Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings | Total Sales (AUD) | 65,798.70 |
| Auction Date | October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 83,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #A164 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 116,725.00 |
| Total Lots | 491 | ||
| Sold Lots | 296.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 162,210.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 60.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 223,745.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 195 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 29.41% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | The World Crisis |
1923-1931 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 482 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Marlborough |
1933-1938 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 473 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | The Second World War |
1948-1954 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 3,175.00 |
| 11 | The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie |
1961 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | |
| 105 | Edited by His Brother John Davy | The Collected Works of Sir Humphrey Davy Bart. Foreign Associate of The Instute of France |
AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | |
| 476 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Savrola. A tale of revolution in Laurania |
1900 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 481 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Lord Randolph Churchill |
1906 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 |
| 123 | Edited by Michelle Grattan | Australian Prime Ministers |
2000 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 95 | THERRY, Sir Roger | Reminiscences of Thirty Years Residence in New South Wales and Victoria with a Supplementary Chapter on Transportation and the Ticket-of-Leave System |
1863 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 96 | WEST, John | The History of Tasmania |
1852 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 77 | SPENCER, Baldwin and F.J. GILLEN | The Native Tribes of Central Australia |
1899 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 698.50 |
| 432 | Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser |
Wednesday May 24 of 1826 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 56 | Five books from the series titled "Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers" |
1969 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 454 | John Ramsbotham | Practical Observations in Midwifery: with a selection of cases by John Ramsbotham |
1832 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 464 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Thoughts and Adventures |
1932 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 465 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | In the Balance, Speeches 1949 and 1950 |
1951 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 470 | EADE, Charles (editor) | The Dawn of Liberation |
1945 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 471 | EADE, Charles (editor) | The End of the Beginning |
1943 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 472 | EADE, Charles (editor) | Onwards to Victory |
1944 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 475 | CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer | Maxims and Reflections of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. |
1947 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 477 | EADE, Charles (editor) | The Unrelenting Struggle |
1942 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 478 | EADE, Charles (editor) | Secret Session Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill O.M., C.H., M.P. |
1946 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 23 | McNAUGHT, J.U. | The Brisbane Directory for 1878-9 |
1879 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 31 | Eight locally printed Queensland locality guides: Seventy-fifth anniversary of Dalby as a municipality 1863-1938 |
1863-1938 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 539.75 | |
| 270 | Ian Irwin | Silver Ghosts of Australia and New Zealand Cameo Histories of the Post-War Cars |
2004 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 539.75 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
