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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 | Barrett W A | Flowers and Festivals; Flowers from many lands |
London | 1868; c.1860 | AUD 120.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 377 | Gilbert W S | Bab Ballads; More Bab Ballads |
London | 1870 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 378 | Balzac Honore de | Ten Droll Tales |
London | 1926 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 379 | Whistler Rex | The New Forget-Me-Not Calendar |
London | 1929 | AUD 120.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 380 | McCabe Joseph; Henty G A | The Splendour of Moorish Spain; With Clive in India |
London | 1935; 1884 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 381 | Merimee Prosper; Thackeray William Makepeace | Carmen; Vanity Fair |
1916; c1910 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 382 | West Rebecca; Lister Gladys; Kirby Ralph | 4 Books, including: The Modern "Rake's Progress" |
London; Sydney | 1934; 1945; ND | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 383 | Doyle Richard; Davenport Adams W H | A Journal Kept By Richard Doyle in the Year 1840; Mediterranean Illustrated |
London | 1885; 1877 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 384 | Keats John; Cottin Madame | The Odes of John Keats; Elisabeth ou les exiles de Siberie |
London; Liverpool | 1901; 1824 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 385 | Marzio Peter C | The Democratic Art: Chromolithography 1840 - 1900 |
London | 1980 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 386 | Conrad Joseph | N Books, including: 'Twixt Land & Sea |
London | 1912; 1915; 1919; 1908; 1923 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 387 | Johnson A E; Lucas E V; Farrar F W; Meynell; Bayley F W N | Frank Reynolds; The Open Road; William Holman Hunt, His Life and Work; The New Tale of A Tub |
London | 1907; 1913; 1893; 1845 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 388 | Du Maurier George | Peter Ibbetson; Trilby |
London | 1895 | AUD 120.00 - 350.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 389 | Haggard H Rider | N Books, including: Ayesha; The Return of She |
1905; 1926; 1922; 1923 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 390 | Buchan John | N Books, including: Huntingtower |
1922; 1933; 1932; 1920; 1908 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 391 | Baxter George; Heckmann Walter | N Books, including: The Landing of Her Majesty in Ireland |
c. 1850; c.1908; 1965 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 392 | Galsworthy John; Hiatt Charles; Parker Eric; Conybeare Edward; Hutton W H; Cook E T | N Books, including: The Silver Spoon |
London | 1929; 1933; 1909; 1932; 1899; 1898; 1910; 1914; 1911 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 393 | King Alberts Book; The Queen's Book of the Red Cross; Princess Mary's Gift Book; The Queen's Gift Book |
1914; 1939; ND | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 394 | Gibbings Robert | N Books, including: Blue Angels and Whales |
1946; 1955; 1948; 1957; 1947; 1932; 1943; 1951; 1934; 1945 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 395 | France Anatole; Chapman Frederic; Cabell James Branch | The Gods are Athirst; The Well of St. Clare; Mother of Pearl; The Cream of The Jest |
1927; 1928; 1929 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 396 | Kingsley Charles | Hereward the Wake |
London | 1870 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 397 | Boccacci Giovanni | Additional Plates to the Decameron |
London | 1903 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 398 | Minchin H Cotton | The Legion Book |
1929 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 399 | The Illustrated London News |
1865 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 400 | Gibson Charles Dana | Everyday People |
New York | 1904 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
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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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