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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea |
1996 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 210 | Francis W. Galpin | 1) Old English Instruments of Music, Their History and Character |
London | 1932 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 212 | The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris Now First Done Into English Verse, in the Original Forms, With a Biographical and Critical Introduction |
London | 1892 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 213 | The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 |
1973 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 214 | Ian Hamilton | 1. The Man With The Brown Paper Face |
London | 1967 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 215 | Rev E.R. Gribble | Forty Years With The Aborigines |
1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 216 | The History of All Saints' College, Bathurst 1873-1934 |
Sydney | 1936 | AUD 50.00 - 80.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 217 | Sandra McGrath and John Olsen | The Artist and the Rover |
Sydney | 1982 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 218 | George Deas Brown | Haughton Forrest 1826-1925 |
Melbourne | 1982 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 219 | Anthony Bradley | The Art of Justin O'Brien |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 | ||
| 220 | Two bound volumes of Life Magazine |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |||
| 221 | 1864 Illustrated News of the World |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |||
| 222 | John Milton | Paradise lost |
circa 1880-1890 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 223 | A little bundle of Australia Art |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 224 | edited by Lou Klepac | Signals from the Perimeter: James Gleeson Drawings and Texts |
Roseville | 1993 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 225 | Charmian Clift and George Johnson | The Sponge Divers |
c1956 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 226 | A little archive on Chairman Clift |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 215.90 | |||
| 227 | Neville W Cayley | Our Birds |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 114.30 | ||
| 228 | Communism in Australia A collection of booklets all published in Australia... |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 229 | A little collection of pamphlets on the Jewish people in World War Two... |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 76.20 | |||
| 230 | Daisy Bates | Passing of the Aborigines |
London | 1944 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 231 | A bundle of books on Aboriginal people of Australia... |
AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 228.60 | |||
| 232 | A Collection of member cards and old tickets of English Jazz Clubs... |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 233 | Four shelves of Fine Binding books |
AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 |
![<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")