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
201 Charles Darwin.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.

1875 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 508.00
202 Charles Darwin

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.

1845 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 635.00
203

Traditions of Lancashire by John Roby.

1892 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
204

The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing arranges and printed from the personal communications of the Nobility under the Gracious Patronage of the Queen's most excellent Majesty by Edmond Lodge.

1862 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
205

The Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris with Illustrations in colour by AB Frost and EW Kemble.

1904 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
206

Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-tales: Selected, edited and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain and illustrated by EW Mitchell.

1902 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
207

The Savage South Seas by E Way Elkington and with colour plates originally painted by Noman H Hardy.

1907 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
208 William H Prescott.

Three volumes of the History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain: Bentley.

1855 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
209

The History of Ballarat From The First Pastoral Settlement To The Present Time by William Bramwell Withers Second Edition with Plans, Illustrations, and Original Documents.

1887 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
210

Gippsland Heritage Journal.

1986-1993 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 412.75
211 AJ Drexel Biddle. (Boies Penrose II copy of )

The Land of the Wine Being an Account of the Madeira Islands

1901 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
212

Diaries and Letters of Harold Nicholson. Three volumes. I) 1930-1939; II)1939-1945; III) 1945-1962

1968 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
213

The International Camellia Register compiled by Thomas Savige et al.

1993 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
214 E.G. Waterhouse

Camellia Quest by E.G. Waterhouse with four plates in colour and six in monochrome by Adrian Feint and Paul Jones.

1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
215

Larrakitj : Kerry Stokes Collection. Coordinated by Anne Marie Brody in association with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka from the Yirrkala Artists Centre with works of art documentation by Howard Morphy and landscape photography and artists portraits by Peter Eve.

2011 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
216

Theatre Technology by George C Izenour.

1996 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 152.40
217

English Furniture with some furniture of other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. Introduction by John Gloag.

1958 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
218

Celsus de Medicina

1971 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
219 Julian Stockwin.

Kydd

2001 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
220

Vignelli Transit Maps with maps by Massimo Vignetti and text by Peter Lloyd and Mark Ovenden. New York Subways.

2012 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
221

The Sad Tale of the Greedy Boy with illustration by Imogen Chichester.

1944 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
222

The Olio: Being A Collection Of Essays, Dialogues. Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes. Parodies, Bon Mots, Epigrams, Epitaphs. By The Late Francis Grose

1792 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
223 J H Maiden

The Useful Native Plants of Australia (Including Tasmania)

1889 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 444.50
224 Bessie Threadgill.

South Australian Land Exploration 1856-1880 Two parts.

1922 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
225 edited with introduction Harold Loeb.

The Broom Anthology

1969 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
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