Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Illustrated Souvenir Booklet of the Frontier Mail; A Trip to the Land of Five Rivers over the North-Western Railway; The History of the Bombay Electric Supply |
Bombay | circa 1935; 1911; 1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | History of the Sect of Maharajas, or Vallabhacharyas in Western India |
London | 1865 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Balsara Pestanji Phirozshah | The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act |
Bombay | 1936 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 32 | EARLY INDIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS |
circa 1910-1920; circa 1930 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 952.50 | ||
| 33 | Auber Peter | Supplement to an Analysis of the Constitution of the East-India Company, and of the Laws Passed by Parliament for the Government of their Affairs |
London | 1828 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 34 | Clutterbuck Reverend George | In India. Bombay the Beautiful |
London | 1897 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 35 | Williams C. R. | Letters Written During a Trip to Southern India & Ceylon in the Winter of 1876-1877 |
London | 1877 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 36 | Atkinson Captain George Francklin | "Curry & Rice" on Forty Plates; or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India |
London | circa 1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 37 | Campbell John | A Personal Narrative of Thirteen Years Service among the Wild Tribes of Khondistan for the Suppression of Human Sacrifice |
London | 1864 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | Turnbull Lieutenant M. J. | The Cornet’s Assistant |
Calcutta | 1848 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 |
| 39 | Mehta S.D.; Rutnagur S.M. | The Cotton Mills of India 1854 to 1954; Bombay Industries: The Cotton Mills |
Bombay | 1954; 1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 40 | Pilot Recipe Book |
1937 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 41 | Galvin John | A Journal of Explorations Northward along the coast from Monterey in the year 1775 |
San Francisco | 1964 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | Morison Samuel Eliot; Paige Paula Spurlin | Christopher Columbus. Admiral of the Open Sea; Voyage of Magellan. The Journal of Antonio Pigafetta by Antonio Pigafetta |
New Jersey | 1942; 1969 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | Dewar Douglas | The Indian Crow. His Book. |
Madras | 1905 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 44 | Knight Robert | Speech on Indian Affairs |
London | 1866 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 45 | Gooding Mel; Jones David; Wapstra Hans | Joseph Banks’ Florilegium. Botanical treasures from Cooks First Voyage; The Orchids of Tasmania |
London; Melbourne | 2019; 1999 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 46 | Audubon John James | The Birds of America. A selection of plates facsimile |
London | 1972 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 47 | Catalogue of the Public Library of Victoria |
Melbourne | 1880 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 48 | Clarke Ignatius Frederick | Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 |
Oxford | 1992 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 49 | Cox Erle | Out of the Silence |
Melbourne | 1947 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Arthur C Clarke | 2010 Odyssey Two |
London | 1982 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 51 | Kuppord Skelton | A Fortune from the Sky |
London | 1903 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | Cambridge Ada | Thirty Years in Australia |
London | 1903 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 53 | Coyne J Stirling; Willis N P | The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland |
London | circa 1860 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
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Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000 -
Sotheby’s
Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
Live Sale 24 JuneSotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.