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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | A Natural History of the Ducks by John C Phillips Volumes 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 . |
1986 | AUD 10.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 77 | A most attractive lot of high quality ornithology titles. |
N/A | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 78 | SNOW, DAVID & CHISHOLM, A. H. & SOPER, M. F. (text authors). | Raymond Ching. The Bird Paintings. Water Colours and Pencil Drawings 1969-1975. |
London | 1978 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 79 | Three superb books on the ornithological illustration of John Gould. |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 80 | text by C. Oscar Moreton, coloured plates by Rory McEwen. | The Auricula. Its History and Character |
1964 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 81 | QUINN, Edward. | Max Ernst. |
1984 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 82 | BLOOMFIELD, Lin. | Norman Lindsay. Impulse to Draw. |
Kensington | 1984 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 83 | PARRIS, Leslie and FLEMING-WILLIAMS, Ian. | Constable. |
New York | 1991 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 84 | Profiles of Great Russians in Power and Politics. |
Russia | 2012 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 85 | MEISTER, Peter Wilhelm & REBER, Horst. | European Porcelain of the 18th Century. |
Oxford | 1983 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 86 | “Gil Blas Illustre Hebdomadaire”. |
1897 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 87 | Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show of Political, Social, & Literary Wares. |
1876 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 88 | CHURCHILL, Winston. | Richard Carvel. With illustrations by Carlton T. Chapman and Malcolm Fraser. |
London | 1912 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 89 | [MENANDER]. | The Cairo Codex of Menander (P. Cair. J. 43227). |
1978 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 90 | DREW, Philip. | Two Towers. Harry Seidler: Australia Square, MLC Centre. Photography by Max Dupain. |
Sydney | 1980 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 91 | HERBERT, Xavier. | Capricornia. |
Sydney | January 1938. | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 92 | GLAZIER, Michael and HELLWIG, Monika. | The Modern Catholic Encyclopaedia. |
Newtown | 1994 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 93 | St Mark's Gospel: A new translation from the Greek by EV Rieu. |
1951 | AUD 120.00 - 175.00 | Unknown | ||
| 94 | DONNE, John. | Divine Poems – Devotions – Prayers. |
New York | no date circa 1960. | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 95 | Roald Dahl | Roald Dahl books, including some first editions, all are nice clean copies. |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 96 | DE MOLE, Fanny Elizabeth. | Wild Flowers of South Australia. |
Melbourne | 1981 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 97 | The Arabian Nights Entertainments. |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 98 | Eight superb fine art photography books. |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 99 | MACKAY, Angus. | The Australian Agriculturalist and Colonist’s Guide. |
Sydney | 1890 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 100 | My Army, O, My Army And Other Songs by Henry Lawson. |
Sydney | 1915 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | 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 AprilSotheby’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.