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
101		My Army, O, My Army And Other Songs by Henry Lawson.	Sydney	1915	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
102		Round Kangchenjunga: A narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration by Douglas W. Freshfield.		1903	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
103		The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 by Brigadier-General Hon. C.G. Bruce. with Maps and Illustrations.		1923	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
104	DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHT: Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP.	GERMANY AWAKENS: The Rise, Struggle and Victory of the NSDAP.		1933	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
105		The Original Water Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America. Reproduced from the collection at the New York Historical Society.	NY	1966	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
106	RAWSON, Jessica.	The Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan.	London	1983	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
107	GERSON, Horst.	Rembrandt Paintings. An Artabas Book.	New York	1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
108	Hardy Wilson.	Two beautiful plates by the eccentric Australian architect and innovator Hardy Wilson.		1924	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
109		Norman Lindsay's Trio.		1978	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
110		Mounted lithograph of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of New South Wales.		Circa 1878	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
111	Kurt Hilscher (1904-1980).	Two signed historical fashion prints	Both	undated but circa 1930	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
112		Two fine engraved scenic views of European Landscapes. The first captioned “Val St. Nicola.”		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
113		Six books from the Classics of Medicine Library, published in Birmingham and New York during the eighties and nineties.		N/A	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
114	PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich.	Lectures on Conditioned Reflexes. Translated from the Russian by W. Horsley Gantt.	New York	1928	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
115		Eleven books from the Classics of Medicine Library,	Birmingham and New York	during the eighties and nineties.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
116	HELDMANN, Richard Bernard, pseudonym Richard Marsh.	Marvels and Mysteries.	London	1900	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
117	DELANNOY, Burford.	Between the Lines.	London	1901	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
118	ROWCROFT, Charles.	The Perils and adventures of Mr. William Thornley. One of the pioneer settlers of Van Diemen’s Land 1817-1830.	Tasmania	circa 1910.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
119	BLEVINS, Juliette.	Nhanda. An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia.		2001	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
120	BECKER, C.J.	Guide to the Transvaal.	Dublin	1878	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
121		Four vintage motoring and cycling items: Twelve Photographic Postcards in Colour Illustrating the motor Trip Around Table Mountain.		N/A	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
122		Two Photography books with the bookplate of Lewis Morley 1.	Photo .	N/A	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
123	MILLER, C.	Blackburn. Bally-Hoo. The Log of a Landlubber.	New York	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
124	WINTON, Tim.	Dirt Music.	Sydney	2001 reprint.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
125		Large engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake, the legendary English privateer and confidant of Queen Elizabeth the First.		circa 1750.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	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.