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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Natural history, Voyages, Military, Fine Bindings

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Natural history, Voyages, Military, Fine Bindings	Total Sales (AUD)	39,300.15
Auction Date	July 27, 2025 - July 27, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	41,600.00
Sale Number	#156	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	57,369.00
Total Lots	306
Sold Lots	172	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	99,580.00
% of Lots Sold	56.21%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	135,519.00
Unsold Lots	134	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	29.00%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3	John Gould.	The Birds of Australia. Facsimile of the 1848 edition.	1972	AUD 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 4,953.00
198	Akira Kurosak.	Woodblock Prints Collection of China	1980	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,397.00
4	John Gould.	A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans,	1988	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 1,079.50
1	Charles Darwin	The Zoology of The Voyage of HMS Beagle	1994	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 952.50
193	Julius Payer.	New Lands Within The Arctic Circle Narrative of The Discoveries of The Austrian Ship "Tegetthoff" in The Years 1872-1874	1876	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 825.50
271		A collection of 10 books on the Pacific voyages of the mid- to late-millennium.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 698.50
5	Birds of New Guinea by John Gould	The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many New Species Recently Discovered in Australia.	1988	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 571.50
191	Henry Brougham.	An Inquiry into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers	1803	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 571.50
9		The First Folio of Shakespeare The Norton Facsimile	1996	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 508.00
104		Seven books (in 16 volumes) published by the renowned Australian bibliophile and collector George Mackaness.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 508.00
141		Complete 21 volume set of Agatha Christie Graphic novels,	2005	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 508.00
165	Rodney W Shirley.	The Mapping of the World: Early printed world maps, 1472-1700	1983	AUD 750.00 - 850.00	AUD 476.25
26	Sydney Parkinson.	A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson.	1972	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
41		The Mutooroo Pastoral Company Limited After Fifty Years.	1951	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
90	Ray Chapman, (AM, MBE, RDP, FAP, FRPSL, FBSAP Hon.),	The Chapman Collection of Australian Commonwealth Stamps',	1999	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
92	T. [Terry] Todd,	The Tennis Players: from pagan rites to strawberries and cream'	1979	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
212		First Edition of Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, The Complete Plates In Colour 1734 - 1765,	2001	AUD 650.00 - 750.00	AUD 412.75
235	Ion L. Idriess.	Prospecting For Gold - From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant	1931	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 412.75
87		Goethe Poems': A new collection,		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 381.00
192	Translated and edited by Sir Clements Markham.	Voyages Of Pedro Fernandez De Quiros. 1595 to 1606	1904	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 381.00
14	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books	2003	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
16	Beaglehole	The Journals of Captain James Cook by Beaglehole.	1999	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 349.25
21	Tim McCormick.	First Views of Australia 1788-1825: A History of Early Sydney	1987	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
27	Baudin in Australian Waters Edited by Jacqueline Bonnemains et al.	The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands, 1800-1804.	1988	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
68	John Symonds and Kenneth Grant.	The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autobiography. Edited	1970	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25

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