Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more, A175, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 22, 2026 - February 22, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Charles P. Mountford	Nomads of the Australian Desert by Charles P. Mountford	Adelaide	1976	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2	BERNARD, M. Claude	Lecons sur les effets des substances toxiques et medicamenteuses	Paris	1857	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
3	PELLEGRINI, Marco Antonio	De Fideicommissis Praesertim Universalibus, Tractatus Frequentissimus	Venice	1595	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
4		An entirely original and complete issue of The Sydney Herald		Monday February 10, 1834	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
5		1) The Sydney Herald Thursday April 17 1834		Thursday April 17 1834	AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
6	PUZOS, Nicolas	Traite des Accouchemens contenant des observations importantes sur la pratique de cet Art; deux petits traites; l'un, sur quelques maladies de la Matrice; & l'autre sur les maladies des Enfans du premier age...	Paris	1759	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
7	DE LA FAYE, Jorge	Principios de Cirugia	Madrid	1789	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
8		[BARTHOLOMAEI]. De Ieivnio Oratione et Eleemosyna Dialogi Quatuor by Camerarii Beneventani	Lutetiae (Paris)	1556	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
9	MANGILI, Giovanni Antonio	De evictionibus tractatus, In quo agitur de Materia contingente, nedum in Venditionibus, & Bonorum alienationibus in genere factis a personis priuatis...	Venice	1668	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
10	THACKERAY, William Makepeace	The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family	London	1854 & 1855	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
11		Sidney Nolan -- Australia	Sydney	1979	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
12	SCALIGER, Jacob	[MANILIUS] Astronomicon [bound with] Commentarius et Castigationes	Paris	1579	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
13	COLLINS, Wilkie	No Name	London	1862	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
14	BRACCIOLINI, Poggio	Poggii Florentini Oratoris Eloquentissimi ac Secretarii Apostolici Facetiarum Liber Accessit Lucii Philosophi Syri Comoedia Lepidissima, quae Asinus intitulatur, ab ipso e Graeco in Latinum traducta	Krakow	1592	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
15	A. A. Milne	When I Was Very Young by A. A. Milne	New York	1930	AUD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
16	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service		1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
17	Ian Fleming	Thunderball by Ian Fleming	London	1961	AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
18	Ian Fleming	Octopussy and The Living Daylights	London	1966	AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 317.50
19	V H Ryan Director Intelligence & Tourist Bureau Adelaide	South Australia Handbook of Information for Settlers Tourists and Others		-1913	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
20		An excellent selection of books on the Australian army during the Vietnam War	Sydney	1988	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
21		An excellent selection of books on the Australian army during the Vietnam War	Mosman	1995	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
22	DAWSON, Warren	The Banks Letters. A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum...	London	1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
23		Seven books on the Second World War, mostly octavo and hardcover in dust-jackets		1998	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
24		This document is titled "Despatch of Vice-Admiral de Robeck reporting the Landing of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula..."		on the 10th of November 1915	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
25		Concordantiae Maiores Sacrorum Bibliorum innumeris mendis iam recens repurgatae... [bound with] Concordantiae quarundam indeclinabilium diction in Bibliius contentarum, secundum ordinem pagina sequenti descriptum...	Lyon	1540	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00

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.
Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.