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
184	Edited by Arthur H Smout	Queensland Centenary: The First 100 Years 1859-1959 Queensland Centenary Souvenir Book	Brisbane	1959	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
185		The Pocket Queensland Containing General information Regarding the Great North-Eastern State of the Australian Commonwealth	Brisbane	c1919	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
186	Chalmers B Leask	Leask's Genealogical Guide to some Australian Families their Antecedents and Genealogies	Adelaide	1979	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
187	edited by Rev. James Jerram	Memoir and a selection of letters of the late Reverend Charles Jerram	London	1855	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
188	Samuel Lodge	Scrivelsby: The Home of the Champions, with some Account of the Marmion and Dymoke Families	London	1894	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
189	IS Hunter Young	Victorian Geographical and Biographical Charades : Intended as a Pastime for Winter Evenings, Combining Amusement with Instruction	Melbourne	1870	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
190	Charles Darwin	The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals	London	1872	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
191		Footprints: a memoir of the late Alexander Hay, one of the fathers and early colonists of South Australia	London	1899	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
192	James Anthony Froude	Oceana or England and Her Colonies	London	1886	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
193	Mrs. Campbell Praed	My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life	London	190??	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
194		Nine NSW Parliamentary Papers of Postal History Interest			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
195	Sir T W Edgeworth David	Explanatory notes to accompany a new geological map of the commonwealth of Australia,: Based on the maps already published by the geological surveys of the various states, etc.		1932	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
196		1908 Western Australias Geological Survey Bulletin No. 31	Perth	1908	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
197	John Shirley	The Lichen Flora Of Queensland with Descriptions of Species		1889	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
198	John Tyndall	Lessons in Electricity. At The Royal Institution 1875-6	London	1876	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
199	Reverend Julian Edmund Woods	Geological Observations in South Australia, principally in the District South-East of Adelaide	London	1862	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
200	Robt. M. Johnston	Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania		1888	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 508.00
201	R. Brough. Smyth	The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria		1980	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
202		W. H. Smith & Son's Railway Map of the British Isles	London	1880	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
203		The History of Williamstown : From its First Settlement to a City 1834 - 1934	Melbourne	1934	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 114.30
204		Gillen's Diary. The Camp Jottings of F.J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition across Australia 1901-1902	Adelaide	1968	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
205		A History of the Vintage Motorcycle Club of Australia N.S.W		1978	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
206	William Morrell	The Pioneer Histories The Gold Rushes	London	1940	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
207		The Dens of London	London	1848	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
208		H.M. bark Endeavour: With an Account of Her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of Her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770		1997	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90

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.
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.