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
434	DJ Mahony	Department of Mines Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria ...		1926	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
435		Follow My Dust! A Biography of Arthur Upfield	London	1957	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
436	Lou Klepac	Russell Drysdale		2009	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
437	H.G. Wells	Classics Of Science Fiction		2004	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 177.80
438		Two shelves of 33 literature books			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
439		33 books			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 228.60
440		Australian writers and artists' market	Melbourne	c1946	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
441		A bundle of books on writing...			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
442		A little bundle of Leather Yapp edge books			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
443		A little collection of books on reading palms...			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
444		How to See Paris, Its Environs, and the Battlefields	Paris	1924	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
445		A bundle of Little books...			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
446	Lusinda Hoare	Hints for the Improvement of Early Education and Nursery Discipline	London	1831	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
447	Kathleen Ainslie	Oh! Poor Amelia Jane!	London	1905	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
448		Narrations d'Omai, insulaire de la mer du Sud, ami et compagnon de voyage du Capitaine Cook	Paris	1790	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
449	Walter E. Roth	Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Abordigines	Brisbane	1897	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,270.00
450		An historical, practical and theoretical account of the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound	London	1848	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
451		Six books/set			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
452	John d Green and Anthony Haden-Guest	Birds of Britain		1967	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
453		A collection of Sydney underground magazines...			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
454		Two shelves of Miscellaneous books			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
455		Ernest Buckmaster Signed The Art of Ernest Buckmaster	Melbourne	1951	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 228.60
456		A collection of 4 "Special Edition" novels...			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
457		A collection of 6 "Special Edition" fine binding novels			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
458		A collection of 6 "Special Edition" novels			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90

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.