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
126	Sir Charles Eliot	Letters From the Far East by Sir Charles Eliot	London	1907	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
127		Autobiography of the Rev. Joseph Townsend...		1865	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
128	Thomas Williams	Memoir of James Wood including Notices of other Members of his family	Geelong	1883	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
129	Fred T Whitington, editor	Augustus Short: First Bishop of Adelaide A Chapter of Colonial Church History	Adelaide	1887	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
130	FO Morris	A history of British Butterflies by FO Morris	Groombridge in London	1864	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
131		Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds		N/A	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
132		A Story of Patagonia by John Locke Blake with foreword by William Marsden		2003	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
133		Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes par Rene Antoine Ferchault Reaumur		1737	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
134	Hilary Mantel	The Mirror & the Light	London	2020	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
135		A collection of Safari Photography - Big Cats		2007	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
136		Three volumes from the US Department of Agricultural Entomology		1885-1900	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
137	Pascal	A little collection of books showing the Impact of humans on nature mostly in Eurasia	Viking	1990	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
138	Delius et al.	African Archaeology		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
139		Artificial Limb Centre Poona Pamphlet		circa 1957	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
140	John Ruskin, editor	Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats		1885	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
141		Australian Natural History Four books		1954	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
142		Lettres a Julie sur l'entomologie, suivies d'une description methodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France par ME Mulsant		1830	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
143		Three volumes from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales		1890	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
144		Russia and the Soviet Union History		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
145	Andy Ngo	A little bundle of books showing the history of the United States of America		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
146	Mark Johnson	Five books on Australians at War		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
147		A shelf of European history books		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
148		Journalism in Australia		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
149		Theocritos The Complete Poems	London	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 349.25
150		The Insects of Australia - A Textbook for Students and Research Workers		1970	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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
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.