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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Vivienne May; Statham-Drew Pamela; Duncan Ken; Fraser Steve | 3 Books, including: Travels in Western Australia |
London | 1902; 2003; 2012 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 78 | Brennan Niall; Blackman Grant; Shire of Warrnambool; City of Horsham | 7 Books, including: New Crossing Place |
Melbourne | 1982; 1993; 1978; 1987; 1982; 2007; 1994 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | Shelvocke George; Labillardiere M.; Krusenstern Adam; Fleurieu Charles P.C.; Portlock Nathaniel | 5 Books, including: A Voyage Round the World by way of the Grear South Sea |
London | 1726; 1800; 1813; 1790-1792; 1785-1788 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 80 | Brown P.L. | Clyde Company Papers |
1952-1977 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 | |
| 81 | Murdoch William L.; White John R.; King David; Batchelder Alf | 4 Books, including: Cricket |
1893; 1991; 2017; 2005 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 82 | Phillip Arthur | The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay |
Adelaide | 1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 83 | Johnston Ivy; Johnston Judy | Black and Gold The Story of Life Saving in the Borough of Queenscliff |
1987 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 84 | Melba Nellie | Melodies and memories |
1925 | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 85 | Bate Weston; Cannon Michael; La Nauze Robert; Chappel K.L.; Dunstan David | 5 Books, including: Essential but unplanned |
1994; 1991; 2011; 1996; 1996 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 86 | Muller Peter; Hutchison John; Shores Christopher | 5 Books, including: Secrets Revealed |
Melbourne | 1991; 1975; 2005; 1992 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 87 | Davidson Allan A.; Tyers C. J. | 3 Books, including: Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition |
1995; 2004; 1976 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 88 | Browne Frank Styant; Haygarth Nic; Pink Kerry | 3 Books, including: Voyages in a Caravan |
Launceston; Burnie | 2002; 2008; 1990 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 89 | Willis James H.; Coulson Helen; Garnett T. R.; Snell Edward | 4 Books, including: A Handbook to Plants in Victoria |
Melbourne; Sydney | 1978; 1978; 1990; 1988 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 90 | Adams John D.; de Quincey Elizabeth | The Tambo Shire Centenary History; Some Old Homesteads in the Tambo Shire |
Bruthen | 1981; 1979 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 91 | Butler Graeme; Bell Geoffrey; Brodribb William Adams; Bennett Lavinia Hasell | 5 Books, including: Middleton & Maning's Gippsland Directory |
Bairnsdale; Melbourne | 1983; 1936; 1979; 1959; 1976 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 92 | Hussey H. | 3 Books, including: Experiences of a Colonist Forty Years ago |
Adelaide | 1974; 1978; 1939 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 93 | Nobbs Raymond; Schaffer Irene; McKay Thelma | Norfolk Island and its Second Settlement 1825-1855; Exiled Three Times Over! |
1991; 1992 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 94 | Kimberly W. B. | Bendigo and Vicinity |
Melbourne | 1895 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 95 | Bullock CL | The Moth Two-Seater Light Aeroplane |
1931 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 96 | The Church of England Record for the Diocese of Melbourne |
1858-1859 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 97 | Moffat Adam | Sermons |
Melbourne | 1878 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 98 | Lansing Alfred | Endurance |
New York | 1959 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 99 | Smith; Craig Clifford; Symonds E. Fitz; Stoward | 5 Books, including: A Naturalist in Tasmania |
Hobart | 1909; 1977; 1999; 2001-2002 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 101 | Armstrong Ian | Racing Stall |
1988 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 102 | Owen William Fitzwilliam | Sheet VII Africa East Coast; The Querimba Islands |
London | 1827; 1847 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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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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