Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
197 John B Hattendorf

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History

2007 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
198 John Tebbutt

Results of Meteorological Observations at John Tebbutt's Observatory, 1891-1897; Results of Meteorological Observations at Mr Tebbutt's Observatory, 1898-1915

Sydney; Windsor 1898; 1916 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
199 Ian Fleming

Octopussy and The Living Daylights

London 1966 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
200 George Mackay

Annals of Bendigo, 1868-1891; Annals of Bendigo, 1851-1867; Annals of Bendigo, 1910-1920

1912; 1914; 1926 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 AUD 698.50
201 Francis Dowling

Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring

London 1858 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
202

Letts's Australasian Diary And Almanac for 1882

1882 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
203 Raymond John Howgego

Encyclopedia of Exploration

Sydney N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 177.80
204 M H Ellis

Francis Greenway: His Life and Times

Sydney 1949 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
205 A. Alvarez; Charles Blackman

Apparition Poems

Brisbane 1971 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
206 Patrick McCaughey; Lou Klepac; Trevor Andersen; Peter Ross; Cliff Green; Robert Gray; Graeme Sturgeon; Christopher Gentle; Michael Hedger; Eileen Vhnin; Shar Jones; Murray Cree; Neville Drury

12 Books, including: Tom Bass

2006; 1984; 1987; 1983; 1999; 1981; 1988; 1995; 1990; 1990s; 2000 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
207 Edward Dyson

The Escapades of Ann

1919 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
208 Nicholas Carter

Death In Life; Or, A Weird Crime

1916 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
209 K.J. Kenafick

Maurice Blackburn and The No-Conscription Campaign in The Second World War

Melbourne 1949 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
210 Joyce Purtscher

Apprentices and Absconders - From Queen's Orphanage Hobart Town 1860-1883; The Sick & Poor In Tasmania 1870 - Persons in Receipt of Public Aid

1994 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
211 Evelyn Conyers; W.M. Fleming

Babes in the Bush and other verses; Bunyip Says So - A Tale of the Australian Bush

1927 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
212 George F. Ward

Victorian Land Forces 1853-1883

1989 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
213 Mrs Arthur Streeton; L.L. Politzer

AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA

1943 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
214 Charles Fener

5 Items, including: The Craters and Lakes of Mount Gambier South Australia

1921; 1956; 1938-9; 1954 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
215

Havana Pilot Plan General Guidelines

1959 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
216 John William Lewin; Allen McEvey

A Natural History of The Birds of New South Wales

1978 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
217 S. S. Jacob

Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details

1890 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
218 Viola Tait; David Wilmore; Michael Tallis; Joan Tallis; Phil Wright; Franco Zeffirelli

7 Books, including: A Family of Brothers

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
219 Anja Grebe; Barbara Furlotti

4 Books, including: The Vatican - All The Paintings

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
220 Charissa Bremer-David; Shelley M. Bennett; Carolyn Sargentson

Paris - Life & Luxury in the Eighteenth Century; French Art of the Eighteenth Century at the Huntington

2011; 2008 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
221

Paris Style - The Private Apartments of Paris; The Camondo Legacy - The Passions of a Paris Collector; Le Mobilier Du Musee Missim De Camondo

1988; 2008; 2012 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • 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.