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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Docker Alfred | The Colour Prints of William Dickes |
London | 1924 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 277 | 6 Books, including: Peter The Great |
1887; 1957; 1913; 1949; 1924 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 278 | Du Cane Florence | The Canary Islands |
London | 1911 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 279 | Furniss Harry | 4 Books, including: Poverty Bay A Nondescript Novel |
London | 1905; 1925; 1902 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | Davies William H | The Hour of Magic and Other Poems |
1922 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 281 | Collins William | The Poetical Works of William Collins |
1830 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 282 | Khayyam Omar | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
c.1925 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 283 | Bennett Martin; Adams John; Roberts Ray V | Rolls-Royce and Bentley |
1999; 1978 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 284 | Tolkien J R R; Shippey Tom; Foster Robert | 5 Books, including: The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays |
2006; 2000; 2023; 2022; 2017 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 285 | Lever Charles | Jack Hinton The Guardsman |
c.1845 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 286 | Sydney Harbour Bridge |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 287 | Bain Robert; Ingram John | The Clans And Tartans Of Scotland; Graphic Scotch Anecdotes |
1961 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 288 | Morris M C F | Benjamin Fawcett: Colour Printer And Engraver |
1925 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 289 | Apelles and Andronicus; or, The Better Land |
London | c.1848 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 290 | Baynes Robert H | The Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems |
London; New York | 1867 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 291 | Jackson Holbrook | The Eighteen Nineties |
London | 1922 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | Kronheim Joseph Martin | The Rose Bud |
1853 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 293 | Mudie Robert; Lewis C T Courtney | 3 Books, including: Man, in his Physical Structure and Adaptations |
London | 1838; 1840; 1908 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | Birmingham George A; Ramsay Dean; Hay Ian; Raymond Walter | 4 Books, including: Irishmen All |
1914; 1912; 1911; 1910 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 295 | Palgrave Francis Turner | Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics; Palgrave's Golden Treasury |
1925; 1911 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 296 | Bruce Charles; Macdonald George; Carleton Will; Twain Mark; La Motte-Fouque | 5 Books, including: The Book of Noble Englishwomen |
1875; c1890; 1879; c.1900; 1896 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 297 | Ingraham J H; Aytoun William Edmondstoune | The Prince of the House of David; The New Casket; Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems |
c. 1870; 1851; 1849 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 298 | Slack H J; Steel Flora Annie; Bloomfield Robert; Swimburne Algernon Charles; Day Thomas | 6 Books, including: Marvels of Pond Life |
London | 1889; 1913; 1919; 1858 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 299 | Beerbohm Max | 4 Books, including: The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill |
London | 1929; 1930; 1917; 1924 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 300 | Military |
N/A | 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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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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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000