Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Journey through time: Print and Bindings from the 15th to the 21st Century, 90725, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025

Page Size: 409 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Brett Whiteley.	Ten posters of artworks by Brett Whiteley.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
52		Chinese language monograph of traditional landscape painting.		Circa1980	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
53	PENROSE, Roland.	The Road is Wider than Long. An Image Diary from the Balkans, July - August 1938.	London	1939	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
54		A bound set of The Victorian Naturalist: The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria.	Melbourne	1884-1926	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
55		Eight books on the R.A.A.F. in the Second World War.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
56		Four books on the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
57	SKENNERTON, Ian.	Australian Service Bayonets.	Margate, Queensland	1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
58		Nine books on northern Australia, Darwin, and New Guinea in WW2.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
59		Ten books on the Australian Infantry Forces in World War One.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
60		Four books on Australian artillery and allied divisions.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
61		Seven books on the Australian army in the Vietnam War.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
62	WITHAM, George.	Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units.	Memphis	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
63	JONES, T. Wharton.	The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery.	London	1855	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
64	by Steven Runciman.	Two volumes from the History of the Crusades			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
65	COATES, John.	An Atlas of Australia's Wars.		2001	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
66		Seven books and publications on the bibliography of Australian mining and geology:			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
67	T.W. Edgeworth David	A bound volume of seven scarce offprints and reports by Professor Sir T.W. Edgeworth David, the legendary Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer.		1922	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
68		Eighteen Agatha Christie titles.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
69	DRAYDON, Allan.	Men of Courage. A History of 2/25 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945.		2001	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
70	SERLE, R.P.	The Second Twenty Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the 9th Division.	Melbourne	1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
71	BRAHMS, Vivian.	The Spirit of the Forty-Second. Narrative of the 42nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, Australian Imperial Forces, during the Great War 1914-1918.	Facsimile of the Brisbane edition.	1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
72		Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
73		Seven books, all are divisional and battalion histories, Australian army.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
74		Eight books (in nine volumes) on Australian inland exploration.			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
75	W.H. Nicholl	Orchids of Australia. Drawn in natural colour by W.H. Nicholls with descriptive text.	Melbourne	1951	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00

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