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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
26 Sydney Parkinson.

A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson.

1972 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 412.75
27 Baudin in Australian Waters Edited by Jacqueline Bonnemains et al.

The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804.

1988 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
28 Thea Proctor; Roger Butler.

Thea Proctor The Prints. Introduced about the artist and catalogued by Roger Butler.

1980 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
29 Austin Roberts and edited by Gordon Lindsay Maclean. Illustrated by Kenneth Newman and Geoff Lockwood.

Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa

1985 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
30

Facsimile Edition of A Voyage to New South Wales: The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley of HMS Sirius 1786 to 1792;

1969 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
31 Charles Darwin

Two facsimiles by Charles Darwin

AUD 220.00 - 320.00 AUD 139.70
32 Marcus Clarke.

Stories of Australia in the Early Days

in London 1897 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
33 Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix.

The Botanical Garden.

in London 2002 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
34 Louis De Freycinet.

Reflections on New South Wales 1788-1839

in Sydney 2001 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 165.10
35 Compiled by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Santy.

Gravestone Inscriptions NSW. Volume I: Sydney Burial Ground. Elizabeth and Devonshire Steets "The Sandhills" (Monuments Relocated at Bunnerong)

1973 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
36 William Telfer. With introduction and notes by Roger Millis.

A facsimile of The Wallabadah Manuscript Recollections of the Early Days. The Early History of the Northern Districts of New South Wales

Sydney 1980 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 203.20
37 C M H Clark

A History of Australia

various dates between 1987-1991 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
38 Joseph Banks, With texts by Mel Gooding

Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage.

2017 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
39 Ann Datta

John Gould in Australia - Letters and Drawings

2002 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
40 Sue Rosen.

Government House Parramatta 1788-2000 A History of the Governors Their Home and Its Domain Parramatta Park

Sydney 2003 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
41

The Mutooroo Pastoral Company Limited After Fifty Years.

Adelaide 1951 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 412.75
42 John Cobley.

Six publications written by John Cobley. Two Signed.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
43

Aboriginal Art History and Culture

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
44

A collection of Early Australian Naturalists

AUD 220.00 - 320.00 AUD 165.10
45

Antarctica Including:

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
46 Sprod

Leichhardt's Expeditioners: In the Australian Wilderness 1844-1845.

2006 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
47

Three Hordern House publications facsimiles of Voyages and Navigation in the Pacific

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
48

Australian Colonial History

AUD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
49

Navigation and Exploration in the Pacific

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
50

Australiana A shelf of 16 good Australiana books.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
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