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
128 G. Butler Earp,

The Gold Colonies of Australia: Comprising their History, Territorial Divisions, Produce, and Capabilities. How to get to the Gold Mines, and Every Advice to Emigrants.

AUD 150.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
129 C.E.W. Bean

The Dreadnought of the Darling

 London 1911 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
130 F. W. Gunning.

Lure of the North : Seventy Years Memoirs of George Joseph Gooch and His Pioneer Friends of Western Australia

Perth 1952 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
131

Handbooks on Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa with Maps .

1912 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
132 Fergus Hume

The Miser's Will

Published by Anthony Treherne in 1903 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
133 Ion Idriess.

Nemarluk King Of The Wilds. This is the original typed manuscript of Nemarluk as submitted to the publisher, Angus and Robertson.

AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
134

1.Kangaroos Images Through The Ages by Younger 1988 2. John Gould's Birds of Great Britain 1980 3 John Gould's Hummingbirds 1990

colour illustrations and vey good copies AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
135 James Greenberg

Roman Polanski: A Retrospective

2013 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
136 Ian Fleming.

You Only Live Twice

London 1964 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
137 (N.E. Brookes, A.F. Wilding, M.E. McLoughlin and W.A. Larned).

"AUSTRAL". Lawn Tennis in Australasia. With 62 action photos taken in great matches in Australasia of the four greatest players in the world.

Sydney 1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
138 TAKASHIMA, S.

Illustrations of Japanese Life. Described by S. Takashima, A.B., Professor om the Higher Commercial College.

Tokyo 1918 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
139 PRATT, Charles Stuart.

Baby's Lullaby Book. Mother Songs by Charles Stuart Pratt.

Boston 1888 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
140 LANDESMAN, Fran.

More Truth than Poetry. Designed and illustrated by Avril Broadley.

London 1984 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
141 GHOSE, Sudhin.

Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India. With illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile.

London 1961 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
142

An endearing cache of The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of all the Arts.

London various dates AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
143 POPE, John Alexander, GETTENS, Rutherford John, and others.

The Freer Chinese Bronzes.

Washington D.C. 1967-1969. AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
144 Tchaikovsky

Australian sheet music for the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, with a front cover illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (initialled IRO).

Melbourne 1941 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
145

Rgyan-Drug Mchog-Gnyis.

Gangtok, Sikkim AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
146 CALDECOTT, R.

Randolph Caldecott's Last Graphic Pictures.

London 1888 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
147 [HAMILTON, George].

Experiences of a Colonist Forty Years Ago; A Journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in the Year 1839 and a Voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846.

Adelaide 1880 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 539.75
148

Three books on Australian military operation in East Timor, both large hardcover books in near-fine condition.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
149

This lot comprises an excellent selection of books on the Royal Australian Air Force.

especially the Pacific theatre. AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
150

This lot comprises an excellent selection of books on the military aviation, principally operations in the Second World War, especially the Pacific theatre.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
151 TRACEY, Michael.

Australian Prisoners of War.

1999 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
152

This lot comprises an excellent selection of 14 mixed military books.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold