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
126 Winkles and engraved Wrightson.

Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific. Vignette of people, animals and scenes Map drawn and engraved by J Rapkin.

London and New York c1851 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
127 AK Johnston.

Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania

1849 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
128

Large map of western France, with some detail of Spain and lower England. Titled "Accuratissima Galliae Tabula vulgo Royaume de France".

circa 1670 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 254.00
129 English Cartographer John Speed.

2 maps revised Depicting both France and Holy Island in the United Kingdom.

c.1626, c.1610 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
130 Emmanuel Bowen.

A New and Accurate Map of France and its Acquisitions...

circa 1740 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
131 Photographs by Fox and Paramount Pictures.

20 black and white photographs of Actresses from the 1930s, Some actresses include Julie Cabanne, Anita Thompson and Gladys George.

1930s AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
132

Five Australian Bookplates 1. Redmond Barry. 2 L. F. H. Rees - 3. Bookplate for R F Irvine

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
133

A broadsheet circa 1932: Monday, May 16 FITZROY STADIUM BRUNSWICK STREET WRESTLING SIX 8 MINUTE ROUNDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING ALEC. DONNETT (RICHMOND) V BOB. PHILLIPS NORTH MELBOURNE

circa 1932 AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
134

47 books on a large variety of topics, many books on Pacific art, history, music, sculpture and more. All books are in good condition. Some titles include Art on View: Myth and Magic

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
135

Over 200 volumes of the History of the War and The History and Encyclopaedia of The War,

AUD 150.00 - 300.00 AUD 101.60
136 CHIUSOLE, Antonio.

La Genealogica delle case Piu Illustri di Tutto il Mondo...

Venice, 1743 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
137 CRUISE, William.

A Treatise on the Origin and Nature of Dignities or Titles of Honour.

London, 1823 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
138

Fifteen volumes of Philadelphia Franklin Institute Scientific Addresses, all from 1924, and separately issued in the original printed wrappers.

1924 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
139

Presentation folder from Cecil Wedgwood, Mayor of Stoke-on-Kent, to the Australian Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, upon his visit during June 1911.

1911 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
140 KENRICK, William.

Free Thoughts on Seduction, Adultery and Divorce...by a civilian.

London 1771 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
141 Reverend Richard Whately, D.D.

Thoughts on Secondary Punishments in a Letter to Earl Grey.

London, 1832 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
142 ELLERY, Robert L. J.

Results of Astronomical Observations made at the Melbourne Observatory, in the Years 1881 -- 1884. Melbourne, Robert Brain, Government Printer, 1888.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
143 MARSHALL, Arthur C.

The Council of the Municipality of Mosman... Report for period 1922-23. Prefaced with a short historical sketch compiled by the Town Clerk (Arthur C. Marshall).

1924 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
144 S Percy Smith.

Hawaiki: The Whence of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History; Being an Introduction to the Native History of Rarotonga

Wellington 1898 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
145 D. H. Lawrence and M. L. Skinner.

The Boy in the Bush

New York 1924 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
146 edited by Diane Barwick and Robert Reece.

Aboriginal History, a journal Volumes 1---6 for the years 1977 to 1982.

1977 to 1982 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
147

This document is titled "Despatch of Vice-Admiral de Robeck reporting the Landing of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula..."

1915 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 177.80
148 J. W. Collinson

Tropic Coasts and Tablelands (1941) and More About Cairns -- Echoes of the Past (1945).

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
149

Victoria and Riverina. With which is incorporated Victoria 1930, Victoria and Riverina 1931 and Victoria and Riverina 1931 - 1932.

Melbourne, 1933 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
150 John Lindley

The Vegetable Kingdom; or, The Structure, Classification, and Uses of Plants : Illustrated Upon the Natural System.

London New York 1853 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 228.60
  • 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