Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates, 177, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | The Works of Robert Browning |
London | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 428 | by Lady Catherine Charlotte Jackson | The Works. |
London: | c.1899 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 429 | William Hogarth | The Works of William Hogarth from the original plates restored by James Heath. |
N/A | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 430 | Gustav Klimt. | A collection of ten prints by Gustav Klimt. |
N/A | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 241.30 | |
| 431 | A shelf lot of books of Transport, mostly railway |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 432 | A collection of good and interesting history and travel books. |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 | ||
| 433 | A shelf of Literature and Philosophy. |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 434 | by M. Henri Martin. | Histoire De France |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 435 | edited by C. E. W. Bean | Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 |
Sydney | 1938 | AUD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 436 | Dieter Roth - Graphic Works: Catalogue Raisonne 1947 - 1998 |
London | 2003 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 437 | Australian Haggadah. Illustrations by Victor Majzner and calligraphic illustrations by Andrew Majzner. |
Melbourne | 1992 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 438 | edited by Brigitte Lardinois and Val Williams . text by George Christie. | Glyndebourne: A Visual History |
Lewes | 2009 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 439 | 16th Century Art. Three books. 1) The Art of Tapestry with Text by Verlet. |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 440 | Four books about Architecture and Design. 1) Grand Designs Australia Handbook by Peter Maddison |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 441 | by G.B. Barton. | History of New South Wales From The Records |
1980 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 442 | Bury May Heart At Wounded Knee - An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown. |
2007 | AUD 50.00 - 80.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 443 | Robert Jacks Past Unfolded by Ken McGregor. |
2001 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 285.75 | ||
| 444 | by Roger Dombre | La Bande Joyeuse. |
no date c 1901. | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 445 | 1) An Artist's Guide to Old Parramatta by Collinridge Rivett. |
1961 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 446 | by Fred Johns. | Fred Johns's Annual - Mainly A Biographical Record of Australasia's Prominent People |
1914 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 447 | Par EH Gabrielle. | La Cuisiniere Modele ou l'art de faire une bonne cuisine avec economie ... |
Paris: | no date circa 1882. | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 448 | by E.G. White. | 1) Patriarchs and prophets Or The Great Conflict between Good and Evil. As Illustrated in The Lives of Holy Men of Old |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 449 | A bundle of books by Desiderius Orban. 1) What is Art All About 1975 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 450 | by William and Robert Chambers. | Chambers's Information for the People |
Edinburgh: | no date, circa 1848 (on preface). | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 451 | A Collection of books done by someone in the very creative Lindsay Family. |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000