Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An eclectic bunch of books from the 1500s until present time, A173, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026
Page Size: 402 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
228

The Gold-Fields Of Victoria Reports of The Mining Registrars x 6 1) Quarter Ended 30th June, 1887.

AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
229

Five copies of the Bulletin Magazine from the 1930s

1930s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
230

Four coloured engravings circa. 1880s

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
231 Clements R. Markham,

1) Famous Sailors of Former times: The Story of the Sea Fathers.

London 1886 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
232 J. T. Sutcliffe.

1) A History of Trade Unionism in Australia

1921 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
233

Bound volume of The Australasian Newspaper

Melbourne 1899 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 152.40
234 V. S. Naipaul

The Mimic Men

New York 1967 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 50.80
235

1. Gaol In Conflict 1966 Endpapers foxed. 2. Valley of No Escape 1961.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
236

A wooden plaque of a Benny Hill movie poster 49x38cm

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 38.10
237

A 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge commemoration scroll 'the Spirit of Achievement' 79 x 48cm.

1932 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 571.50
238

Nine hardcover books on Aboriginal Art Modern Australian Aboriginal Art by Rex Battarbee, Art + Soul by Hetti Perkins, Contemporary Aboriginal Art by Susan McCulloch, Australian Aboriginal Art.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
239

A collection of books on erotica -Erotic Art of the Masters: The 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries by Bradley Smith -High Heels: Fashion, Femininity and Seduction by Ivan Vartanian ...

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
240

A box of all sort of ephemera comics, maps, reports, Western Australian Preserved Locomotives, Why do I Fight by Bushman, The Book Collector Autumn 1994, Peaks and High Places of Cradle Lake National Park Tasmania..

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
241

Seven magazines on Erotica. Sex to Sexty, Sexorama, and Man Magazine.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
242

A box of Aboriginal books, mostly on art and culture..

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 241.30
243

Four Art books 1) The Feathered Serpent by Roland Robinson 2) Aboriginal Australian Art a visual Perspective 3) Australian Aboriginal Art by Ure Smith ...

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
244

1) The World of the First Australians by Ronald Berndt and Catherine Berndt 2) The Aborigines of Tasmania by Henry Ling Roth 3) Australian Aboriginal Studies, The 1961 Research Conference ...

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 349.25
245 Mike Donaldson

Kimberley Rock Art Vol. 1: Mitchell Plateau Area.

2012 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
246

Nine quality books on Aboriginal Australia 1) Archaeology of the Dreamtime by Josephine Flood 2) Triumph of the Nomads by Geoffrey Blainey ...

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
247

A box of excellent books on Aboriginal History See photo for titles, in good condition

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 317.50
248

Two boxes of on Aboriginal histories In very good condition, please see photos for titles

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 1,079.50
249

A box of the Saturday Evening Post

1950s AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
250

Five books by William Edward Harney 1) Continent to lie in The Sun 2) To Ayers Rock and Beyond 3) Taboo 4) Life Among the Aborigines ...

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 165.10
251

1) Lament for the Barkindji by Bobbie Hardy, 1976 2) Quinkan Country By P.J Trezies, 1969 3) Among Cannibals by Carl Lumholtz, 1979

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 228.60
252

1) Australian Aboriginal Anthropology by Ronald. M. Berndt 2) Aranda Traditions T.G.H Strehlow, 3) Ayers Rock, Its People, Their Beliefs and Their Art by Charles P. Mountford

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,016.00
  • 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