Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Christmas 2025! - Decorative Arts And Design, Books, Fine Bindings And Geology , A168, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 14, 2025 - December 14, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Ion Idriess | Three Titles |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 | ||
| 34 | 1. The Great Trek... |
1958 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 35 | Ion Idriess | Five signed book by Ion Idriess |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 36 | 1. Our Stone Age Mystery... |
1964 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 37 | Idriess | Six books concerning Mining all by Idriess |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 38 | Historical Sketches of Savage Life in Polynesia |
Wellington | 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 39 | George Bentham | Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong |
London | 1861 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 1,016.00 |
| 40 | R. Brough Smyth | The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria with Notes on the Modes of Occurence of Gold and Other metals and Minerals |
Melbourne | 1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 41 | Arthur P. Harper | Pioneer work in the Alps of New Zealand: a record of the first exploration of the chief glaciers and ranges of the Southern Alps |
London | 1896 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 42 | Gillen's Diary: The Camp Jottings Of F.J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition across Australia 1901-1902 |
Adelaide | 1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 43 | John Humphreys | The Papers of Thomas Bowrey 1669 - 1713 discovered in 1913 |
London | 1927 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 44 | Victoria Legislative Council |
Melbourne | 1868 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 45 | Report of the Intercolonial Conference held in Pitt Street Church |
Sydney | May 15th to 23rd, 1883 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | A bound volume of the Junior Argus |
Melbourne | 1935 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 47 | Voyaging to Australia |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 48 | Colonial Australia - Collins and Mills |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |||
| 49 | Lewis Spence | Legends and Romances of Brittany |
London | 1917 | AUD 280.00 - 360.00 | Not Sold |
| 50 | Lady Hooker | Life and Letters and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Based on Materials Collected and Arranged |
London | 1918 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 51 | Ludwig Bruck | The Australasian Medical Directory and Hand-book |
Sydney | 1892 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 52 | Ludwig Bruck | The Australasian Medical Directory and Hand-book |
Sydney | 1883 | AUD 260.00 - 360.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 53 | 1. Pasture Improvement in Astralia |
1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | ||
| 54 | TAKASHIMA, S. | Illustrations of Japanese Life |
Tokyo | 1918 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 55 | LONGUS | Daphnis & Chloe |
London | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 56 | LONGUS | Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe |
Paris | 1919 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 241.30 |
| 57 | LONGUS | Daphnis et Chloe |
Monte-Carlo | 1946 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")