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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Shakespeare William | Much Ado About Nothing |
London | circa 1900 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 77 | Blackman Barbara; Blackman Charles | Certain Chairs, A Table or Two and other Inanimates of Our Acquaintance |
St. Lucia | 1968 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 78 | Smith Ross | The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia |
Sydney | 1920 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 79 | Henninges Hieronymus | Secundi et Tertii Regni in Quarta Monarchia pars altera; Genealogiae Aliquot Nobilium in Saxonia |
Magdeburg | 1598; 1587 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 80 | Bruce James | Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile |
Edinburgh | 1790 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 81 | Duhamel du Monceau Henri-Louis | Traite de la conservation des grains, et en particulier du froment |
Paris | 1754 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 82 | Ellis MH | 2 Books, including: Lachlan Macquarie his life and times |
Sydney | 1947; 1956 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 83 | Martin John | An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands |
London | 1818 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 84 | Puente Ludovico de | Dux Spiritualis |
Cologne | 1613 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 85 | Irenaeus | Opus eruditissimum |
Basel | 1571 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 86 | Colonial Australian land title deeds |
1894; 1889; 1857 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 87 | Feldtmann F. R.; Clarke E de C | The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Yalgoo Goldfield |
Perth | 1921 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 88 | Krefft Gerard | Catalogue of Minerals and Rocks in the Collection of the Australian Museum |
Sydney | 1873 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 89 | Johnson W | A Geological Reconnaissance Survey |
Perth | 1950 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 90 | Clarke W.B. | Remarks on the Sedimentary Formations of New South Wales; The Father of Australian Geology |
Sydney | 1878; 1944 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 91 | French Leonard | Genesis - The Seven Days of Creation |
Sydney | c. 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 92 | Grenville Kate; Tsiolkas Christos; Millar Alex; McGahan Andrew | 4 Books, including: Lilian’s Story |
2010 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | |
| 93 | An Alphabet of Capital Letters Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Choral Books |
London | 1862 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | Mundy Godfrey Charles | Our Antipodes or Residence and Rambles in the Australian Colonies |
London | 1852 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 95 | Baker CA | Souvenir of the Australian and Malayan Battle Planes 1914-1918 |
London | 1920 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 96 | Ward L. Keith; Twelvetrees W. H. | The Silver Lead Lodes of the Waratah District; On Some Gold-mining Properties at Mathinna |
Hobart | 1911; 1914 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 97 | Twelvetrees W. H.; Hughes Terence | 10 Books, including: Phosphate Deposits in Tasmania |
1914-1957 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98 | Feldtmann F. R.; Farquharson R. A. | Contributions to the Study of the Geology and Ore Deposits of Kalgoorlie |
Perth | 1913 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 99 | Clarke E. de C. | The Geology of a Portion of the East Coolgardie and North-east Coolgardie Goldfields |
Perth | 1925 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 100 | Britton; Bladen | Historical Records of NSW |
Sydney | 1892-1901 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
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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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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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