Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver, A171, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026
Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
344 SETTON, Kenneth (series editor).

A History of the Crusades.

University of Wisconsin Press 1969 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
345 BYRNE, Lieutenant A.E.

Official History of the Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. in the Great War 1914-1918.

Dunedin undated but 1921 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
346 CLARK, James.

Historical Record and Regimental Memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers

Edinburgh 1885 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
347

The Peerage of England: or, a A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Flourishing Families of this Kingdom.

London 1711 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
348 WATSON, Thomas Greenlees.

The First Fifty Years of Responsible Government in Victoria. The Roll of Parliament and Some Statistics of Progress from 1856 to 1906.

Melbourne 1906 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
349 TAYLOR, Sarah E. L. (editor).

Fox-Taylor Automatic Writing 1869-1892. Unabridged record

Boston 1936 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
350 DAVE, Harikrishna Lalshankar.

A Short History of Gondal.

Bombay 1889 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
351 Davis, John.

Tracks of McKinlay and Party Across Australiaed.

London 1863 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
352 PERCEVAL, Spencer.

The Genuine Book. An Inquiry, or delicate investigation into the conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales

London 1813 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 228.60
353 KRAMERS H. A. and HOLST Helge.

The Atom and the Bohr Theory of Its Structure. An elementary presentation.

London 1923 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
354 [ANONYMOUS].

The Cause of the Petitioners Examined: With an answer to the late work (addressed to the King)

London 1773 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
355 QUINE, Reverend John.

Morecambe and Lake District Illustrated.

Bournemouth: 1899 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
356 John Alexander Ferguson.

Bibliography of Australia 1784 to 1900

1945-1969 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
357 LYELL, Sir Charles.

Principles of Geology or the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants

London 1868 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
358 CRAIG, W. [William].

My Adventures on the Australian Goldfields.

London 1903 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
359 CURTIS, Leonard Samuel.

The History of Broken Hill. Its Rise and Progress.

Adelaide 1908 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
360 SIMPSON, Edward S.

Minerals of Western Australia. Originally Published 1948-1952,

in Carlisle, W.A. 1984 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
361

A nice set of books on historical travel, and the empires of Asia:

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
362

Four books on indigenous Australia:

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 2,413.00
363

Clothbound books

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
364 KENNEDY, Rankin.

The Book of Modern Engines. Volumes two, four and five only from the set.

London 1912 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 101.60
365

Four books on Oceania and the South Pacific. All are hardcover octavo books:

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
366

ZELDIN, Theodore. France 1848-1945.

1973 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
367

A collection of 3 facsimile maps: 1. Watson's Bay, c1945. 2. Port Macquarie, no date. 3. Norfolk Island, 1934.

NSW. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
368

1 map on 2 sheets, unjoined, of "Map of the Country of Bathurst". Detailed map of Bathurst, including all the suburbs.

Sydney. 1945 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