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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 234 | Rose of Valencia ; or The Corsican , A Romance |
London | 1852 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 235 | 1. Robert Klee Ireland A History |
1981 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 236 | Ivor Noel-Hume | If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 2,000 Years of British Household Pottery |
2000 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 237 | Arthur Hayden | Spode and His Successors A History of the Pottery Stoke-On-Trent 1765-1865 |
London | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 238 | Frank Hansford-Miller | A History of Medicine in Western Australia |
1992 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 239 | David C Newman | Two books on Aviation and Jets |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 240 | Three Mountaineering books |
1981 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 241 | edited by JG Lockhart | Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott |
London | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Strahan | Australian Mamals, Kigfishers & other Birds |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 243 | Vickers-Rich, Monaghan, Baird, & Rich | Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia |
Lilydale | 1991 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 244 | Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover | Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica |
New York | 1950 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 245 | Will Dyson | Kultur Cartoons |
1915 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 246 | A collection of 13 Chess Books... |
AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | |||
| 247 | JK Rowling | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
1997 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 2,540.00 | |
| 248 | Harry Houdini | Houdini on Magic |
New York | 1953 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 249 | Fane | The Imperial House of Japan by Richard Ponson |
Kyoto, Japan | 1959 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 250 | Paul Bailey | At The Jerusalem |
London | 1967 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 251 | Cecil Roth | Iscariot |
London | 1929 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 252 | Angus Wilson | The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot |
London | 1958 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 253 | Graham Greene | Two books... |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | ||
| 254 | Wyndham Lewis | The Demon of Progress in the Arts |
1954 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 255 | Edgar Mittelholzer | Uncle Paul |
London | 1963 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | C Day Lewis | Two books |
AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 257 | Charles Darwin | The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species |
London | 1880 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 258 | Evelyn Waugh | Five books written |
AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 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")