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
379 edited by Wayne Tunnicliffe.

Streeton

2020 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
380 Stephan Fussel.

Die Abenteuer des Ritters Theuerdank: Kolorierter Nachdruck der Gesamtausgabe von 1517 The Adventures of the Knight Theuerdank: Complete facsimile of the 1517 edition.

2003 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
381 Cecile Goldscheider.

Rodin: Aquarelles et dessins. Presentes par Cecile Goldscheider.

1963 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
382 edited by Cameron Bruhn and Katelin Butler.

Two books on Australian Architecture. 1) The Terrace House

2017 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
383 Dieter Roth Curated Dirk Dobke

Dieter Roth - Graphic Works: Catalogue Raisonne 1947 - 1998 Curated by Dirk Dobke

London, 2003 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
384

The Image of the Black in Western Art Volume I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of Roman Empire.

1989 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
385 BACON, James.

The Life and Times of Francis the First, King of France.

London, 1829 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
386 Charles Dickens. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.

Master Humphrey's Clock

London 1840-41 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
387 Xavier Herbert,

Poor Fellow My Country

Melbourne 1975 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
388 BATCHELDER, Alf.

Playing The Greater Game: The Melbourne Cricket Club and its Ground in World War I. Brighton,

Victoria 1998 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
389

4 boxes of about 60 miscellaneous. Mostly history and biographies.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
390 MARTINEAU, John.

Letters from Australia.

London, 1869 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
391 SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk.

Quo Vadis. A Narrative of the Time of Nero. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.

Boston, 1897 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
392 CARROLL, Lewis.

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits.

London, 1876 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
393 WALTON, Izaak AND COTTON, Charles.

The Complete Angler...

New York, 1848 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
394 A.A. Milne.

Three books: The House at Pooh Corner. London, Methuen 1928. Now We Were Six. London, Methuen 1927. Tales of Pooh. London, Methuen 1930.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
395 [DAVIS, Arthur Hoey, pseudonym "Steele Rudd"].

The Poor Parson.

Sydney, 1907 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
396 C.J. Dennis.

Five books by C.J. Dennis. All are early Angus and Robertson imprints,

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
397 Harriet Beecher Stowe.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin", London circa 1900,. "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands", London 1854.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
398 STANLEY, Henry M.

In Darkest Africa.

New York, 1890 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
399

Five Australiana books, all hardcover octavo titles.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
400

Fourteen books about New Guinea History.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
401 Thor Heyerdahl.

The Art of Easter Island

London: 1976 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 177.80
402 John Howard

The Menzies Era

2014 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 139.70
403

The Arabian Nights Entertainment The First & Second Volume

1955 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • 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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    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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    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.