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

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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
253 Margery Allingham

Mr Campion's Lady An Allingham Omnibus

1965 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
254

Ten Aboriginal novels, some titles -Branded Black by Blair D. Ostwald -Seven Emus by Xavier Herbert -The Territory by Ernestine Hill..

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
255

1) The Mystery of Swordfish Reef,

1960, 1959 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
256

A box of books on Australian Themes some authors include. - Elyne Mitchell - Thea Astley - Ruth Park - Ernestine Hill

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
257

Two boxes of books on Australia and Sydney all in good condition, see photo for titles

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
258

Three Norman Lindsay Book Plates 1) G.L Garnsey 15cm x 9.5cm 2) G.L Garnsey 12 x 7.5 cm 3) Brendan Lane Mullins 11 x 7cm

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
259

20 x very good book plates, some include...

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
260

Five books on WW1 1) The Kangaroo Marines by Captain R.W Campbell 2) From the Somme to the Rhine by Major Ashmead Bartlett ...

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
261

20 x very good book plates, some include...

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
262

Nine Penguin Classics 1. The Earliest English Poems 2. Dracula 3. Notre-Dame of Paris 4.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 38.10
263

Two Victorian Portrait Miniature's of Christopher and Harriet Martin

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
266 William Leggatt,

The Theory And Practice Of Jute Spinning: Being A Complete Description Of The Machines Used In The Preparation And Spinning Of The Jute Yarns

1916 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
267

1) Point Piper Past & Present by G. Nesta Griffiths, 1970, 2) Notable South Australians; Or, Colonists, Past and Present by George E. Loyau. 1885

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
268 Noel Counihan. Jack Lindsay

Twelve linocuts by Noel Counihan. Poems by Jack Lindsay

AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 254.00
269 Robert Smith Noel Counihan

Noel Counihan Prints 1931-1981

Sydney 1981 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 412.75
270 M. Henri Martin.

Histoire De France

Paris c. 1840-50s AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
271 The series was edited C. E. W. Bean

Official History of Australia in the War of 1914--1918 The 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War.

Sydney 1938 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
272

A shelf lot of books of Transport, mostly railway Please see photo for titles

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
273 Elizabeth Summons.

The Eric Thake Picture Book

Victoria 1978 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
274

Five books on The Boer War 1) The Boer War in Peace and War by Arthur M. Mann, 1900. 2) Kimberley Under Siege y Arthur J. Beet.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
275

1) Treatise on Ammunition 1887, Fourth Edition, reprint 1998. 2) Machine Gun The Development of the Machine Gun from the Nineteenth Century to the present day, 2008.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
276 Ted Andrews

Kiwi Trooper -- The Story of Queen Alexandra's Own

1967 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
277 Jesse Rolen Hinman

Ranging in France with Flash and sound by Jesse Rolen Hinman. An official history of the 2nd Battalion, 29th Engineers during WWI.

1919 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
278 Alistair MacLean.

The Guns of Navarone

1957 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
279 James Young Harvey.

The Never-never Line: The Story of the North Australia Railway,

1987 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