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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Schutzenberger P | On Fermentation |
London | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | Benden P J van | Animal Parasites and Messmates |
London | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 28 | Von Meyer Georg Hermann | The Organs of Speech |
London | 1883 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 29 | Posnett Hutcheson Macaulay | Comparative Literature |
1886 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 30 | Trouessart E L | Microbes, Ferments and Molds |
London | 1886 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | Irving Washington | Bracebridge Hall |
London | 1877 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | Blaserna Pietro | The Theory of Sound in its Relation to Music |
London | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 33 | Scott Robert H | Elementary Meteorology |
London | 1883 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | Milne John | Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements |
London | 1886 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 35 | Warner Silfversparres Advertising samples; Russian Advertising samples |
Stockholm; Moscow | c.1889 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | Shakespeare William | Songs of Shakespeare |
London | circa 1865 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 37 | Runeberg Johan Ludvig | Fanrik Stals Sagner |
Stockholm | 1883 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | Moore Thomas; Jones Owen; Warren Henry | Paradise and the Peri |
1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 39 | Keats John | The Poetical Works of John Keats |
1916 | AUD 120.00 - 160.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 40 | Gems of English Literature |
1844 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 41 | Barrie J M; Thomson James; Adams William; Russell John; Mangnall Richmal | 6 Books, including: The Little Minister |
Exeter | 1892; 1859; 1880; 1902; 1877 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | Herrick Robert | Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick |
London | 1882 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | Cassell’s Popular Natural History |
London | 1865-1866 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Marryat Frederick | Masterman Ready; or, the Wreck of the Pacific |
London | 1841-2 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Robertson Mrs; A.L.O.E; Burnand F.C.; Gosse Edmund; Kent Rockwell | 5 Books, including: Christie Redfern's Troubles |
London | 1858; 1890; c.1905; 1934 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 46 | Fletcher J S; Verney Lady; Cornwall Barry | 3 Books, including: Life In Arcadia |
London | 1896; 1877; 1857 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 47 | Willis N Parker | The Thought Blossom: A Memento |
New York | 1853 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 48 | Watts Isaac; Hunt W Holman | Divine and moral songs for children |
London | 1865 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 49 | The Picture Gallery |
London; Greenock | 1873 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Shaw Henry (1800–1873) | Details of Elizabethan architecture |
London | 1834 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | 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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