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Sydney Rare Book Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Books, Maps, Stamps and Ephemera: History, Art, Culture, Science, Military
Auction Date
05/04/2025 - 05/04/2025
Sale Number
#50425
Total Lots
498
Sold Lots
243
Lots Sold
48.80%
Unsold Lots
255
Total Sales (AUD)
64,604.90
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
65,600.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)
93,090.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
123,450.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)
179,910.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
35.91%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
20 Charles-Alexandre Leseur.

A view of the Sydney Town colony titled "Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle Galles du Sud.

1807 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
22

View of Port Jackson and Part of the Town of Sydney, from a drawing in the possession of Barron Field, Esq'r.Sheet size 220 x 550 mm. Hand coloured aquatint -

1826 AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 4,572.00
11 OXLEY, John.

Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.

1820 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 3,175.00
17 HUNTER, John.

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island, ...by John Hunter Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy

1793 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 2,159.00
6 C.J. Dennis.

A Book for Kids

undated but 1921 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,651.00
39

Typus Orbis Terrarum, ad Imitationem Universalis Gerhardi Mercator.

1596 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,270.00
40

Unusual heart shaped map of the world, otherwise known as a 'cordiform' map. Titled 'Universalis Cosmographia Tiguri'

1546 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,206.50
125 Willem Janszoon Blaeu,

Very rare early Dutch map of Southeast Asia, "India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae Adiacentes"

1634 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 1,143.00
46 Wallis, Captain James and Walter Preston.

A framed print titled 'A View of the Cove and part of Sydney, New South Wales.' From the 1821 book of view

AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 1,079.50
31 Willem Blaeu.

India quae Orientalis dicitur et Insulae Adiacentes, 1635. The third state of the first

AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,016.00
205

Six issues of The Queenslander Annual. 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 1,016.00
122

The hand coloured map "Isole Dell' Indie, diuise in Filippine, Molucche, e della Sonda"

1685 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 952.50
33

Three early maps of the world. First is 'Typus Orbis Theatrum', double hemisphere world map measuring 210 x 175 (plate size)

1598, circa1650 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 952.50
129

Carte Reduite Des Mers Comprises Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer Du Sud ou Pacifique

1756 AUD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 AUD 889.00
383 James Morrison

The Journal of James Morrison Boatswain's Mate Of The Bounty Describing The Mutiny and Subsequent Misfortunes Of The Mutineers Together With An Account Of The Island Of Tahiti.

1935 AUD 900.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 825.50
19 McLEAN, Robert.

The New Atlas of Australia...

no date but 1886 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 762.00
2

Sydney Opera House from Baxter Estate Sir John Philip Baxter (1905--1989) was the Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust from 1969-1975

1972 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 AUD 762.00
139

A 29cmx23cm wartime photo album consisting of 34 greyscale images

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 698.50
10 HAWKESWORTH, John.

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook.

1773 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 698.50
7 Norman Lindsay

Art in Australia. December 1930, number 35. Norman Lindsay Number

1930 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 635.00

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