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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Liversidge Archibald; Curran J Milne | The Minerals of New South Wales; The Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains |
London; Sydney | 1888; 1898 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 52 | Campbell W D; Pittman Edward | 4 Books, including: Irwin River Coalfield |
Perth; Sydney | 1912; 1925; 1929 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 53 | Loudon | 7 Books, including: Hall’s Peak |
1960-1969 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Blatchford T; Honman C S | The Geology and Mineral Resources of Yilgarn Goldfield |
Perth | 1917 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | Progress Reports and Final Report of the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria |
1863; 1872 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,778.00 | ||
| 56 | Rushdie Salman | The Jaguar Smile; Haroun and the Sea of Stories |
New York; London | 1987; 1990 | AUD 125.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 57 | Bates Herbert Ernest | 3 Books, including: Darling Buds of May |
London | 1957; 1958; 1965 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 58 | Ellis Brett Easton | The Informers |
New York | 1994 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | Twain Mark | Following the Equator |
Hartford; New York | 1897 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 60 | Parker K Langloh | More Australian Legendary Tales |
London; Melbourne | 1898 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | Bernard Claude | Lecons sur les effets des substances toxiques et medicamenteuses |
Paris | 1857 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 62 | Pellegrini Marco Antonio | De Fideicommissis Praesertim Universalibus, Tractatus Frequentissimus |
Venice | 1595 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 63 | Puzos Nicolas | Traite des Accouchemens |
Paris | 1759 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 64 | De La Faye Jorge | Principios de Cirugia |
Madrid | 1789 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 65 | Camerarii Beneventani | De Ieivnio Oratione et Eleemosyna Dialogi Quatuor |
Paris | 1556 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 66 | Mangili Giovanni Antonio | De evictionibus tractatus |
Venice | 1668 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 67 | Collins Wilkie | No Name |
London | 1862 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 68 | Thackeray William Makepeace | The Newcomes |
London | 1854; 1855 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | Nolan Sidney | Sidney Nolan – Australia |
Sydney | 1979 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 70 | Manilius; Scaliger Jacob | Astronomicon |
Paris | 1579 | AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,540.00 |
| 71 | Bracciolini Poggio | Poggii Florentini Oratoris Eloquentissimi ac Secretarii Apostolici Facetiarum Liber |
1592 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Pape Guy De La | Decisiones Grationopolitanae |
Lyon | 1554-1555 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold |
| 73 | Radcliffe Ann | The Mysteries of Udolpho |
Dublin | 1794 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 74 | Reynolds George | Mysteries of the Court of London |
London | 1850 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 75 | Cameron W.H. Morton | Ports & Cities of the World |
London | circa 1925 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
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