Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Enchanting World of Books: illustrated books, gift books, publisher bindings, art and history, A181, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 19, 2026 - April 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Stella Barber | 2007 MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |
Melbourne | 2007 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 81 | 1950'S NAMOI & MITCHELL REGION NSW |
1958; 1952 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 82 | Alexander Allan; Members of the Royal Art Society | 1916 ANZAC BOOK & OTHERS |
Melbourne; Sydney | 1934; 1926; 1916; 1929 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | Gaston Tissandier; J. Thomson | 1876 PHOTOGRAPHY BY TISSANDIER |
London | 1876 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 84 | 1916 NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES |
Batavia; Buitenzorg, Java | 1916 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 85 | Plutarch | 1699 PLUTARCH'S GREEK AND ROMAN LIVES |
London | 1699-1700 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,524.00 |
| 86 | William Gill | 1856 GEMS FROM CORAL ISLANDS |
Philadelphia | 1856 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 87 | Daniel Puseley | 1857 AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL DIRECTORY |
London | 1857 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 88 | Garnet Walch | 1874 CHRISTMAS FUN BOOK |
Melbourne | 1874 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 89 | F. T. Whittington | 1936 BISHOP WILLIAM GRANT BROUGHTON |
Sydney | 1936 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 90 | Patrick McCaughey | 1981 RUDY KOMON ART GALLERY |
Sydney | 1981 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 91 | John Walker | 1814 LONDON GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE |
London | 1814 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 92 | Guy Boothby | 1897 GUY BOOTHBY NOVELS |
New York; London | 1906; 1897 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 93 | John Robert Godley | 1868 CANTERBURY NEW ZEALAND |
Christchurch | 1868 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 94 | Edith F. Carey; H. B. Wimbush | 1904 CHANNEL ISLANDS FINE BINDING |
London | 1904 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 95 | James Clark | 1908 BLACK WATCH ROYAL HIGHLANDERS |
Edinburgh | 1885; 1908 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 96 | Sarah E. L. Taylor; W.G. Langworthy Taylor | 1936 SEANCE OCCULT SPIRITUALISM |
Boston | 1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 97 | Reverend John Quine | 1899 MORECAMBE & LAKE DISTRICT |
Bournemouth | 1899 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | 1858 COLONIAL SYDNEY UNIVERSITY |
1858; 1859 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 99 | N.V. Modak; Albert Mayer | 1949 BOMBAY TOWN PLANNING |
Bombay | 1949; ND (c. 1970) | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 100 | S. Hormusjee; S. Deisher | HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM INDIA. |
late nineteenth-century; c. 1950-1960; c. 1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 101 | Colonel James P. Robertson; Robert James Mackintosh; Captain G.J. Younghusband; Frederick Sleigh Roberts; Lord Birdwood | 1836 INDIAN ARMY BIOGRAPHIES |
London | 1906; 1836; 1895; 1901; 1942 | AUD 350.00 - 400.00 | AUD 215.90 |
| 102 | Dinshah Ardeshir Taleyarkhan | 1874 BOMBAY RELIGIOUS RIOTS |
Bombay | 1874 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 103 | J. G. Bartholomew | 1907 THACKER’S SURVEY MAP OF INDIA |
Calcutta | 1907 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 104 | J.G.A. Baird; Sir Evelyn Wood; Sir George Trevelyan; General Sir Peter Lumsden; Sir William Foster; Sir Charles Fawcett; L.E. Ruutz Rees | 1858 EAST INDIA COMPANY |
London; Oxford | 1910; 1908; 1886; 1900; 1925; 1858 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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