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
402

bibliography of Books, Articles, and Pamphlets dealing with Western Australia Issued since its discovery in 1616 by Francis G.

1923 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
403

Reminiscences of Fifty Years' Residence in Western Australia by J.T. Reilly.

1903 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
404 by Malcolm A.C. Fraser.

Western Australian Year-Book For 1902-04. (Thirteenth Edition)

1906 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
405 by F. W. Gunning.

Lure of the North : Seventy Years Memoirs of George Joseph Gooch and His Pioneer Friends of Western Australia

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
406

Cossack Gold - The Chronicles of An Early Goldfields Warden by W. Lambden Owen.

1933 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
407 by Thomas Sidney Groser.

The Lure of The Golden West. Experiences and Adventures in A Bush Brotherhood of Western Australia: Early Problems and Conquests: All About Group Settlements of The West: The Land of Sunshine and Opportunity

1927 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
408

From Ireland To Western Australia. The Establishment of a Branch of the Lefroy Family at Walebing Western Australia. 1842 to 1960.

N/A AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
409

1) Western Australia - Its History and Progress by Albert F. Calvert.

1894 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
410

Western Australia - its Early Vicissitudes, Romantic Awakening, Development, and Progress.

1920 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
411

1) Aboriginal Australian Art by Ronald M. Berndt & Catherine Helen Berndt with John E Stanton

1982 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Unknown
412

1) A History of Trade Unionism in Australia by J. T. Sutcliffe.

1921 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
413

1) South Australia. Handbook of Information for Settlers, Tourists and others Compiled by V H Ryan Director Intelligence & Tourist Bureaun Adelaide.

No date but probably 1912. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
414

Brown Coals Of Victoria by H Herman with Plans and Sketches 1922 Department of Mines. Bulletin Of The Geological Survey Of Victoria (W. Baragwanath, Director))

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
415

1. Australian Rare Books 1788 - 1900 by Jonathan Wantrup.

1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
416 by Alexander Tolmer

Reminiscences of an Adventurous and Chequered Career at Home and at the Antipodes.

1972 . AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
417 George Seaver and with an introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

1. Edward Wilson Of The Antarctic Naturalist and Friend 1936 Reprint 2. 'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic 1938

N/A AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Unknown
418 by Rev T R Malthus

An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occasions.

1826 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
419

The Push From The Bush A Bulletin Of Social History. Devoted to the Year of Grace 1838.

1978 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
420 by Leslie Marchant.

1) France Australe - A study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826

1982 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
421

Eight Australiana Books. Mostly History.

N/A AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
422

Nine Books about Western Australia History.

N/A AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
423

1) occasional Verse 1942-1943 by H.H. Wilson.

N/A AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
424

From Tent to Parliament - The Life of Peter Lalor and His Coadjutors. History of the Eureka Stockade.

1934 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
425

Five Western Australia Ephemera. 1) History of Esperance - The Port of the Goldfields 1792-1946. 2) The Western Mail Annual 1948.

N/A AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
426 by Jeannette H. Foster

Sex Variant Women in Literature was one of the first comprehensive scholarly efforts to document and analyse lesbian themes in literature across centuries.

1956 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.