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
151 William Crookes and Ernst Rohrig

A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy Adapted from the Last German Edition of Prof. Kerl's Metallurgy. 3 Volume set

London 1868 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
152 J C cMath; N M Gray and H J Ward

Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 107 Supplementary Atlas The Geology of The Country About Coolgardie, Coolgardie Goldfields, W.A.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
153

Young India 1919-1931. Thirteen volumes. A facsimile

1981 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
154 Gustave Le Bon & F Ledge, (Editor, Preface)

The Evolution of Forces

London 1908 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
155 Edgar Thurston.

Ethnographic Notes In Southern India

Madras 1906 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
156

A lot of fourteen books. 1) Winter Range by Claire Davis 2000 2) To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer 2000 3) Shelter by Jayne Anne Phillips 1994 ...

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
157 Dr. Constantin , Baron von Ettingshausen.

Contributions to the Tertiary Flora of Australia.

Sydney 1888 AUD 120.00 - 250.00 AUD 76.20
158 Stephen Bone with Letter Press Gertrude Bone.

Of the Western Isles Forty Woodcuts

London 1925 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
159

The Darling Downs Naturalist . Journal Of The Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club. .

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
160 James Sutherland.

The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter

1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
161

Four Books on figure Skating. 1) Figure Skating by HR Yglesias. 2) Ice Rink Skating by TD Richardson.

1938 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
162 George Mackaness

1) Some Proposals For Establishing Colonies In The South Seas With Five Illustrations.

Sydney 1943 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 114.30
163 Thomas W Grafton

Life of Alexander Campbell

1899 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
164

Four excellent books on fly-fishing.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
165

Surrey Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County.

Guildford, 1932-1937 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
166 William Gates. edited by George Mackaness

Recollections of Life in Van Dieman's Land

Sydney 1961 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
167 K G and F F Laycock.

Canberra District Lives Birth Marriage and Death Notices From The 'Sydney Morning Herald ' 1851 to 1875

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
168 GORDON, James.

History of Scots Affairs from MDCXXXVII TO MDCXLI. by James Gordon, Parson of Rothiemay.

Aberdeen, 1841 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 203.20
169 edited by HT Burgess.

The Cyclopedia of South Australia: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations, an Epitome of Progress

1978 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
170

Four African travel accounts (in five volumes),

in London AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
171 the Late Rev. Thos. Boyles Murray.

Pitcairn: The Island, The People, and the Pastor. To Which is added a short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island

1860 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
172

Report of the Royal Commission on South-Eastern Drainage together with Minutes of Evidence and Map.

1925 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
173 Marjorie Tipping.

Ludwig Becker. Artist and Naturalist with the Burke and Wills Expedition.

Carlton: 1979 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 139.70
174

Pulp Fiction

late nineteenth century, early twentieth century AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
175 Sir Andrew Clark and W J Hadley and Arnold Chaplin.

Fibroid diseases of the lung. Including fibroid phthisis

London: 1894 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
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