Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Samuel Smiles | Lives of the Engineers with an Account of their Principal Works Comprising also A History of Inland Communication in Britain |
London | 1862 | AUD 450.00 - 500.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 102 | J R Vavra | 5000 Years of Glass-Making. The History of Glass |
1954 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 103 | Charles Singer | 1) The Earliest Chemical Industry- An essay in the historical relations of economics and technology illustrated from the Alum Trade |
London | 1948 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 104 | R. T. Baker | Building and Ornamental Stones of Australia |
Sydney | 1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 105 | Edited by His Brother John Davy | The Collected Works of Sir Humphrey Davy Bart. Foreign Associate of The Instute of France |
AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | ||
| 106 | Goethe | Faust by Goethe |
London | 2005 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 107 | French Porcelain In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen |
2010 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 108 | David Marr | Patrick White: A Life |
Sydney | 1991 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 109 | Statement by Ion L Idriess before the Select Committee on the Administration of Aborigines Protection Board |
Wednesday, 24th November, 1937 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 110 | Harry Truman | Signed photograph |
1950 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 111 | A beautiful photograph of a group of 14 well dressed family members |
AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 112 | Two Fine Prize Bindings awarded to Charles E Cornell as the Prize in the Second Algebra Class Christmas 1880 |
1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 113 | Etchings: Portraits and Landscapes |
AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 88.90 | |||
| 114 | A box of Art & Architecture books |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |||
| 115 | A History of Technology in Five Volumes |
1954-1958, 1958 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 116 | Robinson | 1. Historical Brevities of Tasmania |
1937 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Map to accompany The Royal Commission On The Cataract Dam Sydney Water Supply |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 118 | A colour print of Coogee |
Circa 1890s | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | ||
| 119 | Reston | 1. The Last Apocalypse Europe At The Year 1000AD 1998 |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 120 | Jewkes | 1. The Sources Of Invention |
1958 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 50.80 | |
| 121 | A good lot of Australian History |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 88.90 | |||
| 122 | Rocky Section. An Australian Romance by Sydney Partridge |
Brisbane | 1907 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 123 | Edited by Michelle Grattan | Australian Prime Ministers |
2000 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 124 | Edited by Ludwig Goldscheider | Leonardo Da Vinci |
1954 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | Charles W Jacobsen | Oriental Rugs, A Complete Guide |
US | 1962 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
