Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Moments in History: Maps, Photographs, Art, Costumes and Books, A184, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 24, 2026 - May 24, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | 8 Books, including: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Inaugural Benevolent Fund Concert |
1947; 1946; 1955; 1960 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 303 | The Old VIC Theatre Company - A Tour of Australia and New Zealand; Tivoli Theatre; Photographic Souvenir Ballet Rambert - Tour of Australia and New |
1948; 1947-1948 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 304 | Douglas Stewart | Ned Kelly |
1946 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 305 | P.D. James | The Black Tower |
1975 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 306 | P.G. Wodehouse | Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves |
1963 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 307 | John Fowles; John le Carre | The Collector; Smiley's People |
1963; 1979 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 308 | T. Archer; Murdoch Wales | Recollections of a Rambling Life |
1988 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 309 | William Golding; Bernard S. Oldsey | 4 Books, including: Close Quarters |
1987; 1980; 1989; 1965 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 310 | Swebach; Bovinet | Battle of Waterloo; Entry of the French forces in Berlin; English landing in Holland |
circa 1820 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | George Edwards (1694-1773); Johann Michael Seligmann | 4 Books, including: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds |
circa 1790 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 312 | John Thomson | Map of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
1817 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 313 | Philip-Stephan Photo-Litho and Typographic Process Co | 7 Books, including: Scene on the Erskine River Victoria |
Sydney | c1880s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 314 | Map of South America |
c1842 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 | ||
| 315 | John Bartholomew | Map of New Zealand |
c1950 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 316 | World Map on Mercator's Projection |
c1890 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 317 | A. Brue | Carte particuliere de la Polynesie, (partie de l'Oceanie) |
Paris | 1826; 1827; 1828 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 318 | AK Johnston | Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania |
circa 1849 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 319 | Emmanuel Bowen | A New and Accurate Map of France and its Acquisitions |
circa 1740 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 320 | John Speed (c. 1551-1629) | France revised and augmented, the attires of the French and situations of their chiefest cityes; Holy Island |
c. 1626; c. 1610 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 321 | George Frederick Cruchley | Western Hemisphere |
1841 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | World Map on Mercator's Projection |
c1890 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 323 | 15 Maps, including: Pernambuco To Maceio |
London | 1836; 1843; 1850; 1857-59; 1861; 1862; 1864; 1867; 1870; 1872; 1873; 1881; 1882; 1885; 1888 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 324 | Robert H. Schomburgk | 5 Maps, including: Manga Reva Islands |
London | 1837; 1884 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 325 | W. Kaye Lamb | The Voyage of George Vancouver 1791-1795 |
1984 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 326 | W. Osborne Lilley | Bound For Australia On Board The Orient: A Passenger's Log |
1885 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 190.50 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
