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
101		Landing Ship Infantry - H.M.A.S. Westralia		1947	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
102		Asterperious: 319th Heavy Bombardment Squadron in The South - West Pacific Area		1944	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 228.60
103	Andrew J Beattie	The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms		1985	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
104		Two books from the Australian Natural History Science Library		1981	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
105	RJ Tillyard	A little bundle of Natural History books	Hobert	1930	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
106	Gerard Tuck ad Hermann Heinzel	Three books on Australian Birds		1981	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
107	AW Martin	A very good collection Australian Prime Ministers biographies		1993	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 228.60
108	Marcel Proust	Two books published by the Franklyn Library in 1980		1980	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
109	John Dunmore Lang	Historical Account of the Separation of Victoria from New South Wales by John Dunmore Lang		1870	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
110	Fergus Hume	The Blue Talisman: A Detective Story	New York	1925	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
111		Two Lake Goldsmith Steam pamphlets from 1975 rallies		1975	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
112	Percy Taylor	Two little booklets on Cricket in Victoria		1864-1964	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
113	Henry Rosales	Essay on the origin and distribution of Gold in Quartz Veins and its association with other minerals and on the most improved methods of extracting gold from its matrices		1861	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
114	J Bear	Impressions of A Victorian Abroad and Confessions of a Naughty Boy of the Fifties		circa 1906	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
115	Philip St J Wilson	Two pamphlets on the Pioneers of Port Phillips Melbourne		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
116		Two publications by the Richmond Furnishing Company		N/A	AUD 220.00 - 260.00	AUD 139.70
117		Football final and Closing Ceremony Saturday Dec 8, 1956		Saturday Dec 8, 1956	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
118		Two publications on the colony of Victoria	Melbourne	1875	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
119		Ballarat Views		circa 1940s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
120		Glimpses pf Bendigo		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 762.00
121	George Mackaness	The Art of Book-Collecting in Australia	Sydney	1956	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
122		Correspondence re the North Australian Exploring Expedition	Victoria	N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
123		Two publications from the Victorian Exploration Committee re the Burke & Wills expedition / tragedy at Cooper Creek		N/A	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
124	CL Knight	Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea	Australasian	1975	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
125	Alphonse Berget	The Conquest of the Air Aeronautics Aviation by Alphonse Berget	London	1909	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60

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.