Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An eclectic bunch of books from the 1500s until present time, A173, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026

Page Size: 402 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	A. M. Lysaght.	The Journal Of Joseph Banks In The Endeavour With A Commentary		1980	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 635.00
2	With notes John Hunter, M.D.	SILVA: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions: ...Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves.	LONDON	1786	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
3		The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789 by, Lieutenant W. Bligh.	Guildford	1975	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
4	J Frederic Daniell	An Introduction to the study of Chemical Philosophy being a Preparatory View of the Forces which concur to the production of Chemical Phenomena		1843	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
5	F. A. C. (Frederick Arthur Crisp)	Lowestoft China Factory and the Moulds Found There in December 1902		1907	AUD 800.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 571.50
6	George Mackaness	The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh, R.N., F.R.S.	Sydney	1931	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
7	E. W. Hornung	Mr. Justice Raffles	London	1909	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
10	SAINT JEROME [Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus].	Operum D. Hieronymi. Quintus Tomus Commentarios in Prophetas Quos Maiores Vocant Continet. bound with Sextus Tomus Operum Divi Hieronymi Commentarios in Duodecim Prophetas...	Basel	1537	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
11	TWAIN, Mark.	Following the Equator.	Hartford, Connecticut and New York	1897	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
12	W Balls-Headley	The Evolution of The Diseases of Women	London	1894	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
13	PARKER, K. Langloh.	More Australian Legendary Tales. Collected from various tribes by Mrs. K. Langloh Parker.	London & Melbourne	N/A	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
14	BRUNO, Alberto de Pinardis.	Consiliorum Feudalium D. Alberti Bruni...	Venice	1579	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
15	CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne.	Mark Twain's Autobiography. With an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine.	New York	1924	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
16	FACHIN, Andre.	Andreae Fachinei Iurisconsulti Foroliuiensis,... Controversiarum Iuris Libris Decem.	Venice	1619-1620.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
17	The Rev. James Ballantyne.	Our Colony in 1880. Pictorial & Descriptive with New Map of Victoria and Plan of the City of Melbourne	Melbourne	1880	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
18	Edward S Simpson	Minerals of Western Australia . Facsimile of the 1952 edition	Perth	1984	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
19	Rev W B Clarke.	Remarks on the Sedimentary Formations of New South Wales, Illustrated by References to Other Provinces of Australasia	Sydney	1878	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
20		Geographical Memoirs On New South Wales; By Various Hands: Containing An Account Of The Surveyor General's Late Expedition To Two New Ports; ...		1825	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 952.50
21		An Authentic Journal of the Expedition under Commodore Phillips to Botany Bay... by an Officer. Originally published in London in 1789		1975	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 215.90
22	PHILLIP, Arthur.	The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay.		1950	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
23	Written Lieutenant William Bligh.	Two facsimile editions of eighteenth century books by Capt. William Bligh: A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, To Timo	Melbourne	1952	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24	HADDON, A.C. (series editor).	Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Volume I General Ethnography.		1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
25	Edited R.A. Skelton.	Charts & Views Drawn by Cook and His Officers and Reproduced from the Original Manuscripts.		1969	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
26	BEAZLEY, C. Raymond (editor).	An English Garner. Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries.	London	1903	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
27		Wonderful books on French voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Dumont d'Urville: CORNELL, Christine. Questions Relating to Nicolas Baudin's Australian expedition of 1800-1804.	Adelaide	1965	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Octavo-format manuscript on laid paper, approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio including The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight; The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida; The Tragedy of Coriolanus; [and others]. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.