Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Photographs, Maps and More, 52525, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Page Size: 469 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Paul Magriel.	A Bibliography of Boxing		before 1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
102		Seven books on the Crusades of the Middle Ages.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
103	RUNCIMAN Steven.	A History of the Crusades.	London	1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
104		Two shelves of high quality scholarly books on Australian history, exploration, including early settlement and foundation of the colony. Includes Explorers of Western Tasmania, Sturt's Central Desert Journals, Terre Napoleon, and other really great books.			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
105		Fifteen books on convict transportation.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
106		Shelf of 28 books and pamphlets on Captain James Cook.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
107		Cache of five large French Admiralty charts of the South American coastline, each measuring 655 x 965 mm.		1833	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
108	Mollart du Jourdin, and others.	Sea Charts of the Early Explorers 13th to 17th Century.	London	1984	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
109	Thomas Suarez.	Two superb books on the history of Cartography			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
110		An original children's alphabet game, being a wooden board with moveable letter pieces.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
111	SULLIVAN, Michael.	Art and Artists of Twentieth-Century China.	Berkely,	1996	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
112	GOLVERS, Noel.	Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. (1623-1688) and the Chinese Heaven: The Composition of his Astronomical Corpus and its Reception in the European Republic of Letters.		2003	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
113		Seven books on China and Hong Kong, all paperback.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
114	GIBBON, Edward.	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.	London	1887	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 412.75
115		The Compact Edition of the Dictionary of National Biography. Complete text reproduced micrographically.		1975	AUD 125.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
116	LE HOEFER, M.	Nouvelle biographie generale depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'a nos jours, avec les renneignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources a consulter.	Paris,	1853	AUD 375.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
117	RECLUS, Elisee.	Nouvelle Geographie Universelle.	Paris,	1878-1894	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 476.25
118	Edited by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer.	Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
119		A box of books and papers on the butterflies and moths of Ireland.		1936 onwards	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
120		A selection of Australian vintage ornithology books.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
121		Six quality books on Australian ornithology. All are hardcover titles:			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
122	MORWOOD, M.J. & HOBBS, D.R.	Visions from the Past. The Archaeology of Australian Aboriginal Art.	Sydney	2002	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
123	Charles Hedley	Bound volume of sixteen scientific papers on molluscs and other natural history subjects			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
124	SKERTCHLY, Sydney B.J.	The Story of the Noble Opal.	Brisbane.	1908	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
125	BEAN, Charles and GULLETT, H.S.	Photographic Record of the War. Reproductions of Pictures Taken by the Australian Official Photographers. This the volume twelve of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18.	Sydney	1923	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70

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Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR