Sydney Rare Book Auctions Auction A169

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101		1) Wrestling Fury x6 1988-1990 2) New Wave Wrestling 51 issues 1999-2000 3) Wrestling Spots Review 25 issues 4) Power Slam x12 Issues 5) WF Magazine 16 issues		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
102		Wrestling Revue 24 issues. In good condition. 1960s and 1970s	1960s and 1970s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
103		Piledriver - Australian Wrestling Magazine 9 issues. (Signatures are printed on the cover).		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
104		over 100 issues of magazine with titles such as Wrestling Classic Wrestler Annual Wrestling Action Bad Guys Wrestling Yearbook		AUD 270.00 - 370.00	Not Sold
105		A big box of a few hundred Sydney Turf Club Official Race Books. 2007 to 2017.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
106		A small Australiana lot. Mostly in good condition.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
107		A very good lot of natural history books. Includes: La Perouse, Voyage of the great southern Ark; Maps of the worlds; Fury Friends; Australian Rocks and more;		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
108		American line type book, borders, ornaments, price list printing material and machinery. American Type Founders Company. 1906.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
109		Valiant Chrysler J Series service Manual Part No. 3719780.,	Copyright 1973	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
110	Robert David Fitzgerald.	1) Australian Orchids Volume 1 only.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
111	Meredith J. Smith.	Marsupials of Australia. Volume 1: Possums, the Koala Wombats. Text	1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
112	Joseph Forshaw illustrated by William T Cooper.	Kingfishers and Related Birds	1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
113	Joseph M. Forshaw. illustrated by William T. Cooper.	1) Kingfisher sand Related: Alcedinidae Ceryle to Cittura.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
114	John Gould.	A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or Family of Kangaroos.	1981	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
115		A big bundle of Wrestling Magazines (82 issues) 1) Inside Wrestling approximately 62 issues from the 1980s and 1990s 2) Wrestling All Starts 5 issues 3) Wrestling Superstars 15 issues		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
116		1) Six issues of Wrestling USA from the 1980s and 1990s . In good condition. 2) 28 issues of Wresting America. In very good condition. 1990s	1980s and 1990s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
117		A bundle of approximately 30 issues of the Wrestling Ring. In very good condition. 1981-1985	1981-1985	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
118		A large collection of the Wrestling Eye Magazine 1980s and 1990s.	1980s and 1990s	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
119		A large collection of Pro Wrestling Illustrated from the 1981-1987	1981-1987	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
120		A large collection of Pro Wrestling Illustrated from the 1990-1999	1990-1999	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
121		A lot of 15 Australiana books. Mostly hardback and in good condition. Mostly Australian History.		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
122		1) The Birth of Sydney 2) The History and Description of Sydney Harbour 3) Pictorial History Hornsby Shire 4) The Best Scholl of All - A tribute to neutral Bay/Cremorne Girls High School 5) Playground		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
123		Seven Books of Australian Art and Architecture. 1) The Dictionary of Australian Artists 2) Norman Lindsay's Cats 3) Australia's Historic Heritage - The birth of a Nation...		AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
124		3 Japanese Reprint publishing In Meiji period. Including 1) Cloud Smoke Strategy Den; 2) Ground Rod Guide; 3) Lectures on the Thirty-Three Inmei Writing Techniques.		AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
125	edited by Viscountess Mary Hyde Eccles, Gordon Turnbull.	James Boswell's Book of company at Auchinleck 1782-1795	1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 190.50

Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
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Ends 19th February 2026

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000

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