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

Auction Details

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
126	Winkles and engraved Wrightson.	Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific. Vignette of people, animals and scenes Map drawn and engraved by J Rapkin.	London and New York	c1851	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
127	AK Johnston.	Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania		1849	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
128		Large map of western France, with some detail of Spain and lower England. Titled "Accuratissima Galliae Tabula vulgo Royaume de France".		circa 1670	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 254.00
129	English Cartographer John Speed.	2 maps revised Depicting both France and Holy Island in the United Kingdom.		c.1626, c.1610	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
130	Emmanuel Bowen.	A New and Accurate Map of France and its Acquisitions...		circa 1740	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
131	Photographs by Fox and Paramount Pictures.	20 black and white photographs of Actresses from the 1930s, Some actresses include Julie Cabanne, Anita Thompson and Gladys George.		1930s	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
132		Five Australian Bookplates 1. Redmond Barry. 2 L. F. H. Rees - 3. Bookplate for R F Irvine			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
133		A broadsheet circa 1932: Monday, May 16 FITZROY STADIUM BRUNSWICK STREET WRESTLING SIX 8 MINUTE ROUNDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING ALEC. DONNETT (RICHMOND) V BOB. PHILLIPS NORTH MELBOURNE		circa 1932	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
134		47 books on a large variety of topics, many books on Pacific art, history, music, sculpture and more. All books are in good condition. Some titles include Art on View: Myth and Magic			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
135		Over 200 volumes of the History of the War and The History and Encyclopaedia of The War,			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
136	CHIUSOLE, Antonio.	La Genealogica delle case Piu Illustri di Tutto il Mondo...	Venice,	1743	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
137	CRUISE, William.	A Treatise on the Origin and Nature of Dignities or Titles of Honour.	London,	1823	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
138		Fifteen volumes of Philadelphia Franklin Institute Scientific Addresses, all from 1924, and separately issued in the original printed wrappers.		1924	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
139		Presentation folder from Cecil Wedgwood, Mayor of Stoke-on-Kent, to the Australian Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, upon his visit during June 1911.		1911	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
140	KENRICK, William.	Free Thoughts on Seduction, Adultery and Divorce...by a civilian.	London	1771	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
141	Reverend Richard Whately, D.D.	Thoughts on Secondary Punishments in a Letter to Earl Grey.	London,	1832	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
142	ELLERY, Robert L. J.	Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observatory, in the Years 1881 -- 1884. Melbourne, Robert Brain, Government Printer, 1888.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
143	MARSHALL, Arthur C.	The Council of the Municipality of Mosman... Report for period 1922-23. Prefaced with a short historical sketch compiled by the Town Clerk (Arthur C. Marshall).		1924	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
144	S Percy Smith.	Hawaiki: The Whence of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History; Being an Introduction to the Native History of Rarotonga	Wellington	1898	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
145	D. H. Lawrence and M. L. Skinner.	The Boy in the Bush	New York	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
146	edited by Diane Barwick and Robert Reece.	Aboriginal History, a journal Volumes 1---6 for the years 1977 to 1982.		1977 to 1982	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
147		This document is titled "Despatch of Vice-Admiral de Robeck reporting the Landing of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula..."		1915	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 177.80
148	J. W. Collinson	Tropic Coasts and Tablelands (1941) and More About Cairns -- Echoes of the Past (1945).			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
149		Victoria and Riverina. With which is incorporated Victoria 1930, Victoria and Riverina 1931 and Victoria and Riverina 1931 - 1932.	Melbourne,	1933	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
150	John Lindley	The Vegetable Kingdom; or, The Structure, Classification, and Uses of Plants : Illustrated Upon the Natural System.	London New York	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60

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
Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Albrecht Durer Engraving, The Peasant Couple at Market. $3,400 to $3,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Celestial Floor Globe c. 1800. $1,400 to $1,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1866 London MacMillan. $900 to $1,200.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Civil War Tintype of Calvin “Old Ballie” Walker, CSA 3rd TN Infantry, KIA, plus 3 Union Images. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1855 Georgia Pocket Map, W. G. Bonner. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques
2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
January 31 and February 1, 2026

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1st Edition in 8 Volumes. $600 to $800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Four NASA Moon Survey Photos; 144M, 148M, 149M, 149H1. $400 to $600.

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