Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Memorable moments in books, A198, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 30, 2026 - August 30, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsay Norman | Norman Lindsay: 80 Years of Pencil Drawings |
Bungendore | 2008 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 2 | Lindsay Norman | Micomicana |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 3 | Preston Margaret | Margaret Preston Monotypes |
Sydney | 1949 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 4 | Ucko Peter | Form in Indigenous Art |
Canberra | N/A | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 5 | Walsh Grahame L | Bradshaw Art of the Kimberley |
Toowong | N/A | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 6 | Outhwaite Ida Rentoul | 3 Books, including: The Boomerang Thrower |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 7 | Milton John; Lawes Henry | The Mask of Comus |
London | 1937 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 349.25 |
| 8 | Meredith Louisa Anne (1812–1895) | Bush Friends in Tasmania |
London | 1891 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,079.50 |
| 9 | Howe Robert | Australasian Almanack for the year of our lord 1827 |
Sydney | 1827 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 10 | Martin Robert Montgomery | The Colonial Magazine and Commercial-Maritime Journal |
London | 1840 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 11 | Wilson John M | The Rural Cyclopedia |
Edinburgh | 1852 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 12 | Barrie Douglas M | The Australian Bloodhorse |
Sydney | 1956 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Wood Susan Nugent | Bush Flowers from Australia |
London | [1867] | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 14 | Highsmith Patricia | Strangers on a Train |
London | 1950 | AUD 700.00 - 900.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 15 | Chesterton GK | The Wisdom Of Father Brown |
1914 | AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 16 | Mccombie Thomas | The History of the Colony of Victoria |
Melbourne; Sydney | 1858 | AUD 400.00 - 600.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 17 | Geological Survey of Victoria. Report of Progress |
Melbourne; London | 1877-1880 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | Moon Henry | An account of the wreck of H.M. Sloop "Osprey" |
Landport | 1858 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Elkington JSC | Health Reader with Chapters on Elementary Hygiene |
c1906-8 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 20 | Simmons Owen | The Book of Bread |
Edinburgh | [1903] | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 1,079.50 |
| 21 | Tourists' guide to Tasmania |
Tasmania | 1899 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 22 | New South Wales Government Gazette Extraordinary no.58 |
Sydney | 1879 | AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Bentham George; Mueller Ferdinand | Flora Australiensis |
London | 1863-78 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 24 | Stayley William | The Tryal of William Stayley goldsmith |
London | 1678 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Willis James AC | The industrial progress of New South Wales |
1871 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
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