Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Victorianism and beyond: Fine bindings and illustrated books, A189, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 05, 2026 - July 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Samuel | Poems |
1834 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Jones Owen | The Common Book of Brayer |
London | 1845 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 3 | Official Programme of the Ceremonial and Entertainments commemorative of the Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth |
1901 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | ||
| 4 | N Books, including: The swearing in of The Earl of Hopetoun |
1901 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 1,778.00 | ||
| 5 | Kipling Rudyard | Captain Courageous: A Story from the Grand Banks |
1896-1897; 1897 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | French James Weir | Modern Power Generators: Steam Electric and Internal-Combustion and their Application to Present-Day Requirements |
Bavaria | 1908 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 7 | Willmott Robert Aris | Summer Time in the Country |
London | 1858 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 8 | Sutherland Joan | A Prima Donna's Progress: The Autobiography of Joan Sutherland |
New York | 1997; 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 9 | Melba Nellie | City Hall Portland Tuesday Evening March 5, 1895 |
1895 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 10 | Melba Nellie | Signature of Dame Nellie Melba |
1907 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 11 | Conrad Joseph | The Nigger of the Narcissus |
London | 1898 | AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Peacock Judy | CHERRIO JACK |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 13 | The Sydney Mail |
1914-1919 | AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 14 | Idriess Ion | Welfare Aboriginal People Kimberley |
1937 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 476.25 | |
| 15 | Morland Nigel | Murder Runs Wild |
London | 1946 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 16 | White Patrick | N Books, including: Southerly |
N/A | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 17 | Prichard Katharine Susannah; Deake-Brockman Henrietta; Carey Peter; Upfield Arthur; Radley Paul | N Books, including: Winged Seeds |
Sydney | 1950; 1948; 1994; 1996; 1982 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 18 | Trollope Anthony | Orley Farm |
London | 1862 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Brassey Annie | A Voyage in the Sunbeam |
Chicago | 1881 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 20 | Fleming Ian | The Man with the Golden Gun |
London | 1965 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 21 | Whitney William Dwight | The Life and Growth of Language |
London | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 22 | Candolle A D | Origin of Cultivated Plants |
London | 1884 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 23 | Jevons W Stanley | Money and The Mechanism of Exchange |
London | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 24 | Cooke M C; Berkeley M J | Fungi Their Nature, Influence, and Uses |
London | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Warner Francis | Physical Expression: Its Mode and Principles |
London | 1885 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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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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