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

Page Size: 316 items in 13 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
115	Erte	Erte: Sculpture		1986	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
116	Clare Gibson	Goddess Symbols; The English Dreamers; The Fantastic Kingdom		1998	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
117	Cotton; Charles Sturt	Ludwig Leichhardt and the Great South Land; Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia		1938	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
118	Will Durant	The Mansions of Philosophy	New York	1929	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
119	Sylvia Plath; TS Eliot	Collected Poems; The Bastard from the Bush; Selection of Prose		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
120	James Cook	A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World	Adelaide	1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
121	HB Carter	Sir Joseph Banks		1988	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 190.50
122	N.J.B. Plomley	The Baudin Expedition and the Tasmanian Aborigines 1802	Tasmania	1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
123	Jacqueline Bonnemains; Elliott Forsyth; Bernard Smith	Baudin in Australian Waters: The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1800-1804	Melbourne	1988	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
124	Gunter Schilder	Australia Unveiled: The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia		1976	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 101.60
125	Ellis Rowan	A Flower-Hunter in Queensland and New Zealand	Sydney	1898	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 1,778.00
126	Mrs Aeneas Gunn	We of the Never Never	London	1908	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,651.00
127	Arthur Upfield	Wings Above the Diamantina	Sydney	1936	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
128	Arthur Upfield	The Mystery of Swordfish Reef	Sydney	1939	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
129	T E Lawrence	Seven Pillars of Wisdom	London	1935	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
131	Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	22 Books, including: The Townley Gallery		1831; 1838; 1846; 1847	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
132	Alfred J North	Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania	Sydney	1906-1914	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
133	Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	11 Books, including: The Menageries		1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1835; 1838; 1846	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
134	Ian Fleming	The Man With The Golden Gun	London	1965	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
135	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service		1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 952.50
136	Ian Fleming	Octopussy and The Living Daylights	London	1966	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 241.30
137	Ian Fleming	Goldfinger	London	1959	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,079.50
138	Ian Fleming	Thunderball	London	1961	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 698.50
139	Ian Fleming	The Spy Who Loved Me	London	1962	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
140	Ian Fleming	Dr No		1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 825.50

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’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. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000/12,000

Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000

Freeman’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. $10,000/15,000

Freeman’s
How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
June 30

Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000

Freeman’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. $40,000/60,000

Freeman’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. $60,000/80,000

Freeman’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. $100,000/200,000

Freeman’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 June

Sotheby’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.