Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Natural history, Voyages, Military, Fine Bindings , 156, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 27, 2025 - July 27, 2025

Page Size: 306 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Charles Darwin	The Zoology of The Voyage of HMS Beagle	London	1994	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 952.50
2	John Gould.	Handbook to The Birds of Australia		1972	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 203.20
3	John Gould.	The Birds of Australia. Facsimile of the 1848 edition.		1972	AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 4,953.00
4	John Gould.	A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans,		1988	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 1,079.50
5	Birds of New Guinea by John Gould	The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia.		1988	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 571.50
6	Jack Earl.	The Log Book of Kathleen Gillett written and illustrated by Jack Earl during his 1947-48 voyage around the world. Limited facsimile edition (No.78 of 200 copies).	Sydney	1991	AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	Not Sold
7	Robert John Thornton ; Stephen Harris.	The Temple of Flora		2008	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
8	John Malham.	The Grand Nation History of England Civil and Ecclesiastical, From the Earliest Period of Genuine Record to the Year 1816;		1816	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
9		The First Folio of Shakespeare The Norton Facsimile	New York and London	1996	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 508.00
10	Geoffrey Chaucer.	The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Illustrated		2002	AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
11	John William Lewin.	A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales: collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature	Melbourne	1978	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
12	John William Lewin.	A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales: collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature	Melbourne	1978	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 285.75
13	GJ Broinowski.	Birds of Australia: A Selection of His Finest Lithographs, 1887-1891		1987	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
14	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books		2003	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
15	William T Cooper and Joseph M Forshaw.	The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds	Sydney	1977	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
16	Beaglehole	The Journals of Captain James Cook by Beaglehole.		1999	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 349.25
17	Anders Sparman.	A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S Resolution		1944	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
18	George Alexander Cooke	Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography Containing an Accurate and Entertaining Description of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: Continents, Islands, Provinces, Countries, Cities, Towns, Promontories, Capes, Bays, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Gulp		circa1805	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
19	Captain James Cook	The Three Famous Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World Narrating His Discoveries and Adventures in Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, the Friendly Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia.		no date circa1893	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
20	Ray Parkin	HM Bark Endeavour		1997	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
21	Tim McCormick.	First Views of Australia 1788-1825: A History of Early Sydney		1987	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
22	Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. J. C. Beaglehole.	1) The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771. 2 Volumes Set. 2) The Life of Captain James Cook		1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
23	Thomas' Skottowe	The Skottowe Manuscript Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals etc. etc. of New South Wales		1988	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00
24	Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson.	Audubon's Birds of America		no date circa 2003	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
25	Charles Darwin	The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Including an Autobiographical Chapter edited by his son Francis Darwin.	London	1888	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold

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