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

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	John Mason, A.M	Self-knowledge: a treatise, shewing the nature and benefit of that important science, and the way to attain it	London	1753	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 177.80
77		The Complaint	London	1743	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
78		The essays, or Councils, Civil and Moral of Sir. Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban		1863	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
79	[Jonathan Swift]	Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind, to which is added, An Account of a Battle between the Antient and Modern Books in St James's Library by [Jonathan Swift]	London	1747	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
80	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton	London	1738	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
81		A very impressive scrapbook illustrating Britain's Royal family history		1910-05-01	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
82	SN [Samuel Newman]	A Concordance to the Holy Scriptures ; together with the books of the Apocrypha by SN [Samuel Newman]	Cambridge and London	1698	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
83	[Thomas Bray]	Papal usurpation and persecution, as it has been exercis'd in ancient and modern times with respect both to princes & people		1698	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 190.50
84		Journal of a Quaker George Fox	London	1765	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
85	William Jardine	The Naturalist Library		1835	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,413.00
86	Richard Glover	Leonidas: A Poem by Richard Glover	London	1798	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
87	C.J. Dennis	Roundabout	Sydney	1935	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
88		Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq.	London	1777	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 254.00
89	E J Trait	1. I'm Telling You! by E J Trait 1950		1950	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
90		Bell's New Pantheon	London	1790	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
91	William Hayley Esq.	The Triumphs of Temper: a Poem in Six Cantos	London	1781	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
92	Matthew Prior	Poems on Several Occasions by Matthew Prior	Dublin	1728	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
93	Par M. Le Sage, Alain-Rene Lesage	Histoire de Gil Blas de saint by Par M. Le Sage, Alain-Rene Lesage	London	1777	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
94	Zimmerman	Solitude	London	1799	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
95		The Spectator		1753	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
96		Les lettres et epitres amoureuses d'Heloise et d'Abeilard, traduites librement en vers et en prose	Paris	1780	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97	James Hervey	Meditations and Contemplations	London	1779	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
98	George Ernest Morrison	An Australian in China: Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison	Sydney	1902	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
99	John Lydgate	A Lytell Treatyse of the Horse, the Sheep, and the Ghoos	Cambridge	1906	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
100	Anthony Bradley	The Art of Justin O'Brien by Anthony Bradley		N/A	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 254.00

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
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. 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. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $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
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 April

Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.

Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.

Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.
Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.

Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.

Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500