Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver, A171, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026
Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 EKELOF, Adolf.

Ett ar i Stilla Hafvet. Reseminnen fran Patagonien, Chili, Peru, Californien, Britiska Columbia och Oceanien.

Stockholm 1872 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 381.00
2 DEBRET, J.-B.

Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil.

 Paris 1839 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 5,588.00
3 Herge.

Tintin magazines

 Paris. 1966 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
4 WILLIS, Robert. Edited by John Willis Clark

The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton.

1886 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
5

Reminiscences and Unpublished Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon.

 Melbourne undated but 1895 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
6 John Henry Macartney Abbott,

Typescript of an unpublished book of essays, in letter form,

 circa 1920 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 508.00
7

Schools of Illumination. Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum.

London 1914-1930 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 2,159.00
8 SIDNEY, Samuel.

The Three Colonies of Australia. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; their pastures, copper mines, & gold fields.

London 1852 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
9 SCOTT, Robert F.

Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I Being the Journals of Captain Robert R.F. Scott, R.N. Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work

1913 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
10

Three books on the early history of South Australia:

1848 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 412.75
11 Collected and editedby Hugh and John McCallum.

An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other Bards, who flourished at the same age.

Montrose 1816 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
12 T E Lawrence.

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom a triumph

 1935 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
13 John Henry Macartney Abbott

Typed manuscript, titled "Mount Wingen: The burning mountain of the Kingdon Ponds valley."

1921 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 539.75
14

Three private press poetry books, all superbly printed in small numbers.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
15 WOOD, C.F.

A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas

 . London 1875 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
16 BRACKEN, Thomas .

Musings in Maoriland

 Dunedin 1890 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
17 FERGUSSON, Dugald.

Vicissitudes of Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand.

London 1891 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
18 HENDERSON, George C.

Sir George Grey. Pioneer of Empire in Southern Lands.

 London 1907 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
19 John Robert Godley.

The Founders of Canterbury: Volume 1 Being Letters from the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley and to other well-known helpers in the settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand

 Christchurch 1868 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
20 FROUDE, James Anthony.

Oceana or England and Her Colonies. Fourth edition.

London 1886 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
21

Bibliography of New Zealand Geology Since 1908.

1952 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
22 SCHOLES, David.

The Enchanting Break O'Day.

Launceston 2000 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
23 BOND, Michael.

A Bear Called Paddington.

London 1959 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 349.25
24 MILNE, A.A.

When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by E.H. Shepard.

London 1926 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
25

East Melbourne Cricket Club: Its History 1860-1910 Jubilee Year.

1910 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00