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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | Fry, Elizabeth | Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry |
London | 1847 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | An Authentic Journal of the Expedition under Commodore Phillips to Botany Bay |
Melbourne | 1975 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 108 | Cooper, John Butler | The History of St Kilda |
Melbourne | 1931 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 109 | Stone, Edward James; Rambaut, Arthur A. | Catalogue of 6424 Stars from the Epoch 1890; Catalogue of 1772 Stars… for the Epoch 1900; Catalogue of the Crawford Library of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh |
Oxford | 1894; 1906 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | AUD 215.90 |
| 110 | Vogel, Julius Theodore; Hooker, W. J. | Niger Flora, or, An Enumeration of the Plants of Western Tropical Africa |
London | 1849 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 111 | Tyndall, John | Researches on Diamagnetism and Magne-Crystallic Action, including the Question of Diamagnetic Polarity; Contributions to the Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat |
London | 1870; 1872 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 112 | Clarke, William Branwhite | Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales |
Sydney | 1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 113 | Busk, George | Catalogue of the Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British Museum; Catalogue of Cyclostomatous Polyzoa in the Collection of the British Museum |
London | 1852; 1875 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | Wodehouse, P.G. | 20 Books, including: Laughing Gas |
London | 1936; 1962; 1961; 1933; 1953; 1958; 1947; 1929; 1967; 1848; 1973; 1947; 1946; 1949 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 115 | Dall, William Healey | Spencer Fullerton Baird |
Philadelphia & London | 1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 116 | Eliot, T.S. | The Poems of T.S. Eliot |
London | 2015 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | Hughes, Ted | 5 Books, including: The Iron Woman |
London; Oxford | 1993; 1982; 1988; 1986; 1965 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 118 | 11 Books, including: Early Days Journal The Royal Western Australia Historical Society Volume VII |
1971; 1981; 1987; 1989; 1973; 1996; 1995; 1977; 1981; 1976; 1993 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 119 | Burton, A.; Murray, K. O. | 4 Books, including: The Story of the Swan District 1843-1938 |
1938; 2004 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 120 | Pratt, Anne | Wild Flowers |
London | c1848 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | Thomson, Spencer | Wayside Weeds: Botanical Lessons from the lanes of hedgerows |
London | 1872 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Pratt, Anne | The Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies: The Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails |
c1855 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 123 | Hudson, William Henry | British Birds |
London | 1895 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 124 | Nature and Art |
London | 1866-1867 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 125 | Touches of Nature |
1867 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 126 | Bible Natural History |
London | 1853 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 127 | Gatty, Mrs Alfred | Parables from Nature; A Naturalist and Immortality |
London | 1868; 1937 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 128 | Porter, Noah; Harris, William Torrey | Webster's International Dictionary of the English language |
1901 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 129 | Cattemole, George | Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1835 Scott and Scotland |
1835 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 130 | Mackay, Charles | A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry |
London | 1872 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
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