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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | James Cook | Carte d'une partie de la Mer du Sud |
Paris | 1774 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 91 | Jan Jansson | Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti Typus Geographicus |
Amsterdam | 1650 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 92 | W. Dawes; Hunter | Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales |
London | 1789 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 93 | John Marshall | A Chart of the Track of the Scarborough |
London | 1789 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 94 | Thomas George Shortland | A Chart of the Track of the Alexander |
London | 1789 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 95 | John Hunter | Plan of Port Jackson New South Wales |
London | 1789 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 96 | James Cook | Carte du Detroit de Cook dans la Nle Zelande; Riviere Tamise et Baye Mercure a la Nle Zelande |
Paris | 1774 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 97 | James Cook | Carte d'une Partie de la Cote de la Nle Galles Meridle |
Paris | 1774 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | Pro Licentiatu Medico |
France | 1760-1774 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 99 | Nicholas Vallard | The First Map of Australia from Nicholas Vallard’s Atlas 1547 |
Middle Hill | 1856 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 100 | JW Mackail; William Morris | The Life of William Morris; Collected Works of William Morris |
1916; 1920 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101 | Japanese: Complete Series of World Fine Art of the World |
1928 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 102 | Arthur Rackham | Aesop's Fables |
London | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | Edward Lear; Leslie Brooke | Nonsense Songs |
London | circa 1910 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 104 | Urquhart Frederick; Nicolson Harold | W.S.C. A Cartoon Biography |
London | 1955 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 105 | Boutet de Monvel | Jeanne d'Arc |
Paris | circa 1896 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 106 | Jonathan Swift | Travels Into Several Remote Nations of The World |
London | 1886 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | Ernest Seton-Thompson | The Trail of the Sandhill Stag |
New York | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 108 | 12 Books, including: Alice in Wonderland |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | Steinberg | Australia: The Promised Land; Jewish Settlement in the Kimberleys |
1948; circa 1940 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 110 | David Horton; Charles Mountford | The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History, Society and Culture; The Aborigines and their Country |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 111 | 7 Books, including: Arthur Boyd |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 112 | Greg Barrett | Tutu; Gundagai Album: Early Photographs of Australia Country Town |
1999; 1976 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | De Boer; Mortimer Dunn | 8 Books, including: 100 Years of Fashion Illustration |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 114 | Mark Blackburn | Hawaiiana: The Best of Hawaiian Design |
2001 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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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. -
