Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Christmas 2025! - Decorative Arts And Design, Books, Fine Bindings And Geology , A168, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 14, 2025 - December 14, 2025

Page Size: 410 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
384	Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition	Scott's Last Expedition - Two Volumes	London	1913	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
385	Dickson Gregory	Australian Steamships Past and Present		1928	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
386		Twelve books on Victorian Angling Fishing			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
387	Dick Wolf	Eleven books on Fishing tackle and Rigging			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
388		Twelve Angling Catalogues, old books on fish and fishing			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
389	Richard Owen	Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand : with an appendix on those of England, Australia, Newfoundland, Mauritius, and Rodriguez	London	1879	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	AUD 3,302.00
390	Edited by G. J. Symons	The Eruption of Krakatoa, and Subsequent Phenomena	London	1888	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,905.00
391		Report of the Interstate Conference on Artesian Water, Perth 1924	Sydney	1925	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
392		The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand Together with Supplement	Wellington	1928	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 412.75
393		Harry Seidler Four Decades of Architecture		1992	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 228.60
394		1) Norman Lindsay Pen Drawings...		1974	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
395	Palani Mohan	Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs		2015	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
396		Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam	London	c.1920s	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 381.00
397	Lord Armstrong C.B., F.RS.	Electric Movement in Air and Water with Theoretical Inferences		1897	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
398	F. Manson Bailey	Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants	Brisbane	1909	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
399	George Robert Waterhouse	Two Volumes of A Natural History of the Mammalia	London	between 1846 and 1848	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
400		Facsimile of the three volume Bigge Reports in very good condition...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
401		Les Darcy with letter from the author...	Sydney	[1937]	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
402		A Pioneering Parson in the Riverina	Sydney	1933	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 76.20
403	William Stones	What road, Australia?	Sydney	circa 1949	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
404	Ion L. Idriess	Fortunes in Minerals: Simple Tests and How to Make Them		1941	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
405	Ion Idriess	The Scout The Australian Guerrilla Book VI	Sydney	1943	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 381.00
406		A Complete System of Geography Being A Desription of All the Countries, Islands, Cities, Chief Tows, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, Mountais, Mines, &c. Of The Known World	London	1747	AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
407		NSW Cyclists Touring Union Guide to the Roads of NSW Founded in 1896: Showing intermediate and total mileages between each important town	Sydney		AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
408		Royal Easter Show Sydney 8th to 19th April 1960			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 152.40

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.