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
126		Letts's Popular Atlas. Being A Series of Maps Delineating the Whole Surface of the Globe with Many Special and Original Features and a Copious Index of 23,000 names.	London	1883	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Unknown
127	JOHNSTON, Alexander Keith.	The Physical Atlas. A Series of Maps & Illustrations of the Geographical Distribution of Natural Phenomena Embracing Geology, Hydrography, Meteorology and Natural History.	Edinburgh	850	AUD 125.00 - 200.00	Unknown
128		A box of ephemera, mostly Australian geological maps (over twenty such maps) and other mining related printed material.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
129		A blue ink bookplate for H. R. H. Edward Prince of Wales, later the controversial King Edward VIII.		1920	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
130		Attractive bookplate for Jean and Jeff Bidgood, signed "M.H. 1950"; designed by Margaret Horder.		N/A	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Unknown
131		Nine bookplates by George David Perrotet, date range circa 1930-1950.		circa 1930-1950.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
132		Bookplate of Janet Lindsay by Norman, circa 1930.		circa 1930.	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Unknown
133	Adrian Feint,	A striking bookplate for Eric Dart featuring a horse and foal in a stylised rural landscape.		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
134	Andrew Guy Peake	A heraldic bookplate featuring a shield divided per bend, contains bird motifs and Australian symbols.		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
135	designed by Syd Miller.	A linocut bookplate for Will Mahony,		N/A	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
136	Tzutomu Fujimarni	Harrie P Mortlock wood block bookplate		N/A	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Unknown
137	designed by Vane Lindesay,	Bookplate for Peter Gram, circa 1970.		circa 1970.	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Unknown
138		A lot of five books on British genealogy and heraldry:		N/A	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
139		A medley lot of American Science Fiction magazines, comprising 37 issues across the date range 1952 to 1955.		1952 to 1955.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
140	VAN VOGT, A.E.	Masters of Time. Illustrated by Edd Cartier.	Pennsylvania	1950	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
141	GRANT, A.C.	Bush Life in Queensland, or, John West’s Colonial Experiences.	Edinburgh	1888	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Unknown
142		A property indenture between Henry Beor and his future wife Marion Taylor, dated 11 April 1876.		1876	AUD 250.00 - 500.00	Unknown
143		Alvibatics.		N/A	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
144	John Le Carre	The Russia House.	London	1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
145	John Le Carre	The Little Drummer Girl (1983); The Secret Pilgrim (1991); A Perfect Spy (1986).	New York.	N/A	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
146		John Le Carre - The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People.		1974-79.	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
147	WOOD, Christopher.	Victorian Painters. Dictionary of British Art.	Suffolk	1995	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
148		Cache of original letters, diagrams and documents relating to a gold and copper mining lease in Gippsland operated by a Victorian miner named John David Avery.		1946 to 1961.	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
149		Share Certificate for The Wombat Hydraulic Sluicing Company of 140 Queen street, Melbourne.		1931	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
150	NORTON, Andre.	The X Factor.	London	1967	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	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.