Sydney Rare Book Auctions: End of Year Sale: Books, Ephemera, Maps, A169, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 28, 2025 - December 28, 2025
Page Size: 440 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
252 Russell Keith,

Three books on Australian Artists 1) The House of Sticks

1980 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
253

A collection of Horse Racing Publications, all in good condition.

Sydney 1985 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
254

Port Adelaide Racing Club INC. Rules For Investment and Operation of Double Totalizator.

1967 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
255

Four oval shaped photographs: 1) horse Fairy Maid winning the Gulf Handicap at Cheltenham April 21st 1951. 2) photograph of Bonny Duke 3) Miss Coronado winning 'Jumpers Flat' at Cheltenham March 1949. 4) 'Tambi' winning the Dudley Stakes at Chel

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
257

A photograph album with 148 original colour photographs of race horses in action in South Australia from 1940 to 1946.

AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
258 Talma ;

Six postcards of Miss Tittell Brune in "Parsifal."

Melbourne AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
259

A handmade fancy wooden box containing 'The Great Sailing Ship Engravings'.

AUD 1,100.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
260 Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce

The Willis Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets'

1980 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
261 edited by Clive Probyn & Bruce Steele

Henry Handel Richardson - The Letters (in 3 volumes). Volume 1 1874-1915; Volume 2: 1917-1933; Volume 3: 1934-1946

2000 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
262 WATT, Steve.

In Memoriam. Roll of Honour Imperial Forces. Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902.

2000 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
263

Unit Histories. 1) RAAF Catalina Squadrons - Recounting the operations of RAAF Catalinas May 1941-March 1943 2) Kitty Hawk Pilots

2002 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
264 David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

1976 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 25.40
265

Six good quality hardcover books on Textiles

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
266

1) Modern Australian Aboriginal Art by Rex Battarbee 2) Art + Soul by Hetti Perkins 3) Contemporary Aboriginal Art by Susan McCulloch

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
267 Robert Rosenblum.

Painting In The Musee D'orsay

New York 1989 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
268 the men of Anzac,

1) The Anzac Book, Written and illustrated in Gallipoli

1916 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
269 MOUNTFORD, C.P.

Hommes bruns et sable rouge. Mythes et rites des Aborigenes d'Australie centrale avec 18 photographies et une carte.

1953 by Payot AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
270 GRAINGER, Percy.

Photos of Rose Grainger and of 3 short accounts of her life by herself, in her own handwriting; reproduced for her kin and friends by her adoring son Percy Grainger

White Plains, New York, 1923 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
271

Seven books on military aviation during the Second World War.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
272 COLLYER, Brigadier-General J.J.

The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916.

Pretoria, 1939 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
273 HILLEGAS, Howard C.

With the Boer Forces. With twenty-three illustrations and a plan. Originally Published in London in 1900

Johannesburg 1000 copies AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
274

A collection of 14 books from the Classics of Medicine Library, an imprint of Gryphon Editions in Birmingham.

eighties AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
275

Acta Cartographica A series of monographs and studies on the history of cartography, reprinted from periodicals since 1800.

-1967 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
276

nine books on the Boer war, including some unusual and parochial titles.

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
277 Marshall Broomhall.

The Chinese Empire: a general & missionary survey

C1907 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000