Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and Art : books and original works, 51726, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 17, 2026 - May 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | Clive Turnbull | The Art of Rupert Bunny Appreciation |
Sydney | 1948 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 308 | Edward FitzGerald | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
1904 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 309 | JH Fabre | Insect Life |
1901 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | The Strand Magazine |
1891; 1901 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 311 | Gerard Tuck; Hermann Heinzel; Arnold R McGill; Rex Davies; AH Chisolm | A Field Guide of Seabirds of Australia and the World; Australian Warblers; Some Australian Birds |
Melbourne | 1981; 1971 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 312 | RJ Tillyard; William Blunt; Doris Mackinnon; RSJ Hawes | The Evolution of the Class Insecta; The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus; An Introduction to the study of Protozoa |
Hobert; New York; Oxford | 1930; 1971; 1961 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 313 | Andrew J Beattie | The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms |
1985 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 314 | Landing Ship Infantry - H.M.A.S. Westralia |
1947 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 315 | A. A. Milne | When I Was Very Young |
New York | 1930 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 316 | TS Eliot | The Elder Statesman |
1959 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 317 | TS Eliot | The Confidential Clerk |
London | 1954 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | Norman Lindsay | Micomicana |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 319 | Robyn Buchanan | Ipswich In the 20th Century |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 320 | Linda A. Rossow | The Saddest Chapter |
2009 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 321 | Gordon Buchanan | Packhorse and Waterhole With The First Overlanders To The Kimberley |
1933 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | Frank O'Grady | Goonoo Goonoo |
1956 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 323 | Baldwin Spencer; F J Gillen; Daisy Bates; Robert Layton; Xavier Herbert; Ray Crooke | 6 Books, including: The Native Tribes of Central Australia |
1939; 1912; 1938; 1997; 1986; 1977 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 324 | R. Goldbery; K.J. Dickinson; Loftus Hills; J. b. Jaquet | 6 Books, including: Geology of the Western Blue Mountains |
1969; 1972; 1919; 1876; 1901 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 325 | 21 Items, including: To Authorise and Regulate the Use of Steam Rollers upon Highways |
1892; 1861; 1885; 1875; 1865; 1874; 1863; 1872; 1877; 1870; 1879; 1929; 1884; 1912; 1887; 1990 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 326 | George Fox | Fox's Journal |
c1690s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 327 | Reports of Explorations and Surveys, To Ascertain The Most Practicable and Economical Route For A Railroad From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean |
1956; 1856 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 328 | Griswold; Chewon Kim; Peter H Pott; Lobsang Rampa; F Spencer | 4 Books, including: The Art of Burma Korea Tibet |
1964; 1956; 1938 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 329 | Van Tien Dung; George Groslier; Wignesan; Wavell; Oswald Ziegler | 5 Books, including: After political failure The U.S. Imperialists Are Facing Military Defeat in South Vietnam |
Hanoi; Paris | 1966; 1916; 1972 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 330 | Maurice Collis; Allen Edwardes | The Land of the Great Image; Rape of India: A Biography of Robert Clive and a Sexual History of the Conquest of Hindustan |
1953; 1966 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 331 | Philip JC Dark; Roger G. Rose; Nicholas Thomas; Ann Stephen; Greg Dening; Vilsoni Tausie | 6 Books, including: Artistic Heritage in a Changing Pacific |
Melbourne | 1993; 1999; 1991; 1998; 1981 | AUD 225.00 - 280.00 | AUD 139.70 |
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