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
276	Marjory Byrne	1) ''Don Bank'' The Research and restoration of North Sydney's Oldest Known Surviving House by Marjory Byrne, 1982		1982	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
277		Maclean District Historical Society		1973	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
278	T. B. Cooper	1) The Municipality of Wollongong Official Opening of Sewerage Works..		1857	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
279		Sydney Illustrated - Containing up-to-date Views		c1020's	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
280	E. C Andrews	NSW Department of Mines, The Canbelego, Budgery and Budgerigar Mines Part 2 of the Cobar Copper and Gold-Field by E. C Andrews, 1913		1913	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
281	H.C Russell	1) Notes Upon The History of Floods in River Darling		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
282	C.H Bertie, James R. Tyrrell	The Expansion of Sydney A March of Progress 1840-1914		1840-1914	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
283		Appendix to Souvenir of New South Wales 1918		1918	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
284	Myrtle L. Ward	Come Ashore A peep at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific F.P and M.L Ward.. inscribed by Myrtle L. Ward		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 63.50
285		1) Department of Mines NSW, Geological Survey Report No. 51		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
286	Johnston	1. Forest Trees of Australia by Johnston 1970		1970	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
287	Spencer and Gillen	1. The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Spencer and Gillen 1939		1939	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
288	Grover Smith	1) Letters of Aldous Huxley by Grover Smith		1969	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 50.80
289	Adam Thomson	1) Sermons, occasioned by the sudden death of the Rev. Peter Thomson, Late minister of the scotch church, Leeds..		1807	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
290		A big box of Australian books in good condition		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
291		The Rhine; Guide for the Navigator, with illustrated maps for navigating the Rhine from Basle to the North Sea		August, 1950	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
292	L Meggendorfer	The City Park: A Reproduction of an Antique Stand-Up Book		1982	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
293	Richard H. Barker	A lot of books on Marcel Proust	Faber & Faber	1959	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
294		Two boxes of music books..		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
295		Two boxes of music books..		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
296		A box of books on Louis Armstrong		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
297		A box of books mostly on Biographies.. Nat King, Peggy lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Bolden etc.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
298		A box of books on Jazz related titles		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
299		A box of books on Jazz..		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
300		A box of books and magazines on Billie Holiday..		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
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.