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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | More Adventures of Ginger Meggs Series 20 , 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Sunbeams Book |
Sydney | no date.. 1940s | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Harry C Perry | Memoirs of The Hon Sir Robert Philp K.C.M.G. 1851 -1922 |
Brisbane | 1923 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 110 | Robert Von Lendenfeld | The Australian Museum; Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum Sydney |
1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 111 | A bound collection of academic scientific papers |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,143.00 | |||
| 112 | Department of Mines Geological Survey Mineral Resources No. 38 |
Sydney | 1940 | AUD 399.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | Edited by Robert K. Douglas | Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists : Held in London in September 1874 |
London | 1876 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | V. S. Naipaul | The Mimic Men |
New York | 1967 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Japanese Hand-coloured Albumen Album |
Circa mid 1891-1910 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 167 | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex |
London | 1877 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 168 | The Origin Of The Species |
London | 1878 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 169 | Charles Robert Darwin | The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised By Insects |
London | 1882 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 170 | Charles Darwin | The Power of Movement in Plants |
London | 1882 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 171 | Charles Darwin | Insectivorous Plants |
London | 1875 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 172 | Charles Darwin | The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom |
London | 1876 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 173 | Edited by Hermomich Shugio | Japanese Art Folio |
Tokyo | c1898 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | LENYGON, Francis | The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
London | 1909 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 175 | Martin Anderson | The Humours of Cynicus |
London | 1891 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 176 | Cover title reads: Queensland Illustrated 72 Views |
Brisbane | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 177 | William Drummond | The Genealogy of the Most Noble and ancient House of Drummond 1831 |
Edinburgh | 1831 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | William Saunders | Through the Light Continent; or, The United States in 1877-8 |
London | 1879 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 179 | Two handsome full leather finely bound books |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 180 | Etienne Marchand | A Voyage Round the World, Performed During the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792 |
1969 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 181 | Dorothy Wall | Blinky Bill: quaint Little Australian story and Illustrations |
Sydney | 1941 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 182 | J Grant Pattison | Battler of : Tales of Early Rockhampton |
Melbourne | 1939 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 183 | Edited by James Cowell | A Century in the Pacific Five Parts in one volume: Scientific, Sociological, Historical |
Sydney | 1914 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | 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")