Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
105 Rev. Walter Weston.

A facsimile of: Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps

in London 1896 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 635.00
106 Jean de Brunhoff.

Histoire de Babar Le Petit Elephant by

in Paris 1931 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
107 Edited Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson.

BOYS will be boys! A Photographic Essay.

1966 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
108

Time Flies by Bill Cosby.

1987 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
109

My Battle by a nasty little man with a moustache.

Boston 1933 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
110

Story of "Southern Cross" Trans Pacific Flight 1928 by Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm.

in Sydney 1928 AUD 450.00 - 550.00 AUD 698.50
111

Bradman by AG Moyes.

Sydney 1948 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 76.20
112 Graham Freudenberg.

A Certain Grandeur

1977 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
113 Matthew Hayden.

Standing My Ground

2010 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
114 John Le Carre.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

1974 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 203.20
115 Joan Lindsay.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

in Melbourne 1967 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
116 Germaine Greer.

The Female Eunuch

in New York 1971 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 203.20
117 Christina Scott.

Nelson Mandela : A Force For Freedom

2005 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
118 Ion Idriess

The Scout The Australian Guerrilla Book VI

in Sydney 1943 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
119 Pierce Egan

Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Revised and Corrected with additions of numerous slang phrases, collected from tried authorities

in London 1823 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
120 Henry Lawson

In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses.

in Sydney 1896 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
121 Francesco Milizia.

Principles of architecture

in Roma: 1800 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
122 Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture de Jacques Barozzio de Vignole : nouveau livre on y joint un essai sur les memes ordres suivant le sentiment des plus celebres architectes. Le tout enrichi de vignettes et cartels.

in Paris 1762 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 444.50
123 Johann Peter Ludewig

German Law. Handbook of the German States and Territories. Germania princeps. Volumen sacri rom. Imperii electores complexum

in Halle 1711 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
124 A C Kelly

The Vine in Australia

in Melbourne; Sydney 1861 AUD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 AUD 1,206.50
125 Thomas A Kempis

French Imitation of Christ 1783 - De Imitatione Christi by Thomae A Kempis.

in Leodii 1783 AUD 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
126

1679 Funeral Ceremonies of all Nations by Muret Ceremonies funebres de toutes les nations by Muret.

in Paris 1679 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
127 James Fordyce.

Chronology of the Reigns of George III & IV; Including a Notice of every important Fact....With a General Chronology of the most important Events and Discoveries, from the earliest Records, to the Year 1760

in London 1823 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
130 Karl Baedeker

London and its Environs 1900 - Handbook for Travellers

in Leipsic 1900 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
143 George Baker.

The Soul of a Skunk: the autobiography of a conscientious objector

London: 1930 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
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