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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Carter John | Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting Now Remaining in England |
London | 1838 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 27 | Tennyson Alfred | Elaine |
London | 1868 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 28 | Greenaway Kate; Cundall HM | Kate Greenaway Pictures |
London | 1921 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 29 | Hope Laurence | The Garden of Kama and Other Love Lyrics; Stars of the Desert; Indian Love |
London | 1919 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 30 | Longfellow Henry Wadsworth | Voices of the Night; The Seaside and the Fireside; and Other Poems |
London | 1852 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 31 | Drigon de Magny Claude | Nouveau traite historique et archeologique de la vraie et parfaite science des armoiries |
Paris | 1856 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 32 | Barrie JM; Thomson Hugh | Quality Street |
London | 1913 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | Illuminated Presentation |
Belfast; London | 1885 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 34 | Jones Owen | One Thousand and One Initial Letters |
London | 1864 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 35 | Adam Victor; Connolly JWJ | 3 Books, including: Mazeppa |
c.1846; c.1855; c.1870 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 37 | Three Coloured Etchings of Birds |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 38 | Gillespie Lyall L; Kabaila Peter Rimas | Aborigines of the Canberra Region; Belconnen's Aboriginal Past |
1984; 1997 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 39 | Berndt Ronald M; Edwards Robert | 3 Books, including: Kunapipi |
1951; 1979; 1934 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 40 | Berndt Ronald M | Kunapipi: A Study of an Australian Aboriginal Cult |
New York | 1951 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 41 | Berndt Ronald M; Bleakley JW | Australian Aboriginal Anthropology; Aboriginal Man In Australia; The Aborigines of Australia |
Perth; Sydney; Brisbane | 1970; 1965; 1961 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 42 | Ellis Catherine | Aboriginal Music Making |
1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 43 | Gerritsen Rupert | The Traditional Settlement Pattern of South West Victoria Reconsidered |
Canberra | 2001 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 44 | Ashley-Montagu M F | Coming Into Being Among The Australian Aborigines |
London | 1937 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 45 | Godden Elaine; Mainic Jutta | Rock Painting of Aboriginal Australia |
1997 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 46 | McNab Duncan | The Revd. Duncan McNab and The Aborigines; Condition Of The Aboriginals At Durundur and Bribie Island |
1875; 1878 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 47 | Cole Keith | Groote Eylandt Mission |
Melbourne | 1971 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 48 | The Mapoon Story |
Melbourne | 1975 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 49 | Bougainville | Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la fregate La Thetis et de la corvette L'Esperance |
Alburgh, UK | 1987 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Foxe John | The Book of Martyrs |
1873 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 51 | Pugin Avgvstvs Welby | Ornaments of the XVth & XVIth centuries |
1836 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 571.50 |
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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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