Sydney Rare Book Auctions: End of Year Sale: Books, Ephemera, Maps, A169, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 28, 2025 - December 28, 2025
Page Size: 440 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
354

NSW Trigonometrical Survey of New South Wales 1895.

 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
355 Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl Complete Set Audio Books. 10 Dahl Puffin Classics on 27 CDs in excellent condition.

 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 25.40
356

A collection of books on the Pacific mostly in German.

 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
357

3 books on African and Oceanic Art

 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
358

Nine books about the Papua New Guinea Arts.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
359 Mark Shand & Don McCullin.

Skulduggery

 1987 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
360 Frederick O'Brien.

3 books on the South Seas. 1) Mystic Isles of the South Seas

 NY 1921 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
361

thirteen books on tying flies for trout and salmon fishing.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
362

Five books about Irian Jaya. Mostly hardback in dustwrapper.

 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
363

4 books on Pacific history. 1) The people from the Horizon: An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders

 NY 1979 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
364

17 books on Tribal Art, all in near fine condition.

 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
365

11 books on Art from the Oceania region, all in very good condition.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
366 Anthony JP Meyer.

Oceanic Art

 1995 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
367 Pamela Swalding.

Four books on Papua New Guinea. 1) Plumes from Paradise

 Papua New Guinea 1996 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
368 Victor Majzner and calligraphic illustrations by Andrew Majzner.

Australian Haggadah. Illustrations

 Melbourne 1992 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
369

Italian Architecture and the Arts 1) Rome: Art and Architecture

 1999 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
370

Japanese interiors. 1) The Japanese House : Architecture and Interiors by Murata and Black.

 2000 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
371 Dale Chihuly and Ron Glowen.

Venetians

 1990 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
372 John Richardson with Marilyn McCully.

A Life of Picasso Volume I 1881-1906.

 New York 1991 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
373

16th Century Art. 1) The Art of Tapestry with Text by Verlet. 2) Mannerism by Franzsepp wur Wurtenberger: The European style of the sixteenth century.

 1963 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
374 George Huxley etal.

Western Civilization and Art. Four books. 1) The Birth of Western Civilization , Greece and Rome

 London 1964 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
375 Jurgen Lewandowski.

Mercedes-Benz the Grand Cabrios & Coupes. Staging and Photography by Rene Staud.

 2015 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
376

Shaun Tan - Box set 1) The Arrival.

 2010 reprint AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
377 Robert and Tony Sloane. All

Three books about fly-fishing

 Rosny Park, Tasmania 1983-1989 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
378 edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams .

Glyndebourne: A Visual History With text by George Christie.

 Lewes, 2009 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
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    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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