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
28 Charles L Pack.

Victoria: The half-length portraits and the twopence queen enthroned

New York 1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
29

Books on Australian Stamp Collecting.

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
30 Edited Percy Bishop.

The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain.

London 1891-1892. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
31 JOHNSTON, Jennifer.

The Gingerbread Woman.

London AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
32 GRANT, A.C.

Bush Life in Queensland, or, John West's Colonial Experiences.

Edinburgh 1888 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
33 YARDLEY, Herbert.

The Education of a Poker Player. Introduced by Ian Fleming.

London 1959 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
34 edited Louis Tolhausen

Technological Dictionary In The English, German & French Languages: Containing About 76,000 Technical Terms And Locutions Employed In Arts, Trades And Industry in General

Leipzig 1878 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
35 CHATWIN, Bruce.

On the Black Hill.

London 1982 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
36 James McElroy.

Two first UK editions by James McElroy. Hind's Kidnap.

London 1970 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
37 STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

Catriona. A Sequel to "Kidnapped".

London 1893 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38 DARWIN, Charles.

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits.

London 1882 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
39 RAE, W.F.

Westward by Rail: The New Route to the East.

London 1870 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
40 COLE, Edward.

The White Australia Question.

Melbourne 1903 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
41 DORNEY, Muriel.

An Adventurous Honeymoon. The first motor honeymoon around Australia.

1928 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 127.00
42 YORKE, Philip.

The Royal Tribes of Wales.

Wrexham 1799 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
43 MORGAN, Joseph and VALENCIA, Mark.

Atlas for Marine Policy in Southeast Asian Seas.

Berkley 1983 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
44 MURRAY, A.S.

Twelve Hundred Miles on the River Murray.

Melbourne 1898 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
45 Tate Adams.

Tropical Wood-Engravings.

Melbourne 1997 AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
46 Victorian Railways.

Rolling Stock Branch. Diagrams and particulars of locomotives, cars, and trucks. Facsimile of the original government publications, covering the years 1904-1961.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
47 BRANDL, E.J.

Australian Aboriginal Paintings in Western and Central Arnhem Land. Temporal Sequences and Elements of Style in Cadell River and Deaf Adder Creek Art.

Canberra 1973 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
48 WATERHOUSE, E.G.

Camellia Quest. With four plates in colour and six in monochrome by Adrian Feint and Paul Jones.

Sydney 1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
49 COATES, John.

An Atlas of Australia's Wars. Australian Centenary History of Defence Volume VII.

Melbourne 2001 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
50

Five books on Russian and Soviet Union military history. CARELL, Paul. Unternehmen Barbarossa im Bild.

Vienna 1979 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
51

Journals of the Legislative Council. Sessions of the Parliament of Tasmania.

Hobart Town AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
52 Compiled by L. M. W. Judell and

Down the Years to 1936 : The Historical and Topical Review of Jamestown, Spalding and Caltowie and Adjacent Districts. The Official Souvenir Book of the Jamestown Centenary Celebrations and 'Back to Jamestown' Carnival, October 14th. to 18th., 1936

Jamestown 1936 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
  • 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