Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science Fiction Books and Magazines - Firsts & Rarities, A174, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 08, 2026 - March 08, 2026

Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51		This lot comprises 22 duplicate issues of New Worlds Science Fiction	London	between 1949 and 1955	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
52	HYNE, Cutcliffe	Atoms of Empire	London	1904	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
53	CLARKE, Ignatius Frederick	Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749	Oxford	1992	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
54		Avon Fantasy Reader was published from 1946 to 1952 and has a total of 18 consecutive issues included in this lot	57th Street New York City	1946 to 1952	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Unknown
55	edited by Donald A. Wollheim	Avon Science Fiction Reader	New York	1951	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
56		A discontinuous selection of Venture Science Fiction Magazine	New York	1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
57		Space Science Fiction, a British serial	Great Russell Street London	1953	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
58	HOWARD, Robert E.	The Garden of Fear and Other Stories of the Bizarre and Fantastic	Los Angeles	1945	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
59		Two pulp reprints of science-fiction classics	Manchester	circa 1950	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
60	Edited by Jack O'Sullivan and Malcolm Reiss	Six issues of Planet Stories	Stamford, Connecticut		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
61		All five issues of A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine	Indiana	December 1949 to October of 1950	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
62		Six books from the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series	432nd Street New York City		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
63		Famous Fantastic Mysteries	New York	1939 through to 1953	AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
64		Amazing Stories Science Fiction - this lot comprises six mixed issues from 1934 to 1953	Chicago	1993	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
65	edited by Groff Conklin	Three science fiction anthologies	New York	1946	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
66		Four books from the Adventures in Science Fiction Series	New York	1951	AUD 350.00 - 500.00	Unknown
67	edited by Everett Bleiler and T.E. Dikty	An exciting lot of four science-fiction anthologies from the fifties	New York	1951	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
68	Edited by Judith Merril	Four volumes from the series titled - SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy	New York	1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Unknown
69	Edited by Anthony Boucher	The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction	New York	1955 to 1960	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
70		A superb lot comprising a near-complete run of 50 issues of the salacious science fiction pulp titled Startling Stories, across the date range 1948-1955	Illinois	1948-1955	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
71		Six issues of the Australian edition of Startling Stories, 1953-1954	England	1953-1954	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
72		A choice collection of Thrilling Wonder Stories pulp magazines		August 1947 through to January 1955	AUD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
73		This lot comprises five issues of Thrilling Wonder Stories UK edition and Australian editions	Fleet Street London		AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
74		A marvellous run of Street and Smith's Unknown Fantasy Fiction pulp magazines	New York	March 1939 through to August 1943	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
75		A complete run of Nebula Science Fiction	Glasgow	between September 1952 and June 1959	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown

ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.