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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Straus Ralph; Gosse Edmund; Johnson A.E.; Aldin Cecil; Beerbohm Max; Pearson Hesketh; Shaw Bernard; Hough Richard; Bloom Clive | 9 Books, including: The Portrait of an Eminent Victorian |
1942; 1905; 1930; 1932; 1928; 1956; 1946; 1988; 2013 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 252 | Reid Mayne; Low; LYNX; Norway Arthur H.; Morton H.V.; Austen jane; Butler Samuel; De La Mare Walter; Hardy Thomas; Reade Charles | 9 Books, including: The Young Yagers Or, A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa |
1857; 1928; 1930; 1944; 1899; 1930; 1937 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 253 | Tarkington Booth; Irving Washington; Ouida; De La Mare Walter; Hamilton Frederic; Baker H. Barton | 6 Books, including: The Beautiful Lady |
1905; 1941; 1924; 1899 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 254 | Anstey F.; Fonhus H.; Ewing Juliana Horatia; Seton Ernest Thompson; Maeterlinck Maurice; Ransome Arthur; Sterne Laurence; Walpole Hugh; Crockett S. R. | 9 Books, including: Voces Populi |
1890; 1922; 1920; 1822; 1904; 1943; 1899; 1924 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | Macleod Norman; Millais J. E.; Tenniel John; Watson J.D.; Morten T.; Sandys F.; Pettie John | Good Words For 1863 |
1863 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 256 | Clarke J. Erskin | Chatterbox 1883 |
1883 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 257 | Anningbell Robert | Poems |
1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 258 | Pennell Joseph; Locke William J.; Flaubert Gustave; Low; Young Francis Brett; Brooke Rupert | 7 Books, including: The Illustrations of Books |
1896; 1924; 1928; 1935; c1940s; 1918 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | O.E. A. L.; Collier Constance; Vaughan C.E.; Swan Annie S.; Hurlbut Jesse Lyman | 5 Books, including: The Lady of Provence |
1878; 1929; 1896; 1888; 1932 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 260 | Boothby Guy; London Jack; Meade L.T. | 3 Books, including: A Bid For Freedom |
1904; 1914; 1907 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 261 | 20 Books |
1850s-1960s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 262 | 15 Books |
1920s-80s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 263 | Gilbert W S; Swinburne Algernon Charles; Anstey F; Conrad Joseph; Kingsley Charles; Yonge Charlotte M; Roberts Andrew | 7 Books, including: Patience or Bunthorne's Bride |
UK | 1911; 1866; 1895; 1962; 1881; 1888; 2011 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 264 | Gorham Maurice | The Local |
London | 1939 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | Strahan Edward | The New Hyperion. From Paris to Marly by Way of the Rhine |
Philadelphia | 1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 266 | The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor |
London | 1872 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 267 | Milton John | Comus, a Mask |
1858 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 268 | Houghton W | Country Walks Of A Naturalist With His Children |
N/A | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 269 | Oliphant Mrs | The Makers of Modern Rome |
London | 1895 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 270 | Congreve William | The Way of the World and Love for Love |
London | 1929 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | Browning Robert | Ferishtah's Fancies |
1884 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 272 | Maugham W Somerset | A Writer's Notebook |
1949 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 273 | Hodder Edwin; Cundall Joseph; Valentine L | 3 Books, including: On Holy Ground |
London; London; London | 1878; 1861; 1869 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 274 | Connor Ralph; Roberts Cecil; Rivett Rohan; White T H; Buchan John; Bell Mrs Arthur G | 6 Books, including: The Recall of Love |
London | 1910; 1936; 1946; c.1946; c.1911; 1906 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 275 | Spielmann M H; Jerold Walter | Hugh Thomson. His art, his letters, his humour and his charm |
London | 1931 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | 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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