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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | De Castella Hubert; Garvey Nathan; Ross James; East Ronald | 5 Books, including: Australian Squatters |
Melbourne; Adelaide | 1987; 2008; 1975; 1974 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 202 | A Photographic Tour Through the Isle of Wight |
c. 1890s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 203 | 101 Views of Birmingham and District |
c.1904 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 204 | Du Maurier George | English Society As Sketched by George Du Maurier |
New York | 1897 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 205 | Davis Anthony; Mackay Ken; Moyes A. G.; McKie Greg; Clowes Colin; Shaw Mervyn J. C.; Carr Keith W. | 8 Books, including: Sir Donald Bradman |
1960; 1967; 1966; 2007 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | Kennedy E. B.; Chewings Charles; Landsborough William; Bonyhady Tim | 4 Books, including: Narrative of an Expedition |
Adelaide; Balmain Vic | 1965; 2010; 2000; 1991 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 207 | Coutts Peter; Cochrane R. M.; Barrett Charles L.; Kenyon A. S.; McCarthy F. D. | 4 Books, including: The Keilor Archaeological Area |
Sydney | 1977; 1952; 1953; 1958 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 208 | Bevan G. A.; Vaughan M. E.; Poole G. G.; Auhl Ian; Drew Greg; Cordes Neville; Dyster Tom | 11 Books, including: Glorious Kangaroo Island |
1926; 1978; 1946; 1982; 1988; 1977; 1981 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 209 | Ollier Edmund | The Dore Gallery |
London | 1870 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 210 | Lindsay Lionel | Conrad Martens: The Man and His Art |
Sydney | 1920 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | Two Illustrated Views of Mount Gambier |
c.1915 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 212 | Lunney Daniel; Phillips Roger; Rix Martyn | Australian Fauna and Flora |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 213 | Dawson Lyndall; Dunkley J. R.; Wigley T. M.; Warild Alan | 4 Books, including: Tunnels in Time |
1978; 1988 | AUD 100.00 - 130.00 | Not Sold | |
| 214 | Banfield E J | My Tropic Isle; Last Leaves From Dunk Island |
London; Sydney | 1913; 1925 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 215 | Buckman Greg | Box of Australiana |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 216 | Dalrymple Alexander; Hamilton George; Parker Mary Ann; Pelsaert Francois | 4 Books, including: An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacifick Ocean |
Sydney | 1996; 1998; 1991; 1993 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 217 | Tyers C. J.; Gosse William Christie; Giles Ernest | 3 Books, including: Report of an expedition to ascertain the position of the 141st degree of east longitude |
Adelaide | 1967; 1973; 1979 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 218 | Barrie JM | Quality Street |
London | [1913] | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 219 | 21 Books, including: NSW Local and Family History |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 220 | Ingoldsby Thomas | The Ingoldsby Legends |
1889 | AUD 40.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 221 | White Judy; Curotta Ivan; Watt Bruce; MacLeod Royal | 5 Books, including: When Gentlemen were Gentlemen |
1972-1996 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 222 | Souter Gavin; Stephensen P. R.; Curotta Ivan | 7 Books, including: Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Australian Association For the Advancement of Science |
Sydney; Adelaide | 1898; 1924; 1932; 1999-2010 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 223 | Stevenson Robert Louis; Simpson E Blantyre | Across the Plains; Memories and Portraits; Robert Louis Stevenson: Edinburgh Days; Robert Louis Stevenson: The Man his work |
London | 1892; 1919; 1908; 1913 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 224 | Stevenson Robert Louis | 5 Books, including: The Wrecker |
1892; 1887; 1900; 1893; 1898 | AUD 180.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 225 | Roosevelt Theodore; Park Mungo; Johnston Harry; Stanley Henry M. | 4 Books, including: African Game Trails |
1910; 1896; 1889 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
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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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