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
225		Angus' Colonial Edition. Waverley Novels . 25 Volume set. Uniform cloth binding. Gilt titles to the spine.	Edinburgh	1885	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
226	Joseph Noel Patton.	AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems. With illustrations	Edinburgh	1865	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
227	Joseph M. Forshaw, illustrated by William T. Cooper.	Parrots of the World	Melbourne	1973	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
228		Six assorted books on orchids, mostly scientific botanical publications.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
229		Seven books on Orchids of the South Pacific Islands.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
230	RENTOUL, J.N.	Growing Orchids.	Melbourne	1981-1985	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
231		A lot of Australian Orchid Books. Hardback and Paperback. Very good copies.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
232	by Frank T Morris. Forewords by Frank T Morris and Joseph Burke.	Birds of Prey of Australia	Melbourne	1973	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 139.70
233	by Tom Iredale. Lilian Medland	Birds of New Guinea. Illustrated with Thirty-Five Plates in Colour Figuring 347 Birds	Melbourne	1956	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
234		A bound volume of Sydney Morning Herald July 1, 1873 to September 30, 1873.		1873	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
235	Ion L. Idriess.	Prospecting For Gold - From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant		1931	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 412.75
236	Ion Idriess	Five books		1938	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 203.20
237	Ion Idriess	12 Volumes of Ion L. Idriess Frontier Edition All in Red Cloth Hardcover, published circa 1950s			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
238		Three books by Ion Idriess.		1951	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
239		A lot of Miscellaneous Books. Condition various.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
240	Victoria Thorson.	Great Drawings of All Time - The Twentieth Century. Selected and Edited			AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
241	Greg Ray and Sylvia Ray.	Eleven Volumes Newcastle Pictorial History		2010-2021	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
242		A collection of books and the like on Newcastle, discussing the history, architecture, animals, and more.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
243		Correspondence respecting the emigration . Includes papers on Canada, Cape of Good Hope, NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and New Zealand.		1871	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 50.80
244		A collection of 5 books on the Australian landscapes, all in colour.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
245		A collection of books relating to the pacific, ranging from all topics.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
246		A collection of 10 novels on Australian art or relating to the topic.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
247		Alexander Classic Library 20 book set, bound in red faux leather, with gold edging to pages, in original red faux leather box.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
248		A 20-book boxset by Gordon Classic Library, all bound in dark maroon faux leather with gold edges, in a dark maroon faux leather case.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
249		A 4-book set, The Folio History of Ancient Greece.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70

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