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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | Sydney Smith Jr. | With the 15th Australian XI: A Complete Record of the Team's Tour throughout Great Britain and South Africa |
Sydney | 1922 | AUD 300.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 158 | P&O EPHEMERA AND AUSTRALIAN MAPS |
Circa 1938 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 159 | Alan McCulloch | Artists of the Australian Gold Rush |
1977 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 165.10 | |
| 160 | Ivan Smith; Clifton Pugh | Dingo King |
1977 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 161 | Vickers-Rich; Monaghan; Baird; Rich | Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia |
Lilydale | 1991 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 162 | Eric Worrell; FW Fitzsimons | Song of the Snake; Snakes |
1958; 1932 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 163 | Libby Robin; Walter E. Boles; Brigadier Hugh R. Officer; Gordon Beruldsen; Frith; Watts | 7 Books, including: The Flight of the Emu |
2001; 1988; 1985; 1969; 1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 164 | Orchids of Australia |
1969 | AUD 120.00 - 160.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 165 | J Hutchinson | Families Of Flowering Plants: Arranged According To A New System Based On Their Probable Phylogeny |
Cambridge | 1959 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 166 | Roberts; Cameron; Perrins | 8 Books, including: Roberts Birds of South Africa |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 167 | Thomas Cook; John Dunmore Lang; Bishop; James Samuel Hassall; Ernest Giles | 5 Books, including: The Exiles Lamentations |
1882-3 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 168 | Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) | Tales of an Empty Cabin |
London | 1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 169 | Grabar | Byzantine Painting: Historical and Critical Study; The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations |
1979; 1977 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 170 | SYDNEY BIENNALE |
1994-2008 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 171 | Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art 1935-6 |
N/A | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 172 | Arthur H. Smith | Chinese Characteristics |
New York | 1894 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 173 | Arthur H Smith | Village life in China: A study in sociology |
1899 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 174 | Frank Clune | Sky High in Shanghai: An Account of my Oriental Travels in the Spring of 1938, with Side Glances at the History, Geography and Politics of the Asiatic Littoral |
1941 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | |
| 175 | Gervas Huxley; Acanthus | Talking Of Tea |
1956 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 176 | Bertrand Russell | The Problem of China |
London | 1922 | AUD 200.00 - 260.00 | Not Sold |
| 177 | Herrymon Maurer | The Old Fellow |
London | 1947 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | Richard Wilhelm; Cary F Baynes | The I Ching or Book of Changes |
London | 1965 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 179 | Michael Loewe | Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 180 | Chen Chi-Lu | Material Culture of the Formosan Aborigines |
1988 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 181 | Elizabeth Cooper | The Love Letters of a Chinese Lady; My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard |
London; Edinburgh | 1919; 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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