Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, early printing, signed firsts, comics and more, A186, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 07, 2026 - June 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willis James | The Harbour of Port Jackson and the City of Sydney New South Wales |
circa 1876 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Views of Sydney |
1886 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 3 | Dumont D'Urville | Ile Boswen, a entree de la baie Jervis |
Paris | 1833 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Lesueur | Two Early Views of Sydney |
N/A | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 5 | Brennan C J; Lindsay Lionel | The Burden Of Tyre |
Sydney | 1953 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Melbourne Oaks Day Race Book 1911 |
1911 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 7 | Melbourne Cup Race Book 1912 |
1912 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,667.00 | ||
| 8 | Von Mueller Ferdinand | Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera |
Melbourne | 1887-1888 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 9 | Grose Francis | Land grant issued by Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose |
1789 | AUD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Darwin Charles; Fitzroy Robert; King Philip Parker | Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle |
London | 1839 | AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | The Journal of The Royal Geographical Society Volume the Twenty-Eighth |
London | 1858 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | The Journal of The Royal Geographical Society |
London | 1863 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 13 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Kelmscott Chaucer |
London | 2008 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 14 | Gastineau Henry | Wales Illustrated In A Series Of Views |
London | N/A | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 15 | Hull A F Basset | The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Stamps of New South Wales |
London | 1911 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Findlay Alexander George | South Pacific Directory |
London | 1863 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Euw Anton Von; Plotzek Joachim M | Die Handschriften der Sammlung Ludwig |
Koln | 1979 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 18 | Beveridge Henry | A Comprehensive History of India |
London | 1871 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 19 | Moore George; Gooden Stephen | The Brook Kerith |
London | 1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 20 | Holroyd Michael | Bernard Shaw |
1988 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Lyell Charles | Principles of Geology |
London | 1868 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Lurie Alison | 5 Books, including: Foreign Affairs |
London | 1984; 1988; 1998; 1990; 1994 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Doyle Arthur Conan | The History of Spiritualism |
London | 1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 24 | Frazer James | The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead; Folk-Lore in the Old Testament |
London | 1913 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 25 | Hughes Ted | Lupercal |
London | 1951 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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