Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Mining, Natural History, Exploration, Art books and First editions, A182, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Pierre-Jean Beranger | Oeuvres Completes de p. J. de Beranger |
Paris | 1847 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 27 | J. Beete Jukes | Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern |
London | 1847 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 28 | Abraham Rees | Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Containing an explanation of the terms, and an account of the several subjects in the liberal and mechanical arts, an the sciences, human and divine. With the supplement, and improvements inco |
London | 1786 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 29 | Sir Douglas Mawson | Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 |
Sydney | 1922-1931 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 30 | W. Saville Kent | A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges |
London | 1880-1881 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | T. W. Edgeworth-David | Geological Maps and Sections of the Coal Measures in the Hunter River District |
Sydney | 1907 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 32 | Whitelaw and Baragwanath | Victorian goldfields maps |
Victoria | 1923; 1924; 1936 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 33 | Archibald Liversidge | Papers from the personal collection of Professor Archibald Liversidge |
1874-1881 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 2,286.00 | |
| 34 | Coal Resources of Tasmania |
Hobart | 1922 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 35 | T. S. Eliot | Murder in the Cathedral |
London | 1935 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 36 | Repatriation in Australia. A History of Development to 1958 |
Melbourne | 1961 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 37 | Herbert Fairlie Wood and E.H. Ellwand | Strange Battleground. Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea |
Ottawa | 1966 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | John Dos Passos | Midcentury |
London | 1961 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 39 | Anne Thompson | Book of recopies |
circa 1850 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 40 | Tony Curtis | Tony Curtis. The Autobiography |
London | 1993 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 41 | Martin Cruz Smith | Red Square |
London | 1992 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 42 | J. J. Fletcher | The Macleay Memorial Volume |
Sydney | 1893 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 43 | J.T. Jutson, C. Sidney Honman, Feldtmann | Three rare mining reports on the Coolgardie goldfields |
Perth | 1921; 1916; 1916 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 44 | H. W. B. Talbot and E. de C. Clarke | A Geological Reconnaissance of the Country Between Laverton and the South Australian Border |
Perth | 1917 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 45 | Lionel C Ball | Department of Mines Queensland. Geological Survey Report No. 179. Report on Yorkey's Gold Field and the Marodian Gold and Copper Field |
1902 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | Edward Simpson, Lawry Waterhouse, G. Urquhart, McIntosh Reid | A pleasing cache of mining reports |
1919; 1916; 1915; 1933; 1967; 1919 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | Morley | Christine Keeler poster signed image |
Sydney | 2011 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 48 | Arthur Wilberforce Jose and Herbert James Carter | The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia |
Sydney | 1925 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 49 | Robert Logan Jack, Gibb Maitland, William Rands, B. Dunstan, Etheridge | Geological Survey of the Queensland Department of Mines |
Brisbane | 1895-1902 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 50 | F. W. Booker | Studies in Permian Sedimentation in the Sydney Basin |
Sydney | 1961 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
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