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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | The Grand Exhibition of Silk Road Civilizations |
1988 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | ||
| 127 | Leacock Stephen | Sunshine Sketches of A Little Town |
Toronto; New York; London | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 128 | Henley WE | London Types |
London | 1898 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 129 | Werner | The Egoist |
Stugartt | 1882 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 130 | Lockhart JG | Ancient Spanish Ballads |
London | 1842 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 131 | Meynell Alice | Mary, The Mother of Jesus |
London | 1912 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 132 | Lever Charles | Davenport Dunn |
1859 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 133 | Three early articles on the Daguerreotype |
1840 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 134 | Goldsmith Oliver | The Deserted Village |
1902 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 135 | Monthly Magazine |
1814 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 136 | Delamotte FG | Mediaeval Alphabets & Initials for Illuminators |
1864 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 137 | The Keepsake |
London | circa 1830-1850 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 138 | The Comic Album |
London | 1843 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 139 | Christmas Poets |
1864 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 140 | Pavord; Harris Stephen A | 2 Books, including: Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom |
2020; 2024 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 141 | R. M. Ansett Air Race Official Program |
1964 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 142 | Holden Manual |
Melbourne | c1950s | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 143 | Somervile William; Gaskell Mrs; Thackeray William Makepeace; Tristram W Outram | 6 Books, including: The Chase |
1892; 1894; 1896; 1905 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 228.60 | |
| 144 | White Henry Kirke | The Poetical and Prose Works of Henry Kirke White |
Edinburgh; London | 1856 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 145 | Scott Walter | The Lord of the Isles |
Edinburgh | 1857 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 146 | The Bridal Souvenir |
London | circa 1857 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 147 | Cabell James Branch | The Line of Love |
1905 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 148 | Jerome Jerome K. | My First Book |
1897 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 149 | Lever Charles | The Dodd Family Abroad |
1854 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 150 | Pope Alexander | Poetical Works of Alexander Pope |
1882 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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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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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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