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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Wade Miller | The Sargasso People |
London | 1961 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 177 | John Savage, editor | Picturesque Ireland. A Literary and Artistic Delineation of its Scenery, Antiquities, Buildings, Abbeys, Etc. |
Sydney | 1884 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | The Wrightsman Collection : Three volumes |
1970 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 179 | Edourd Garnier | The Soft Porcelain of Sevres by Edourd Garnier, with an historical introduction |
London | 1988 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 180 | Rosalind Savill | The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sevres Porcelain in Three Volumes |
London | 1988 | AUD 75.00 - 170.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 181 | A box of more than 20 books and catalogues about French Porcelain Art and Architecture |
1726-1791 | AUD 60.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 182 | One box of more than 10 book on European arts and architecture |
N/A | AUD 60.00 - 120.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 183 | Hubert Robert Debauche | 1) Etude sur les Mymarommidae et les Mymaridae de la Belgique (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) |
Brussels | 1948 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 184 | Baron Ferd | Eucalyptographia. A Descriptive Atlas of The Eucalypts of Australia and The Adjoining Island |
1882 to 1884 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 185 | BUCHANAN, John (illustrator) | The Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand |
Wellington | 1879 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 186 | JONES, Frederic Wood | The Mammals of South Australia |
Adelaide | 1923-1925 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | ROTH, Walter E | Fighting Weapons |
1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 188 | Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, editor | Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria |
1889 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 189 | Robin Hill | The Waterfowl of North America: The Complete Ducks, Geese, and Swans |
U.S.A. | 1987 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 190 | The Age |
Melbourne | Tuesday, October 17 1854 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 191 | Australia Biophysical Regions |
1975 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 192 | A lot of Natural History Ephemera |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 193 | Lin Bloomfield, editor | Rose Lindsay: A Model Life |
2001 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 194 | Mareidi and Gert Stoll | IBEJI: Twin Figures of the Yoruba by Mareidi and Gert Stoll |
Munich | 1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | Ten Australian Aboriginal Art Books |
1989 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 196 | 4x Sydney Mail with Military Covers 1917-1934 |
1934-11-14 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 197 | 1. Biggles Hunts Big Game London Hodder & Stoughton1948 |
London | 1948 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 198 | Two bound volumes of The Strand Magazine |
July to December 1891 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 199 | Official History of Australia in the War Bean |
1939 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 200 | Abbe M. Orsini | Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Our Lord Jesus Christ |
Melbourne | 1882 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 165.10 |
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Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke 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 centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke 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 25Jeschke 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 25Jeschke 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, 2026Swann, 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, 2026Swann, 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, 2026Swann, 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, 2026Swann, 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 AprilApr. 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500