Sydney Rare Book Auctions: End of Year Sale: Books, Ephemera, Maps, A169, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 28, 2025 - December 28, 2025
Page Size: 440 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
227 LETTS, Malcolm (editor).

Mandeville's Travels. Texts and Translations. London,

1953 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
228 Edward Jenner

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae

1978 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
229 WHITMAN, Walt.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Comprising prose in two volumes and correspondence in three volumes (total of five).

1963 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
230 WITHERBY, H.F., JOURDAIN, F.C.R., and others.

The Handbook of British Birds. London,

1949 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 165.10
231 GILBERT, Davies.

The Parochial History of Cornwall, Founded on the Manuscript Histories of Mr Hals and Mr Tonkin; With additions and various appendices

1838 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
232

History of Gawler, 1837 to 1908.

1908 AUD 100.00 - 250.00 AUD 63.50
233 edited by Henry B. Wheatley.

The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 1772-1784. In five octavo volumes.

1884 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
234 McCLELLAN, George B.

McClellan's Own Story. The War for the Union.

New York, 1887 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
235 NICHOLS, Thomas Low.

Forty Years of American Life.

London, 1864 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
236 PAVIERE, Sydney H.

A Dictionary of Flower, Fruit, and Still Life Painters. Leigh-on-Sea,

1962 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
237 John D. Comrie

History of Scottish Medicine, Second edition in Two Volumes

London 1932 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
238

The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea'

1982 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
239 GOLDMANN, Charles Sydney.

With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa.

London, 1902 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 AUD 165.10
240

Further Papers Relative To The Alterations In The Constitutions Of The Australian Colonies (In Continuation of Papers presented July 31 and August 1, 1854.)

AUD 800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
241 edited by Lance St. John Butler and P. J. Wordie.

The Royal Game

Stirling 1989 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
242

A Collection of Canberra's Mulini Press Pamphlets.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 165.10
243 Victor Prescott and Gillian D. Triggs.

International frontiers and boundaries: law, politics and geography

Boston 2008 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
244 J. B. Hawkins.

Nineteenth Century Australian Silver

Woodbridge 1990 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
245 James Gleeson.

William Dobell with 32 tipped in Colour Plates and 118 illustrations in monochrome

1964 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
246 Anne Tyler.

A Patchwork Planet

1998 AUD 60.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
247 Raymond John Howgego.

Encyclopedia of Exploration: 1) To 1800 2) 1800 to 1850

Sydney 2004 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 127.00
248 JB Harley.

Christopher Greenwood: County Map Maker

1962 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
249 J.J. Pascoe.

History of Adelaide and Vicinity with A General Sketch of The Province of South Australia and biographies of Representative Men

1901 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
250 WITHAM, George.

Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units.

Memphis, 1980 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 76.20
251 Tim Hewat,

Golden Fleeces: The Falkiners of Boonoke

1980 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
  • Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.