Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science Fiction Books and Magazines - Firsts & Rarities, A174, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 08, 2026 - March 08, 2026
Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

This lot comprises 22 duplicate issues of New Worlds Science Fiction

London between 1949 and 1955 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
52 HYNE, Cutcliffe

Atoms of Empire

London 1904 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
53 CLARKE, Ignatius Frederick

Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749

Oxford 1992 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
54

Avon Fantasy Reader was published from 1946 to 1952 and has a total of 18 consecutive issues included in this lot

57th Street New York City 1946 to 1952 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 317.50
55 edited by Donald A. Wollheim

Avon Science Fiction Reader

New York 1951 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
56

A discontinuous selection of Venture Science Fiction Magazine

New York 1970 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
57

Space Science Fiction, a British serial

Great Russell Street London 1953 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
58 HOWARD, Robert E.

The Garden of Fear and Other Stories of the Bizarre and Fantastic

Los Angeles 1945 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
59

Two pulp reprints of science-fiction classics

Manchester circa 1950 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
60 Edited by Jack O'Sullivan and Malcolm Reiss

Six issues of Planet Stories

Stamford, Connecticut N/A AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
61

All five issues of A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine

Indiana December 1949 to October of 1950 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
62

Six books from the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series

432nd Street New York City N/A AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
63

Famous Fantastic Mysteries

New York 1939 through to 1953 AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
64

Amazing Stories Science Fiction - this lot comprises six mixed issues from 1934 to 1953

Chicago 1993 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
65 edited by Groff Conklin

Three science fiction anthologies

New York 1946 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
66

Four books from the Adventures in Science Fiction Series

New York 1951 AUD 350.00 - 500.00 AUD 215.90
67 edited by Everett Bleiler and T.E. Dikty

An exciting lot of four science-fiction anthologies from the fifties

New York 1951 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
68 Edited by Judith Merril

Four volumes from the series titled - SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

New York 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
69 Edited by Anthony Boucher

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction

New York 1955 to 1960 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
70

A superb lot comprising a near-complete run of 50 issues of the salacious science fiction pulp titled Startling Stories, across the date range 1948-1955

Illinois 1948-1955 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
71

Six issues of the Australian edition of Startling Stories, 1953-1954

England 1953-1954 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
72

A choice collection of Thrilling Wonder Stories pulp magazines

August 1947 through to January 1955 AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
73

This lot comprises five issues of Thrilling Wonder Stories UK edition and Australian editions

Fleet Street London N/A AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
74

A marvellous run of Street and Smith's Unknown Fantasy Fiction pulp magazines

New York March 1939 through to August 1943 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
75

A complete run of Nebula Science Fiction

Glasgow between September 1952 and June 1959 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
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