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
354

NSW Trigonometrical Survey of New South Wales 1895.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
355 Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl Complete Set Audio Books. 10 Dahl Puffin Classics on 27 CDs in excellent condition.

AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 25.40
356

A collection of books on the Pacific mostly in German.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
357

3 books on African and Oceanic Art

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
358

Nine books about the Papua New Guinea Arts.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
359 Mark Shand & Don McCullin.

Skulduggery

1987 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
360 Frederick O'Brien.

3 books on the South Seas. 1) Mystic Isles of the South Seas

NY 1921 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
361

thirteen books on tying flies for trout and salmon fishing.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
362

Five books about Irian Jaya. Mostly hardback in dustwrapper.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
363

4 books on Pacific history. 1) The people from the Horizon: An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders

NY 1979 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
364

17 books on Tribal Art, all in near fine condition.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
365

11 books on Art from the Oceania region, all in very good condition.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
366 Anthony JP Meyer.

Oceanic Art

1995 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
367 Pamela Swalding.

Four books on Papua New Guinea. 1) Plumes from Paradise

Papua New Guinea 1996 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
368 Victor Majzner and calligraphic illustrations by Andrew Majzner.

Australian Haggadah. Illustrations

Melbourne 1992 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
369

Italian Architecture and the Arts 1) Rome: Art and Architecture

1999 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
370

Japanese interiors. 1) The Japanese House : Architecture and Interiors by Murata and Black.

2000 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
371 Dale Chihuly and Ron Glowen.

Venetians

1990 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
372 John Richardson with Marilyn McCully.

A Life of Picasso Volume I 1881-1906.

New York 1991 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
373

16th Century Art. 1) The Art of Tapestry with Text by Verlet. 2) Mannerism by Franzsepp wur Wurtenberger: The European style of the sixteenth century.

1963 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
374 George Huxley etal.

Western Civilization and Art. Four books. 1) The Birth of Western Civilization , Greece and Rome

London 1964 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
375 Jurgen Lewandowski.

Mercedes-Benz the Grand Cabrios & Coupes. Staging and Photography by Rene Staud.

2015 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
376

Shaun Tan - Box set 1) The Arrival.

2010 reprint AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
377 Robert and Tony Sloane. All

Three books about fly-fishing

Rosny Park, Tasmania 1983-1989 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
378 edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams .

Glyndebourne: A Visual History With text by George Christie.

Lewes, 2009 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    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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    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.