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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | Geological Survey of New South Wales, The Mineral Resources of New South Wales |
New South Wales | 1901 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 179 | Tasmania Report of the Secretary for Mines |
Tasmania | 1908 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 180 | Department of Mines Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria, with plans and sections |
Victoria | 1922 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 181 | Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 71, Maps and Sections to Accompany Report on The Geology and Mineral Resources of Yilgarn Goldfield, Part III, Plates I - XIX |
1917 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 182 | Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 68, Maps and Sections to Accompany Report on The Geology and Ore-Deposits of Meekatharra, Murchison Goldfield, plates I - XXV |
1916 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 183 | The Royal Society of Western Australia Vol. IX, Part II |
1923 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 184 | The Popular Science Review |
1862-1868 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 228.60 | ||
| 185 | Memorial of Alexander Lyman Holley, C.E. LL.D. |
N/A | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 25.40 | ||
| 186 | John Tyndall | Sound; The Forms of Water; Light |
1880's | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 187 | Alexander von Humboldt | Cosmos: A Physical Description of the Universe |
1847; 1848; 1851; 1858 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 188 | NAPIER TERCENTENARY MEMORIAL VOLUME |
1915 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 25.40 | ||
| 189 | Seven Sydney Local History Books |
1959; 1996; 1987; 1960; 1937; 1997; 1948 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 190 | Six Hakluyt Society publishing |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 191 | Catherine Drummond Cotton; William Beard; E.M. Webster; Max Soling and Peter Reynolds | Ludwig Leichhardt and The Great South Land; Journey Triumphant - The Story of Leichhardt's Famous Expedition from the Darling Downs to Port Essington; An Explorer at Rest - Ludwig Leichhardt at Port Essington and on the homeward voyage 1845-1846; Leichhar |
1938; 1955; 1986; 1997 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 192 | Jean Taylor; Pip Wilson | Brazen Hussies - A Herstory of Radical Activism in the Women's Liberation Movement in Victoria 1970-1979; Faces in the Street - Luisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push |
2009; 2007 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | John Lynch; James T. Ryan; Charles Ramsay; Richard Charles Mills; Bertha Mac Smith; John Kirwan; k. Forrest | Seven Books about Australian Pioneers and Settlers |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 194 | Sreten Bozic; Cyril havecker; Diana Eades; null; null; Sarah Colley; Juliette Blevins | Seven Australian Aboriginal History Books |
1972; 1996; 2013; 1978; 2010; 2002; null | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 195 | Five books about Australian Aboriginal Art |
1973; null; 1989; 1992-1994; 2010 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 196 | James Cowan; Ainsline Roberts; Charles E. Hulley | Four Aboriginal Dreaming Books |
1993; 2002; 1975; 1988 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 197 | Margaret Kemarre Turner; K M MacAulay; Colin Tatz & Paul Tatz | Iwenhe Tyerrtye: What It Means to Be an Aboriginal Person; Black Anna; Black Pearls - The Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame |
2009; 1976; 2018 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 198 | Terence Lane; Nadine Amadio; David Boyd; Geoffrey Dutton; Lou Klepac | Six Australian Impressionism books |
2007; 1923; 2004; 1985; 2013; 1998 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 199 | Andrew Tink; Arthur Hoyle | Thirty books on early Australian settlement and colonial history |
2009; 2001 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 200 | Bede Maxwell; William Westgarth; Elyne Mitchell | Approximately 100-120 books on Australia |
1948; 1864; 1945 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 201 | Picturesque Mackay |
ND 1950s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 202 | Tasmania. The Isle Of Scenic Beauty |
ND 1950s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
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