Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books on Mining, Geology, Medicine, History, Military And More, 20126, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 01, 2026 - February 01, 2026
Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 DICKENS, Charles.

The Life of Our Lord. Written expressly for his children by Charles Dickens.

London 1934 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
102

Four books on convict transportation: ANDERSON, Hugh. Farewell to Judges & Juries. The Broadside Ballad & Convict Transportation to Australia, 1788 1868.

Melbourne 2000 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
103

Complete run of the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, numbers 1 through 50, from the year 1975 to 2022.

1975-2022. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
104 SCHMALENBACH, Werner.

Kurt Schwitters.

London 1970 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
105

Fifteen books from the Classics of Medicine library. All are facsimile editions of historical works in medicine and surgery, presented in ornamental bindings.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
106

An impressive shelf of books on cartography and map-making.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
107 SPROD, Daniel.

Proud Intrepid Heart. Leichhardt's First Attempt to the Swan River 1846 1847.

Hobart 1989 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
108 [SCOTTISH MARTYRS].

The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition.

Edinburgh 1794 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 349.25
109 KEARTON, Richard.

With Nature and a Camera. Being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer.

London 1898 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
110

This lot comprises a collection of 35 volumes (housed within in 28 protective slipcases), being high-quality facsimile editions of famous juvenile literature, drawn from the breathtaking Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public L

 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 215.90
111 JOHNSON, Keith A. and SAINTY, Malcolm.

Sydney Burial Grounds 1819-1901 (Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets) and History of Sydney's Early Cemeteries from 1788.

Sydney 2001 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
112

A collection of 37 books on genealogy and family history, most of the titles are Australian with a few North American family histories in the mix.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
113

Seven books on Colonial Australia and the development of our nation.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
114

A large collection of books about cricket.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 241.30
115

The first ten annual reports of the C.S.I.R.O. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, from 1949 to 1958.

1949-1958. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
116 C.T. Courtney Lewis

Two books by C.T. Courtney Lewis on English print-makers of the nineteenth century.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
117 BATCHELDER, Alf.

Hugh Trumble. A Cricketer's Life.

2009 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
118

Thirteen children's fiction novels by Ethel Turner,

 first decades of the twentieth century. AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
119

Ten children's fiction novels by Mary Grant Bruce

 first decades of the twentieth century. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
120 William Wymark Jacobs.

Twelve books by William Wymark Jacobs.

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
121

A Century of Journalism Sydney Morning Herald Australian Life 1831-1931

Sydney 1931 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
122 Illustrated by W.H. Nicholls.

The Complete Edition of Orchids of Australia.

1969 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 203.20
123

3 books 1 record 1) The Australian Aboriginal Heritage. An Introduction through the Arts.

Sydney 1973 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
124

1) Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds by Harold Frith 2) Australian and New Zealand Gemstones how and where to find them by Paul Hamlyn

 AUD 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
125

Seven books on Naval and Military themes..

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold