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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver

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Auction Name Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver Total Sales (AUD) 52,787.55
Auction Date January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 48,880.00
Sale Number #A171 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 68,240.00
Total Lots 339
Sold Lots 199.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 89,440.00
% of Lots Sold 58.70% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 123,990.00
Unsold Lots 140 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 DEBRET, J.-B.

Voyage pittoresque et historique au Bresil.

 1839 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 5,588.00
362

Four books on indigenous Australia:

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 2,413.00
7

Schools of Illumination. Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum.

1914-1930 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 2,159.00
69 [WELLESLEY, Lord Richard].

Primitiae et Reliquiae.

 1840 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 2,032.00
53

An Authentic Account of the Wreck of the "Royal Charter" Steam Clipper, on Her Passage from Australia to Liverpool, October 26th 1859

 1860 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,397.00
148

The works of James Gillray from the original plates, with addition of many subjects not before collected.

No date circa 1845-1852 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,270.00
29

Port Phillip Government Gazette. Comprising Numbers 1 through 34, dated 1 January 1851 to 9 July 1951.

1851-1951 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 1,079.50
64 James Bonwick

A scarce account of the legendary William Buckey,

 1856 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 952.50
310 WENTWORTH, William Charles.

A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia; including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.

1824 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 952.50
115 Francis C Chester with introduction by the Baron von Zedlitz.

Solo to Sydney

 1930 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 825.50
108 John Rushworth.

Historical collections of Private Passages of State: Weighty matters in law. Remarkable proceedings in five Parliaments. Beginning the sixteenth year of King James, anno 1618. And ending the fifth year of King Charls, anno 1629

 1682 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 762.00
406 Peter Cunningham.

Two Years In New South Wales; Comprising Sketches Of The Actual State Of Society In That Colony; Of Its Peculiar Advantages To Emigrants; Of Its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c.

 1827 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 635.00
241 Howard Simcox.

Outward Bound A Poem Containing an Account in Verse of A Voyage In The Roxburgh Castle From England To Australia Together With A Remarkable Adventure &c, &c.

 1864 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 AUD 571.50
13 John Henry Macartney Abbott

Typed manuscript, titled "Mount Wingen: The burning mountain of the Kingdon Ponds valley."

1921 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 539.75
6 John Henry Macartney Abbott,

Typescript of an unpublished book of essays, in letter form,

 circa 1920 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 508.00
100 Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Courtney.

Souvenir of 1st Battalion 5th Australian Infantry Regiment

 1912 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 508.00
111 Henry Melville and

The History of Van Diemen's Land from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive During the Administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur. In Three Parts Parts I, II, III

 1959 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 508.00
149

L'Illustration 1930s.

1930s AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 508.00
188 Norman Lindsay

Norman Lindsay's Life in the Temple 1974 facsimile print done by Odana.

 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 508.00
189 Norman Lindsay

Norman Lindsay's The Innocents. 1974 facsimile print done by Odana.

 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 444.50
192 Norman Lindsay

Norman Lindsay's Venus in Arcady. 1979 facsimile print done by Odana.

 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 444.50
382

A large colored map, "The Jenolan Caves" created by Oliver Trickett, likely from his "Notes on the Limestone Caves of New South Wales" (1898). Printed by Alfred James Kent, government printer,

1922 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 444.50
404 J E Carne.

Notes on the Occurrence of Coal, Petroleum, and Copper in Papua

 1913 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 444.50
10

Three books on the early history of South Australia:

1848 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 412.75
37 Joseph A. Dowling.

Title reads: An Important Case to Medical Men. In the King's Bench Fairchild vs. Graham. Minutes of the trial of this case for defamation, at Chelmsford Summer Assizes 1819

 1819 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 412.75