Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates, 177, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 06, 2026 - April 06, 2026

Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
227		My Father, and My Father's Friends by Hugh McCrae.		1935	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
228		Beginning With Esther - Jewish Women in New South Wales From 1788 by Lysbeth Cohen.		1987	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
229		Australian Tales and Verses by P. Stewart.		1908	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
230	Edited by P.L. Brown.	The Narrative of George Russell of Gold Hill with Russellania and Selected papers.		1935	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
231		Six Sydney Local History Books.		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
232		New Homes: The Rise, Progress, Present Position, and Future Prospects of Each of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand, regarded as Homes for All Classes of Emigrants by Thomas Henry Braim.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
233		Proposals To Divert The Snowy River. Report by Commonwealth and State Officers 1948.		1948	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
234		Northing Is Forever - The History of 2/3 Commandos by Colonel Ron Garland.		1997	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
235	by Augustin m. Prentiss.	Chemicals in War - A Treatise on Chemical Warfare		1937	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
236		Whaleships of New Bedford. Sixty Plates. From Drawings by Clifford W. Ashley.		1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
237		To The Warrior His Arms - A History of The Ordnance Services In The Australian Army by Major John D. Tilbrook.		1989	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
238	by James Holman.	Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando Po, Princes Island, etc.		1840	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
239		Anzac Memorial.		1916	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
240		The factors influencing Gold Deposition in the Bendigo Goldfield.		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
241		Lost Adelaide - A Photographic Record by Michael Burden.		1983	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
242		Her Majesty's Colonies - A Series of Original Papers Issued Under The Authority of the Royal Commission.		1886	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
243		Two Newcastle History Facsimile books		1978	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
244	by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield.	St. Helena and The Cape of Good Hope: Or, Incidents in the Missionary Life of the Rev. James M'Gregor Bertram.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
245		Flotsam and Jetsam - Floating Fragments of Life in England and Tasmania. An Autobiographical Sketch.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
246		A Million Wild Acres - 200 Years of Man and an Australian Forest by Eric Rolls.		1981	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
247		1) Ballarat A Brief History by A. W. Strange 1971 2) Gold At Ballarat - The Ballarat East Goldfield Its Discovery and Development by H.J. Stacpoole 1971 3) The Golden City and its Tramways - Ballarat's tramway era by Alan Bradley		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
248		Once A Month - A Magazine for Australasia by Peter Mercer. Including Aug 15th, Oct 15th 1884; July 15, Aug 15 1885; May 1 1886.		1884-1886.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
249	by Wellins Calcott	Thoughts moral and divine Collected and intended for the better instruction and conduct of life.	Birmingham	1758	AUD 360.00 - 460.00	Unknown
250		Journal of a Quaker George Fox A Journal Or Historical Account Of The Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, And Labour Of Love, In The Work Of The Ministry, Of That Ancient, Eminent, And Faithful Servant Of Jesus Christ, George Fox.	London	1765	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
251		The Triumphs of Temper: a Poem in Six Cantos by William Hayley Esq.		1781	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown

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.