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

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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
151 William Crookes and Ernst Rohrig

A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy Adapted from the Last German Edition of Prof. Kerl's Metallurgy. 3 Volume set

 London 1868 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
152 J C cMath; N M Gray and H J Ward

Western Australia Geological Survey Bulletin 107 Supplementary Atlas The Geology of The Country About Coolgardie, Coolgardie Goldfields, W.A.

 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
153

Young India 1919-1931. Thirteen volumes. A facsimile

 1981 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
154 Gustave Le Bon & F Ledge, (Editor, Preface)

The Evolution of Forces

 London 1908 AUD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
155 Edgar Thurston.

Ethnographic Notes In Southern India

Madras 1906 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
156

A lot of fourteen books. 1) Winter Range by Claire Davis 2000 2) To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer 2000 3) Shelter by Jayne Anne Phillips 1994 ...

 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
157 Dr. Constantin , Baron von Ettingshausen.

Contributions to the Tertiary Flora of Australia.

 Sydney 1888 AUD 120.00 - 250.00 AUD 76.20
158 Stephen Bone with Letter Press Gertrude Bone.

Of the Western Isles Forty Woodcuts

 London 1925 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
159

The Darling Downs Naturalist . Journal Of The Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club. .

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
160 James Sutherland.

The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter

 1912 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
161

Four Books on figure Skating. 1) Figure Skating by HR Yglesias. 2) Ice Rink Skating by TD Richardson.

 1938 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
162 George Mackaness

1) Some Proposals For Establishing Colonies In The South Seas With Five Illustrations.

 Sydney 1943 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 114.30
163 Thomas W Grafton

Life of Alexander Campbell

 1899 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
164

Four excellent books on fly-fishing.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
165

Surrey Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County.

Guildford, 1932-1937 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
166 William Gates. edited by George Mackaness

Recollections of Life in Van Dieman's Land

 Sydney 1961 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
167 K G and F F Laycock.

Canberra District Lives Birth Marriage and Death Notices From The 'Sydney Morning Herald ' 1851 to 1875

 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
168 GORDON, James.

History of Scots Affairs from MDCXXXVII TO MDCXLI. by James Gordon, Parson of Rothiemay.

Aberdeen, 1841 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 203.20
169 edited by HT Burgess.

The Cyclopedia of South Australia: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations, an Epitome of Progress

1978 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
170

Four African travel accounts (in five volumes),

 in London AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
171 the Late Rev. Thos. Boyles Murray.

Pitcairn: The Island, The People, and the Pastor. To Which is added a short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island

 1860 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
172

Report of the Royal Commission on South-Eastern Drainage together with Minutes of Evidence and Map.

 1925 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
173 Marjorie Tipping.

Ludwig Becker. Artist and Naturalist with the Burke and Wills Expedition.

 Carlton: 1979 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 139.70
174

Pulp Fiction

 late nineteenth century, early twentieth century AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
175 Sir Andrew Clark and W J Hadley and Arnold Chaplin.

Fibroid diseases of the lung. Including fibroid phthisis

 London: 1894 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable 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.
    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.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (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 50Watson (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 53Afghanistan.- 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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (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 100Ceylon.- 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 123D'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 139Gandhi (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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (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 195Madras.- 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 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    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
    Online: India
    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
    Online: India
    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
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    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