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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | Banjo Paterson; Henry Lawson | The Man from Snowy River; On the Track; Joe Wilson and His Mates |
Sydney; London | 1896; 1900; 1913 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 55 | Shelvocke George; Labillardiere M; Krusenstern Adam | A Voyage Round the World by way of the Grear South Sea; Voyage in Search of La Perouse; Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803-1806 |
1726; 1800; 1813 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Barry William Jackson | Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand |
Auckland | 1903 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 57 | Arlington L. C.; Lewisohn William | In Search of Old Peking |
Peking | 1939 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 58 | Wyatt Ransome T | The History of Goulburn N.S.W. |
1941 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | Phillip | Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay |
1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | History of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Van Diemen’s Land Company |
Hobart | 1979 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 61 | Jean Delacour | The Waterfowl of the World, Vol. 1: The Magpie Goose; Whistling Ducks, Swans and Geese; Sheldgeese and Shelducks; The Waterfowl of the World, Vol. 3; The Waterfowl of the World, Vol. 4 |
1954; 1959; 1964 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | Michele Hill; Audsley | William Morris in Applique; Medieval Ornamental Styles Audsley |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 65 | Canberra Federal Capital |
1927 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 66 | Bowness; Lambertini; Pasmore | Victor Pasmore: with a catalogue raisonne of the paintings, constructions and graphics |
London | 1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 67 | Arts of China Volume 1: Buddhist Cave Temples, New Researches; Arts of China Volume 2: Neolithic Cultures to the T'ang Dynasty, Recent Discoveries |
Tokyo | 1972 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 68 | Andrew Forbes; David Henley | The Haw: Traders of the Golden Triangle |
Bangkok | 1997 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | Hurlimann Martin; Francis King; Donald Keene; Walter A Fairservis | Japan; The Classical Theatre of Japan; Asia Traditions and Treasures |
Tokyo; New York | 1970; 1966; 1981 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Mrs M Mortimer | Far Off or Asia and Australia described |
London | 1852 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Frederick J Jobson | Australia; with notes by the way, on Egypt, Ceylon, Bombay, and the Holy Land |
London | 1862 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | Percy Russell | A Journey to Lake Taupo and Australian and New Zealand Tales and Sketches |
ND (1889) | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 73 | John Dunmore Lang | Narrative of Proceedings, in England, Scotland and Ireland, during the years 1847, 1848 and 1849. with a View to originate an Extensive and Continuous |
Sydney | 1850 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 74 | The 1835 Quarterly Review, Volumes 7 and 8 |
London | 1835 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Thomas Campbell Foster | Letters on the condition of the people of Ireland |
London | 1846 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 76 | Merab Tauman | The Chief : CY O'Connor |
1978 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 77 | Ewan W Anderson; Richard N Schofield | Global Geopolitical Flashpoints: An Atlas of Conflict; Kuwait and Iraq: Historical Claims and Territorial Disputes |
2000; 1993 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 78 | Walter W Ristow; RT Fell; JH Andrews; John Robert Victor Prescott | 4 Books, including: The Emergence of Maps in Libraries |
Dublin | 1980; 1991; 1997; 1976 | AUD 225.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | RA Skelton; Thomas E. Marston; George D Painter | The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation |
New Haven; London | 1966 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 80 | Marie Hansen Fels; Peter Read; Bruce Shaw; Frank Few; Betty Few | 5 Books, including: I Succeeded Once: The Aboriginal Protectorate on Mornington Peninsula, 1839-1840 |
2011; 1988; 1995; 1963 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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