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
377		Beautiful Heidelberg, The City of Streams.		c. 1930	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
378		Egeson's weather system of sun-spot causality : being original researches in solar and terrestrial meteorology by Charles Egeson.		1889	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	Unknown
379		Three Books by Tom Iredale - Birds of New Guinea Volume 1 and 2 - Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds		N/A	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	Unknown
380	by harry Burrell	The Platypus	Sydney	1927..	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
381		John Gould’s Contribution To British Art by Allan McEvey,- John Gould, The Birdman by Gordon Sauer		1973, 1982	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
382		Something about Australia - A Pictorial Record of the Wealth and Progress of the Commonwealth..		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
383	MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.	Lays of Ancient Rome.	London	1867	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
384	SHERWOOD, Mary Martha.	The De Cliffords: an Historical Tale by Mrs. Sherwood.	London	N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
385		Death Lights a Candle by Phoebe Atwood Taylor	Indianapolis	1932	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
386		A lovely collection of seven Victorian books in splendid gilt decorated publisher’s cloth bindings.		N/A	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
387	HIBBERD, Shirley.	Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, and Recreations for Town Folk, in the Study and imitation of Nature.	London	1857	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
388	WARREN, Albert H.	Arms of the Episcopates of Great Britain and Ireland.	London	1868	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
389	by W W Jacobs.	Many Cargoes. With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by Maurice Greifenhagen .	London	1912	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
390		Meanjin Papers Numbers 1 to 16 (Lacking number 2) Christmas 1940 to Volume 2 Number 4 Summer 1943.		1940-1943.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
391		The Comic Art of Norman Lindsay Selected by Keith Wingrove 1987.	Sydney	1987	AUD 50.00 - 60.00	Unknown
392	by Charles P. Mountford	Nomads of the Australian Desert	Adelaide	1976	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
393	AINSWORTH, W. Harrison.	Jack Sheppard. A Romance.	London	1839	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
394	DAVIES, E.W.L.	Memoir of the Rev. John Russell and His Out-of-Door Life. A new edition with illustrations by N.H.J. Baird.	Exeter	1902	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
395	by William Harrison Ainsworth	Old Saint Paul's : A Tale of the Plague and the Fire	London	1841	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
396		Five Victorian books of romantic poetry in attractive gilt decorated cloth bindings.	London or Edinburgh.	N/A	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
397		“Illuminated Crest Book or Repertorium for Monograms, Crests”		circa 1870.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
398		A box of 15 Biographies books. Including Alfred Deakin, Ben Chifley, john Curtin, Lawrence James Wackett, James Hardy Vaux etc.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
399		The Sydney Drawing book,		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
400		The Story of H..M.S. Success (1823-1849) The Ship in which Captain Stirling explored the Swan River in 1827 by Cygnet.		1956	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
401		The Land ACT, 1898, with Amendment Acts and Regulations. The Agricultural Lands Purchase Act, 1909, and Regulations.		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	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.