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
51

Seven books published by Hordern House focusing on the discovery of Australia.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
52 James Morris.

Pax Britannica Trilogy

1992 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
53 Samuel Pepys.

Pepys's Diary.

1996 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
54 Joseph Heller.

Catch 22

2019 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
55 Barbara W Tuchman

The Coming of the Great War

1995 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
56 Asa Briggs.

A Victorian Trilogy

1996 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
57 Fernand Braude.

The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II

2000 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 152.40
58 William L Shirer.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, in Four Volumes

1995 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
59 John Gould.

The Birds of Australia and Adjacent Islands

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
60 John Prebble

Two titles

1966 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
61

Wellington and Napoleon

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 152.40
62

Folio Society - War

AUD 240.00 - 340.00 Not Sold
63

Eight Folio Society publications on European History.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
64

Biographies Folio Society

AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
65 Robert Graves.

Two Folio Society publications

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
66 Anton Chekhov.

Two Folio Society publications with writings

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
67 Folio Society. Literature.

Eight volumes published

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
68 John Symonds and Kenneth Grant.

The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autobiography. Edited

New York 1970 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
69 William Styron.

Sophie's Choice

1979 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
70

British Leader Biographies

AUD 160.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
71

Napoleon vs Wellington - France vs England

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
72

Three books about American Leaders.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
73

Art books

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
74

Five Biographies worth reading

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
75 Winston Churchill.

Four volumes written by or about Winston Churchill.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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