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Christmas 2025!

Decorative Arts and Design, Books, Fine Bindings and Geology A168

12 noon, Sunday 14th December

Sydney Rare Book Auction is happy to present the Christmas sale – and boy it’s a show stopper!

There is something there for everyone from stunning Birmingham silver, geological and engineering publications, maps and atlases, sculptures, original artworks and prints, beautiful and rare Art Nouveau publications, Meiji Period Japanese trinkets, and rare ephemera.

This is a great time to pick up Christmas presents for your friends, families or lovers….

Above: Just a small preview of some silver items see lots 115-160

Lot 1 Sydney Harbour Bridge 1903

Bronze Sculptures Lots 21 – Matisse; Lot 24 Degas; Lot 28 Renoir

14 George Barbier Pochoir Album, Ballets Russes

A sample of the Japanese Tourist Trinkets – mostly made by Y. Konoike 1900-1920 in Yokohama. Lots 138-150

When 12 noon, Sunday 14th December

Catalogue https://connect.invaluable.com/sydneybook/

Timed Auction online bidding and absentee

On Invaluable or our website.

Viewing is encouraged
Questions welcomed

Where: Dalgety Square
C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo.
(Corner of MacArthur with the entrance on Wattle Street.) We are opened between 10am and 5pm week days.

Absentee bids and questions are due by email 3pm Sydney Time Friday 12th December 2025

***Please note that if you are posting to a metropolitan area and would like a item in time for Christmas, Australia Post recommends sending before the 19th December. Unfortunately this excludes Darwin, Perth and Hobart and international parcels.

Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 9

12 noon, Sunday 23rd November

Sydney Rare Book Auction is pleased to announce the 9th Gary Gorton Crime fiction auction.

Gary was an American who lived much of his life in Hong Kong. He collected crime fiction books from Hubin’s bibliography. They had to be first editions in dustwrappers in very good condition.

The artworks, particularly from the 1920s-1960s are eye-catching, dynamic and colourful. They draw the readers attention for what lays beneath. Here are some noteworthy artists from the latest instalment.

Catalogue https://connect.invaluable.com/sydneybook/

Lot 168 Margaret Millar 1942 One of the many dustwrappers which was not signed – but what an artist!

Lot 94 J S Fletcher 1925

Dustwrapper art Benjamin Cory Kilvert (1879-1946) who was a Canadian born artist and illustrated for magazines and dustwrapper art.

Lot 91 Joseph Auslander -1929

Dustwrapper by Ervine Metzl (1899–1963) who was an American graphic artist and illustrator. He attended the School of Art Institute of Chicago.

Lot 11  Paul Mactyre 1964

The Walton sisters (Barbara and Eileen) were prolific book cover illustrators. They worked through 1950’s through late 1970’s at Harper Collins. The cover above is by Barbara Walton.

Lot 27 Hodder Publisher’s File Copy

Dustwrapper by George Chrichard who designed for pulps too Chrichard also created the cover for the 1963 Book Club edition of The Clocks.

Lot 32 J S Fletcher 1924

CV Farrow who also illustrated a beautiful map of Mahattan

When 12 noon, Sunday 23rd November 2025

Catalogue https://connect.invaluable.com/sydneybook/

Timed Auction online bidding and absentee
On Invaluable or our website.

Viewing is encouraged
Questions welcomed

Our office is located at Dalgety Square at –
C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo. We are on the corner of MacArthur with the entrance on Wattle Street. We are opened between 10am and 5pm week days.

Absentee bids are due by email 3pm Sydney Time Friday 21st November 2025

Please get questions in before 3pm Sydney Time

Friday 21st November 2025

Bidding on Sydney Rare Book Auctions’ website Buyer’s Premium remains unchanged at 24%