Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Mining, Natural History, Exploration, Art books and First editions, A182, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Tom Thompson | I To Eye |
Sydney | 2011 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 52 | R.G. Hackett | South African War Books. An illustrated bibliography of English language publications relating to the Boer War of 1899-1902 |
London | 1994 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | Pamela Dawn Oxley and David Anthony Oxley | Not "just ordinary people" : the Keyte family of Major's Creek and Moruya, New South Wales |
Seaford | 1995 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 54 | Annette Condon & Jenny King | Orange & District Pioneer Register to 1888 |
Orange | 1999 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 55 | Canowindra Historical Society and Museum Inc | Canowindra Pioneer Register: Pre-1901 |
Canowindra | 2007 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 56 | Large engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake |
circa 1750 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 57 | George Eliot | Adam Bede |
London | circa 1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 58 | A cache of ephemera from the Peninsular and Orient steamship company |
fifties and sixties | AUD 75.00 - 100.00 | AUD 50.80 | ||
| 59 | A cache of ephemera from the Rome Olympics of 1960 |
Rome | 1960 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Lawrence Housman | Stories from the Arabian Nights |
London | circa 1930 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 61 | Hollywood Stars Portraits |
ND | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 62 | Sikh Light Infantry Regiment Centre | History of the Sikh Light Infantry |
Delhi | 1951 | AUD 75.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 63 | Herbert Sutcliffe | For England and Yorkshire |
London | 1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 64 | Lou Klepac | Tim Storrier |
2018 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 114.30 | |
| 65 | Keast Burke | National Tribute Night for Harold Cazneaux Programme |
Sydney | 1952 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 66 | Erwin Panofsky | Early Netherlandish Painting. Its Origins and Character |
Cambridge | 1966 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 67 | Walther Bernt | Die niederlandischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts |
Munich | 1979-1980 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Berge |
Paris | 2007 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | 5 Books, including: An Important Painting by Rembrandt from a Private Collection |
1963; 1969; 1979; 1990; 2005 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 70 | 11 guide books for the provinces of Italy |
Milan | 1970s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | Lionel Cust | Anthony Van Dyck |
London; New York | 1911 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 72 | D. Stephen Pepper | Guido Reni. A complete catalogue of his works with an introductory text |
Oxford | 1984 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 73 | 3 Books on French Baroque and Nineteenth-Century Interior Decoration |
Paris | 1956-1957 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 74 | Friedrich Hofmann; G.E. Pazaurek; J.V.G. Mallet; Camille Leprince | 5 Books on Antique European Porcelain and Ceramics |
Munich; Leipzig; Berlin; London; Paris | 1908; 1925; 1932; 2007; 2014 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 75 | Alan McNairn; DaCosta Kaufmann; ND; Steffi Roettgen; ND; Rudiger Klessmann | 6 Books on Czech, Flemish, Dutch and German Master Painters |
1980; 1988; 1992; 1993; 1999; 2006 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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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