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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Mudie Robert; Grey of Fallodon Viscount; Hudson W. J.; Fabre Jean-Henri | 4 Books, including: The Feathered Tribes of The British Islands |
1841; 1927; 1919; 1938 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 227 | Power John; Freycinet Louis De; Fuller Roland; Chick Arthur; Coysh A. W.; Baily Leslie; Chambers David; Mclean Ruari; Mclean Antonia; Muir Percy | 9 Books, including: A Handy-Book About Books |
1870; 1984; 1997; 1974; 1967; 1991; 1808-1893; 1988; 1971 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 228 | Beerbohm Max; Flint W. Russell; Levy Mervyn; Callen Anthea; Nicholson William; Taylor John Russell; Matisse Henri | 8 Books, including: Max's Nineties |
1958; 1951; 1975; 1979; 1923; 1978 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 229 | Hassall Joan | The Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall |
1960 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 230 | Hambourg Daria; Haggard H. Rider; Peppin Brigid; Heneage Simon; Ford Henry; Calloway Stephen; Beardsley Aubrey; De Freitas Leo; Engen Rodney K. | 9 Books, including: Richard Doyle - His Life and Work |
1948; 1909; 1986; 1980; 1979; 1967; 1976; 1975 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 231 | Mitford Mary Russell; Goldsmith Oliver | 4 Books, including: Life's Roses |
c1898; 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 232 | Goldsmith Oliver | The Deserted Village; The Vicar of Wakefield |
London | 1909; 1914 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | Longfellow; Goldsmith; Burns; Scott Walter; Sidgwick Frank; Nichols Beverley | 3 Books, including: A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads |
London | 1860; 1908; 1934 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | Garran Andrew | Picturesque Atlas of Australasia |
Sydney | 1886; 1888-1889 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | Foster Birket; Taylor Tom | Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape |
1881 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 236 | Wagner Richard; Rackham Arthur | Siegfried & The Twilight Of The Gods |
London; New York | 1911 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 237 | Leech John; Houfe Simon | 3 Books, including: John Leech's Pictures of Life & Character |
1842-1864; c1886; 1875; 1984 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 238 | The Story of Norman Conquest |
1866 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 239 | Hinscliff M.W. | King John and the Abbot of Canterbury |
1886 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 240 | Robinson Edith W.; Nodgson George | The Lay of Saint Jucundus |
1887 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 241 | Goldsmith Oliver | 3 Books, including: The Traveller |
London | 1845; 1896 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Fitzgerald; Cloff; Menpes; Pisa; Mackenzie; Fox; Murray; Nevinson; Carmichael | 6 Books, including: Naples |
1904; c1905; 1912; 1910; 1918; 1904 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 243 | Du Cane; Jungman Nico; Bell; Menpes; Addington John; Omond George W. T.; Moncrieff A. R. Hope | 7 Books, including: The Flower Garden of Madeira |
1909; 1905; 1903; 1907; 1908; 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 244 | Milton; Benger; Morrah; Menpes; Compton; Duckworth; Fowler Robert; Hope A.R.; Allingham Helen | 7 Books, including: Buckinghamshire and Berkshire |
1920; 1911; 1905; 1905; 1905; 1904 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 245 | Newth J.D.; Nicholls G. F.; Palmer Sutton; Moncrieff A.R. Hope; Ball Wilfrid; Varley Telford; Fox Frank; Whitehead Frederick; Holland Clive; Fulleylove John; Masson Rosaline; Clayton Dion; Allingham Helen | 8 Books, including: Gloucester Shire |
1927; 1906; 1909; 1918; 1906; 1904; 1907; 1909 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 246 | Wyllie WL; Wyllie MA | London to the Nore |
London | 1905 | AUD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 247 | Goble Warwick; Van Milligen Alexander; Thomas Margaret; Kelman John | Constantinople; From Damascus to Palmyra |
London | 1906; 1908 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 248 | Fulleylove; Kelman; Butler Elizabeth; Du Cane; Todd | 4 Books, including: The Holy Land |
1902; 1912; 1913 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 249 | Menpes Mortimer; Butler Elizabeth; Menpes Dorothy; Cundall H.M. | 4 Books, including: Whistler As I Knew Him |
1904; 1909; c1916; 1906 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | 23 Children's Books |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | 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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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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