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
26	PAPE, Guy De La [Guidonis Papae]	With two sectional titles: Index Rerum et Verborum Singularium in Decisiones Grationopolitanas followed by Dn. Guidonis Papae I.V. Doc. Clarissimi Decisiones Grationopolitanae	Lyon	1554-1555	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	Not Sold
27	Wilhelm Bode	The Complete Work of Rembrandt		1897	AUD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
28		[KING JAMES BIBLE]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the original tongues: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised	Oxford	1746	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
29		[KING JAMES BIBLE]. The Holy bible Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues	London	1712	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
30		The Sydney Mail Wednesday October 14, 1936		Wednesday October 14, 1936	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
31		Exposition D'Art Francais Du XVIII Siecle	Paris	1916	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
32		Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections	London	1699	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
33	ELLIS, Brett Easton	The Informers	New York	1994	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
34	KING, Stephen	Misery	London	1987	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
35	HEMINGWAY, Ernest	Fiesta	London	1949	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
36	Arthur Upfield	The Bone Is Pointed by Arthur Upfield	Sydney	1938	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,905.00
37	Arthur Upfield Arthur	Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur Upfield Arthur	Sydney	1940	AUD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	AUD 317.50
38		A property indenture between Henry Beor and his future wife Marion Taylor		11 April 1876	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
39	M. P. Shiel	Prince Zaleski	London and Boston	1895	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
40		A Daughter's A Daughter by Mary Westmacott	Melbourne, Printed in Great Britain	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
41		1. Elephants Can Remember A Hercule Poirot Story 1972		1972	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
42		Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie	Sydney	1954	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
43	Paul Brunton, editor	1. Matthew Flinders: Personal Letters From an Extraordinary Life	Sydney	2002	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
44	C St. J. Mulholland	New South Wales Department of Mines Geological Survey		1940	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
45	R M Crookston	The Sydney Mail Wednesday May 29, 1935, Has an article : The Aborigines: Notable Special Article		Wednesday May 29, 1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
46		Two copies of The Sydney Mail for Wednesday June 4 and June 11 1930 both featuring the New Zealand avaitrix Amy Johnson on the front covers		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47		The Sydney Mail Wednesday June 18, 1930, Weekly Newspaper		Wednesday June 18, 1930	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
48	TS Eliot	The Confidential Clerk	London	1954	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
49	TS Eliot	Four Quartets by TS Eliot		1944	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
50	TS Eliot	The Elder Statesman by TS Eliot		1959	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold

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.