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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: History, Science and the Arts - Fine bindings, limited editions and more
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | History, Science and the Arts - Fine bindings, limited editions and more | Total Sales (AUD) | 58,559.70 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | July 26, 2026 - July 26, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 69,910.00 |
| Sale Number | #A192 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) | 99,360.00 |
| Total Lots | 461 | ||
| Sold Lots | 264.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 129,890.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 57.27% | High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) | 184,330.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 197 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 31.77% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bacon Francis | Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Naturall Historie |
1635 | AUD 1,250.00 - 1,750.00 | AUD 2,667.00 |
| 37 | Wilkinson C S;Clarke W B;Jack Robert L;Daintree R;Alpin C D'Oyly H;Hann William;Dalrymple G Elphinstone;Brown Herny YL;Gould Charles;Calder J E;von Mueller Ferdinand;Selwyn Alfred R C;Hargraves E H;Mackay Angus;Duffy C Gavan;Smyth R Brough;Cooke M C | Australian Gold Field Royal Commission of Inquiry |
1859-1880 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 2,540.00 |
| 130 | Newman Edward; Harting James Edmund | The Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History |
1843-1874 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 12 | Witton George R | Scapegoats of the Empire |
1907 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 52 | Tilloch Alexander | The Philosophical Magazine |
1798-1808 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 58 | Ross John | Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of North-West Passage |
1835 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 1,905.00 |
| 73 | Pasteur Louis | Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences |
1855-1859 | AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,524.00 |
| 3 | Whiteley Brett | Another Way of Looking at Vincent Van Gogh 1888-1889 |
1983 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 89 | Poe Edgar Allan | The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe |
1902 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 320 | Shaw Vero; Stables W. Gordon | The Illustrated Book of the Dog |
1881 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 232 | Mundy Godfrey Charles | Our Antipodes: Or, Residence and Rambles In The Australasian Colonies |
1852 | AUD 600.00 - 750.00 | AUD 889.00 |
| 64 | Dowling Francis | Fistiana; or, The oracle of the ring |
1852; 1853; 1860; 1864; 1868 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,800.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 7 | Locke John | An Essay concerning Human Understanding |
1726 | AUD 450.00 - 600.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Guide Book |
circa 1896 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | AUD 603.25 | |
| 136 | Sprigge Joshua | Anglia Rediviva; Englands Recovery |
1647 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 39 | Stewart Balfour | The Conservation of Energy |
1877 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 83 | St John James Augustus | Egypt and Nubia |
1845 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 236 | Baumer Christoph | The History of Central Asia |
2012-2014 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 63 | Saville-Kent W. | The Naturalist In Australia |
1897 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 214 | Field Barron | Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales |
1825 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 8 | Huxley Thomas Henry | Evidence As To Man's Place In Nature |
1863 | AUD 500.00 - 800.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 151 | Mendelss Joanna | The Art of Sir Lionel Lindsay |
1987 | AUD 350.00 - 400.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 319 | La Vie Parisienne Magazine Covers |
c. 1915-1920s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 331 | Hauser Don | Printers of the Streets and Lanes of Melbourne (1837-1975) |
2018 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 47 | Maiden J H | A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus |
1909-1912 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
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Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000. -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland.