas Hardy pocket books c.1910s-1950s

 c.1910s-1950s AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
174

8 Volumes of Pictures from Punch Magazine.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
175

Three Volumes of The Modern Bricklayer; A Practical Work on Bricklaying In All Its Branches, by William Frost.

c.1920s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
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