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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | Morgan John | The Sydney Harbour Bridge Souvenir Cookery Book |
Sydney | [1932] | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 154 | Roberts; Turner; Callcott | Landscape Illustrations from the Bible |
London | 1835 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 155 | Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc | The Works of Buffon |
circa 1836 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | The Dickens Calendar |
Sydney; England | 1915 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 215.90 | |
| 157 | Meredith Louise Anne | Gum flowers and Love |
circa 1860 | AUD 160.00 - 240.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 158 | Chatwin Bruce | The Songlines |
London | 1987 | AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 159 | Lang John Dunmore | Origin and migrations of the Polynesian Nation |
Sydney | 1877 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 160 | Leeson Ida; Barrington Mary | Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator |
Sydney | 1928 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 161 | Walker James Backhouse; Collins Lieut.-Governor | The Settlement of Tasmania |
Hobart | 1890 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 162 | Simmons Rennie | Analysis of Mr. Rupert Murdoch's article on the West Australian natives |
Adelaide | 1957 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 163 | Duguid Charles | 5 Books, including: National Petition towards equal citizenship for Aborigines |
1947; 1954 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 164 | First and Second Progress Reports of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire as to the Best Means of Developing and Promoting the Coal Industry of Victoria |
1890 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 215.90 | ||
| 165 | Gilchrist Archibald | John Dunmore Lang: Chiefly autobiographical 1799-1878 |
Melbourne | 1951 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 166 | Guide to the City of Sydney and Pleasure Resorts of New South Wales |
Sydney | circa 1939 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 167 | Shores; Massimello; Russell | A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1943 |
2012; 2014; 2016 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 168 | Gribble | A Despised Race The Vanishing Aboriginals of Australia |
Sydney | 1933 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 169 | Peterson Nicolas; Koch Harold; Hercus Luise | Tribes and boundaries in Australia; Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Renaming the Australian Landscape |
Canberra | 1976; 2009 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 170 | Wilson Craig; Thompson John B; Cooley Thomas C | 4 Books, including: Built in Baldwin: The Story of EM Baldwin and Sons Castle Hill NSW |
1932-2022; 1830-1962 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 171 | The Hot Lakes Wonderland |
circa 1896 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | ||
| 172 | Yarra Ranges bush scenes |
circa 1910s; 1920s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 173 | Lynch Henry | The Lynch Family Bellringers |
Melbourne | 1899; 1900s | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 174 | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
1875 | AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,524.00 | ||
| 175 | Willingham Allan | Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study |
1986 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 176 | Gould John | Handbook to the Birds of Australia |
Melbourne | 1972 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 177 | Brady E J | Picturesque Port Phillip |
Melbourne | c. 1910 | 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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