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
203		The story of the Middle Ages.		2000	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 114.30
204		Chronicles of the Dark Ages: The Coming of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Lore and Learning and The Fall of the Ango-Saxon Kingdoms.		2008	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 203.20
205	John Keay.	India - A History		2003	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
206		A complete set of the Ancient Empires. 14 Volumes.			AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
207	Carl Von Clausewitz.	On War		2011	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
208		Two books published by the Folio Society about North American Indians.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
209		Three books published by the Folio Society about Caesar.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
210		Four American Biographies books published by the Folio Society.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
211	Fyodor Dostoyevsky.	The Brothers Karamazov		2008	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
212	Seamus Heaney.	Beowulf - A Verse Translation		2010	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 349.25
213		Nine books about the English History.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 165.10
214		Flora Herscheliana: Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838	South Africa	1998	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
215		Three Books by The Brenthurst Press 1) Zululand at war, 1879: The conduct of the Anglo-Zulu War,		1984	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
216		THE ARTE OF ANGLING 1577.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
217	Ion L. Idriess	Madman's Island	Sydney, Australia	1927	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 508.00
218		A family photo album from c.1860s		c.1860s	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 127.00
219	Sherwood Anderson.	Poor White	London	1921	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 114.30
220	Jeannette H. Foster	Sex Variant Women in Literature was one of the first comprehensive scholarly efforts to document and analyse lesbian themes in literature across centuries.		1956	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
221		1) Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia by James Bennett, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005 2) Cezanne the Late Work by Thames and Hudson 3) Seduction The Sensuous Side of the Sea 4) A Bestiary by Richard Wilbur and Alexander			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
222		Parliamentary Papers of Victoria from 1920s-30s including Director of Mines 1927, The Commonwealth Grants Commission 1939		1920s-30s	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
223		Australian Themes..			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
224		New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways Report of The Commissioners for the year ended 30 June 1927.		1927	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
225		Department of Land and Agriculture Gardens and Parks Report of the inspector-General of Gardens Parks and Reserves, 1873.		1873	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
226		1) With Sherman to the Sea The Civil War Letters, Diaries & Reminiscences of Theodore F. Upson by Theodore Frelinghuysen Upson, 1958.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
227		A shelf lot of interesting books, some Australian themes see photos for titles			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.