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
356 John Quick and Robert Garran.

The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth

Sydney 1901 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 476.25
357 John O'Donoghue.

Historical Memoir of The O'Briens

1860 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 152.40
358

Bonaparte, and The French People Under His Consulate. Translated from the German.

London 1804 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 203.20
359 Edward Herbert.

The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth.

London 1683 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
360

The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 285.75
361

A collection of good and interesting history and travel books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
362

A shelf of Literature and Philosophy.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
363 Ian Fleming.

The Man with the Golden Gun

1965 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
364

A little bundle of publications on Ian Fairweather. 1) The Drunken Buddha by Ian Fairweather.

1965 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
365 Clive Turnbull.

The Art of Rupert Bunny Appreciation

Sydney 1948 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
366

A little bundle of Australian. Design, Art and Gardening.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
367 Sabina Howitt Singleton

Journal and scrapbook of Sabina Howitt Singleton (?-1887) with many additions by her daughter Violet Etta Collins (1877-1964).

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 381.00
368

1937 Around the World Trip Diary Handwritten journal with receipts of the trip and business cards and cards.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
369 Capt H Butler Stoney.

A Residence in Tasmania with a Descriptive Tour Through the Island from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head Facsimile of the 1856 edition.

Hobart, 1982 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
370 Charles Smith.

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork: Containing A Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description Thereof

1815 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
371 Eugene O'Curry.

On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish

1873 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
372 Francis Grose.

Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time. A new edition with material additions and improvements

London 1801 AUD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
373 John Alden.

Souvenir and Official Programme of the Centennial Celebration of George Washington's Inauguration as First President of the United States

New York 1889 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
374 Edited Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

A View of the Art of Colonization with present reference to the British Empire in Letters between a statesman and a colonist.

London 1849 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
375 Alfred McFarland

Mutiny in the Bounty and Story of the Pitcairn Islanders

Sydney 1884 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
376 Louis de Freycinet

Reflections on New South Wales 1788 - 1839 , facsimile edition

2001 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
377

3 Volumes of The Davidson Collection Auction Catalogues by Australian Book Auctions (Part I first sale 2005, II second sale 2006 and III third sale 2007).

AUD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
378

Five Hakluyt Society. Hardcovers

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
379 John West.

The History of Tasmania

1852 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 285.75
380

Early Voyages to Terra Australis Now Called Australia:

1859 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 476.25
  • 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