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
108		More Adventures of Ginger Meggs Series 20 , 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Sunbeams Book	Sydney	no date.. 1940s	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
109	Harry C Perry	Memoirs of The Hon Sir Robert Philp K.C.M.G. 1851 -1922	Brisbane	1923	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
110	Robert Von Lendenfeld	The Australian Museum; Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum Sydney		1888	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
111		A bound collection of academic scientific papers			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,143.00
112		Department of Mines Geological Survey Mineral Resources No. 38	Sydney	1940	AUD 399.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
113	Edited by Robert K. Douglas	Transactions of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists : Held in London in September 1874	London	1876	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
114	V. S. Naipaul	The Mimic Men	New York	1967	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
152		Japanese Hand-coloured Albumen Album		Circa mid 1891-1910	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
167		The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex	London	1877	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
168		The Origin Of The Species	London	1878	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
169	Charles Robert Darwin	The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised By Insects	London	1882	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
170	Charles Darwin	The Power of Movement in Plants	London	1882	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 762.00
171	Charles Darwin	Insectivorous Plants	London	1875	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
172	Charles Darwin	The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom	London	1876	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
173	Edited by Hermomich Shugio	Japanese Art Folio	Tokyo	c1898	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
174	LENYGON, Francis	The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries	London	1909	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
175	Martin Anderson	The Humours of Cynicus	London	1891	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
176		Cover title reads: Queensland Illustrated 72 Views	Brisbane		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
177	William Drummond	The Genealogy of the Most Noble and ancient House of Drummond 1831	Edinburgh	1831	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
178	William Saunders	Through the Light Continent; or, The United States in 1877-8	London	1879	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
179		Two handsome full leather finely bound books			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
180	Etienne Marchand	A Voyage Round the World, Performed During the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792		1969	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
181	Dorothy Wall	Blinky Bill: quaint Little Australian story and Illustrations	Sydney	1941	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
182	J Grant Pattison	Battler of : Tales of Early Rockhampton	Melbourne	1939	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 177.80
183	Edited by James Cowell	A Century in the Pacific Five Parts in one volume: Scientific, Sociological, Historical	Sydney	1914	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold

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.