Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An Eclectic Collection: Books, Prints, Maps, Ephemera, History Art Science, A194, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 09, 2026 - August 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusden George William | Moyarra: An Australian Legend in Two Cantos |
London | 1891 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 2 | Kinghorn James Roy | The Snakes of Australia |
Sydney | 1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 3 | Mitford Eustace Reverley | Pasquin Pastoral, Mineral and Agricultural Advocate |
London | 1882 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 4 | Baudin Nicolas | The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin |
Adelaide | 1974 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 5 | Fleming Ian | Thunderball |
1961 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | Hunter John | An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island |
London | 1792 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 |
| 7 | Views of New South Wales |
Sydney | 1885 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 8 | Todhunter Isaac; Pearson Karl | A History of The Theory of Elasticity and Of The Strength of Materials |
N/A | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Gurner Henry Field | Chronicle of Port Phillip now the Colony of Victoria |
Melbourne | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 10 | Neilson Shaw | New Poems |
Australia | 1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 11 | Smiles Samuel | A Boy's Voyage Round the World |
London | 1877 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Knopwood Robert | The Diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood 1803-1838 |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 13 | Boyes GTWB | The Diaries and Letters of GTWB Boyes |
Melbourne | 1985 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 14 | Hobart Town Gazette; Colonial Times |
Hobart Town | 1825 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 2,032.00 | |
| 15 | Welsby Thomas | The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby |
Brisbane | 1967 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 16 | Peck Harry H | Memoirs of a Stockman |
Melbourne | 1942 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 17 | Men of the Time in Australia. Victorian Series |
Melbourne | 1878 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 114.30 | |
| 18 | Layard Austen Henry | Nineveh and Its Remains |
London | 1849 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 19 | Burns Robert | The Poetical Works of Robert Burns |
Australia | 1832 | AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 20 | Macquarrie Hector | Little Wheels : The Record Of A Trip Across Australia In A Baby Austin |
London | 1935 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 21 | Getting Gold |
Melbourne | 1931 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 22 | Rogers J W | Grammar and Logic in the Nineteenth Century |
Melbourne | 1883 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Archer John | Government Savings Bank Of N.S.W. Advances For Homes Department; Building A Nation |
Sydney | 1987 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 24 | Carr D J | Sydney Parkinson, Artist of Cook's Endeavour Voyage |
1983 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 25 | Idriess Ion | Across the Nullarbor |
1951 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 476.25 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
