Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates, 177, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | CHOULES, Reverend John Overton. | The Cruise of the Steam Yacht North Star… |
Boston | 1854 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 152 | KENIHAN, G. H. (editor). | The Journal of Abel Jansz Tasman, 1642. With Documents Relating to his Exploration of Australian in 1644. |
Adelaide | 1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 153 | BAKER, Sir Samuel White. | The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile Sources. With maps and illustrations. |
London | 1870 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 154 | STOUT, Rex. | If Death Ever Slept. |
London | 1958 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 155 | LANG, Andrew. | Books and Bookmen. |
London | 1887 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 156 | RACINE, Jean-Baptiste. | Oeuvres de Racine. Tome premier. |
Amsterdam | 1690 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 157 | HILL, L. Raven and GOLSWORTHY, Arnold. | The First Volume of the Butterfly. A Humorous and Artistic Periodical… |
London | October 1893. | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 158 | by Ruth Park. by May Gibbs | 1) The Muddleheaded Wombat 2) The Complete Adventures Of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie |
2010, 2007 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 159 | [H. MICHEL-LEVY]. | Catalogue des tableaux anciens, tableaux modernes, aquarelles, dessins, pastels, sculptures composant la collection H. Michel-Levy. Vente aux encheres de la Galerie Georges Petit. |
Paris | 1919 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 160 | Four books on architecture. |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 161 | The Arts of Japan. Volume 1: Ancient and Medieval. Volume 2: Late Medieval to Modern by Noma Seiroku, |
Tokyo | 1978 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 162 | by Maxwell L Howell, Lingyu Xie, Paul Neazor, Bensley Wilkes | They Came to Conquer. International Rugby Union Tours to Australia 1884- 2002. |
2003 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 228.60 | |
| 163 | SIMMONDS, J.H. | Eucalypts. Trees From Other Lands for Shelter and Timber in New Zealand. |
Auckland | N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of William Shakespeare. |
New York | 1939-1940. | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 165 | Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution. |
London | September 1957 (reprinted in 1962). | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 166 | Dorothy Henslowe. | The book is titled Papuan Post |
Hobart | not dated but 1947-1948. | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 167 | MURPHY, James. | The Shan Van Vocht. |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 168 | Three popular thrillers from the teens and twenties, |
London | none are dated | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 169 | Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. | A Narrative of the Mutiny, On Board His Britannic Majesty's Ship Bounty… (reprinting of William Spottiswoode’s 1790 Philadelphia edition) |
Philadelphia | 1977 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 170 | O’HANLON, Redmond. | Joseph Conrad and Charles Darwin. The influence of scientific thought on Conrad’s fiction. |
Edinburgh | 1984 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 171 | FOWLER, John & CORNFORTH. | English Decoration in the 18th Century. |
London | 1978 | AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 172 | JOHNSON, J. and GREUTZNER, A. | The Dictionary of British Artists. An Antique Collector’s Club Research Project. |
Suffolk | 1984 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 173 | EXLEY, C.L. Edited by Franklin A. Barrett and Arthur L. Thorpe. | The Pinxton China Factory. |
Derby | 1963 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | DELORME, Eleanor. | Josephine and the Arts of the Empire. |
Los Angeles | 2005 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 175 | Maralinga’s Long Shadow by Christine Mattingley (2016); Dreamtime of the New Millenium by Di Yerbury (2000); Central Australian Artist Albert Namatjira by John Brackenreg (1984); … |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
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