Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Finely bound books, Maps, Posters, and Ephemera, 61426, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 14, 2026 - June 14, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kempis Thomas A | L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ |
1856 | AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Blaeu Jan | Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland |
London | 1970 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Angas George French | South Australia Illustrated |
Sydney | 1967 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 4 | Flinders Matthew | A Voyage to Terra Australis |
1966 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5 | Gould John; Dixon Joan M | A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or the Family of Kangaroos |
Melbourne | 1981 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Gould John | The Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 7 | Barraud C D | New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive |
1973 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 8 | N Books, including: Australian Gold Field Royal Commission of Inquiry |
1859-1874 | AUD 8,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 9 | Renne John | The Theory, Formation and Construction of British and Foreign Harbours |
London | 1854 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 10 | Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting 1907 Official Programme |
1907 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 11 | Liversidge A | The Proposed Chemical Laboratory at the University of Sydney |
1888 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 12 | Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting 1902 Cup Day Official Programme |
1902 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,302.00 | ||
| 13 | Dowling Francis | Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring |
1852; 1853; 1860; 1864; 1868 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Critchett Jan; Cannon Michael | 2 Books, including: Distant Field of Murder |
Melbourne | 1990 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 15 | Harris John; Gribble ER; Arrowsmith HM | 3 Books, including: One Blood |
Sutherland; Sydney | 1994; 1930; 1930s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 16 | Austin; Furby; Sharpe Margaret C; Threlkeld LE | 6 Books, including: Papers In Australian Linguistics No. 15 |
1983; 1974; 1872; 1971; 1824-1859 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 17 | Smith James; Calvert Albert F | 2 Books, including: The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines |
Adelaide | 1965; 1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | Armstrong REM; Bottoms Timothy; Breen Gavan; Mercer Patricia | 4 Books, including: The Kalkadoon's |
Sydney; Canberra; Townsville | 1990s; 1999; 1981; 1995 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 19 | Brodsky Isadore; Parker K Langloh; Gardner; McConvell; Kenyon Justine; Kerin Rani; Egloff; Dewar Mickey; Bauma; Glick | 11 Books, including: Bennelong Profile |
Canberra | 1973; 1898; 2015; 1951; 1992; 2011; 2005; 1992; 1908-1940; 2912; 1996 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 20 | Lyng James | Island Films; Reminiscences of "German New Guinea" |
Sydney | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Nixon Francis R | The Cruise of the Beacon |
London | 1857 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Brownrigg | The Cruise of the Freak |
Launceston; Hobart Town | 1872 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 23 | Caldecott Randolph | The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to The "Graphic" |
1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Moore Thomas | Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance |
1861 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 25 | Valentine L; Keble John | 2 Books, including: The Nobility of Life |
c.1869; 1827 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
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