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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Hall SC | The Book of British Ballads |
London | 1845 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 52 | An Alphabet of Capital Letters |
London | 1862 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 1,016.00 | |
| 53 | Hallward Reginald Francis (1858-1948) | Flowers of Paradise |
London; New York | 1889 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 54 | London Jack | Before Adam |
US | 1907 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | Bickersteth Edward Henry | Yesterday, To-Day, and for Ever |
1873 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 56 | Lever Charles | Our Mess |
1844 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 57 | Hamilton Ian | The Thrill Machine |
London | 1972 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 58 | Brandon John G | Candidate for a Coffin |
London | 1946 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 59 | East Michael | The Naked Country |
London | 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | Mantegazza Paolo | The Legends of Flowers |
London; Edinburgh | 1908 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 61 | Crane Walter | The Baby's Bouquet |
London; New York | 1878 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | Crane Walter (1845-1915) | Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden |
London | 1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 63 | Girardin Jules | Scenes Familieres |
Paris | 1885 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 64 | Greenaway Kate | Language of Flowers |
London | 1884 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 65 | Caldecott Randolph | The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to the Graphic |
London | 1888 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 66 | Fairholt F.W. (1814-1866) | Miscellanea Graphica |
London | 1857 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 67 | Laing Alexander | Wayside Flowers |
Edinburgh; Brechin | 1878 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Coleman William Stephen | Our woodlands, heaths, and hedges |
London | 1859 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 69 | Ciappori Cl; Louandre Ch | Les Arts Somptuaires |
Paris | 1857-1858 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | D'Epagny | La Fille De L'emigre |
1848 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 71 | King Jessie (1875-1949) | Poems of Spenser |
London | circa 1910s | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 72 | Goldsmith Oliver | The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith |
circa 1858 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 73 | Wilson Andrew | The Royal Natural History |
c1890 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 74 | Barry William Jackson | Glimpses of Australian Colonies and New Zealand |
Auckland | 1903 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 75 | Sheridan Richard Brinsley | The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
1908 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
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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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