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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Christopher Isherwood x3 1st UK ed. |
1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | ||
| 152 | Jack Kerouac | The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac |
London | 1960 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 153 | Philip Hennessey | I Have Sinned by Philip Hennessey |
Sydney | 1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 154 | Malcolm Bradbury x2 - 1st & Proof |
1976 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 155 | John Irving | Trying to Save Piggy Sneed |
New York | 1996 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 156 | JB Castieau | The Reminiscences of Detective-Inspector Christie |
c.1915 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 157 | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine April- September 1819 |
Edinburgh | 1819 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 158 | The Melbourne Review Vol V January to October, 1880 |
Melbourne | 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 159 | Report of the Forestry Branch 1909 |
1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 160 | Journal of Landsborough's Expedition From Carpentaria, In Search Of Burke and Wills |
Melbourne | 1862 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 161 | M Fennell and A Grey | Nucoorilma Aboriginal people of Tingha NSW |
1974 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 162 | Kenneth Binns, editor | Handbook For Canberra Prepared for Members of ANZAAS on the Occasion of the Meeting held in Canberra January 1939 |
1939-01-01 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 215.90 | |
| 163 | The Channel islands Painted |
1904 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 164 | Martin Hewitt Investigator |
London | 1895 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 165 | Burton J Hendrick | The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page |
1923 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 166 | Foster Damon | A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake |
Providence, Rhode Island | 1965 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 167 | On the Other Side of the World: Extracts from the letters of Winthrop Sargent Gilman Noyes 1926-1927 |
Octavo | 1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 168 | SL Ollard | The Six Students of St Edmund Hall expelled from the University of Oxford in 1768 |
1911 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 169 | Frederic Wood-Jones | The Principles of Anatomy as Seen in the Hand by Frederic Wood-Jones |
London | 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 170 | Here is Faery |
Melbourne | 1915 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 171 | Commander Crawford Pasco | A Roving Commission. Naval Reminiscences |
London | 1897 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 172 | Rambles and Observations in New South Wales |
London | 1849 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 173 | Henry Hussey | More than Half a Century of Colonial Life and Christian Experience |
Adelaide | 1897 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | Martin Dyson | Australasian Methodist Ministerial General Index |
Melbourne | 1896 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 175 | Australia; Its Scenery, Natural History, and Resources: With a Glance at its Gold Fields [bound with] Australia and its Settlements |
London | n.d. [1854] | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.