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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Colomb Mme | Les revoltes de Sylvie |
1909; 1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 102 | Victoria Queen | Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands |
London | 1868 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | The Dictionary of Every-Day Difficulties in Reading, Writing, and Speaking the English Language |
London | circa 1880 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 104 | Boughton George H | Sketching Rambles in Holland |
New York | 1897 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Longfellow Henry Wadsworth | Kavanagh |
London | 1858 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 106 | Owen Octavius Freire | Gay's Fables |
London | circa 1860s-1870s | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 107 | Goldsmith Oliver | The Deserted Village |
New York | circa 1841-1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 108 | Ellis William Smith | The Antiquities of Heraldry |
1869 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Cowper William | The Task |
London | 1855 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 110 | Landon Letitia Elizabeth | Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-book 1839 |
London | 1839 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 111 | The Children's Friend 1889 |
London | 1889 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 112 | Grey Zane | The Thundering Herd |
New York; London | 1925 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | Tarkington Booth | Beasley's Christmas Party |
New York | 1909 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | Familiar Quotations |
Sydney | N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 115 | Burnett Frances Hodgson | In the Closed Room |
New York | 1904 | AUD 220.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 116 | Porter William Sydney | The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million |
1907 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Belloc H | The Four Men |
1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 118 | Jerome Jerome K | Told After Supper |
London | 1891 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | Avery H | Play the Game! |
circa 1920s | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 120 | Belloc Hilaire | A Moral Alphabet; More Peers |
London | 1899; circa 1920s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | Nicholson William | An Alphabet |
London | 1898 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 122 | Fairlie Gerard | Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast |
London | 1947 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | Wolf Joseph | The Poets of the Woods |
London | 1853 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 124 | Pennell Elizabeth Robins | French Cathedrals Monasteries And Abbeys And Sacred Sites Of France |
New York | 1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 125 | Daniell William | Oriental Annual |
London | 1835 | 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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