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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Joseph M. Forshaw | "The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds" |
1977 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 114.30 | |
| 102 | Joseph M. Forshaw | "Parrots of the World" |
1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 103 | Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds |
Melbourne | 2001-2006 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 104 | Joseph M. Forshaw | Kingfishers and Related Birds |
1983-1994 | AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 106 | O. E. Burton | The Auckland Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914 -1918 |
New Zealand | 1922 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 107 | Walter Howchin | Royal Society of South Australia |
South Australia | ND | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 108 | M. Beule | Histoire de la Sculpture avant Phidias |
Paris | 1864 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 109 | William Beckford of Fonthill | Vathek. With The Episodes of Vathek. |
1929 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 110 | Juliana Horatia Ewing | Jackanapes; The Story of a Short Life, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot |
1886 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 111 | Henry Fielding | The Works of Henry Fielding |
1899 | AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | AUD 1,016.00 | |
| 112 | Thomas Ingoldsby | The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels |
1877 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 113 | Thomas Lovell Beddoes | The Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes |
1928 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 349.25 | |
| 114 | Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors. Including the History and management of Toy Spaniels, Pekingese, Japanese and Pomeranians. |
New York | 1911 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 115 | Lorne Campbell | Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings, With French Paintings Before 1600 |
New Haven | 2014 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | Lord Macaulay | The History of England from the Accession of James the Second |
London | 1864 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 117 | El Greco; Hans von Aachen; Domenico Beccafumi | Three Books on Mannerism Artists |
ND; Berlin-Munchen; Milano | 1990; 2010 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 118 | John Ruskin | The King Of The Golden River |
London | 1932 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 119 | John Dryden | Dryden : The Dramatic Works |
London | 1931 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 120 | ND; Letizia Treves; ND | Three books on Caravaggio |
ND; ND; ND | 1790; 2016; 1976 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 121 | Tim Towle | The Seven Deadly Sins |
Esher | 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Lord Byron | Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An historical tragedy in Five Acts with notes The Prophecy of Dante A Poem. |
London | 1821 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 123 | Roberta Bartoli; Andrea De Marchi; Susan R. McKillop; R Langton Douglas | Four books on Florentine Renaissance Artists |
1999; 2002; 1975; 1946 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 124 | T C Wollaston | The Spirit of the Child |
1914 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 125 | Lionel Lindsay | Australia's Achievement in Art: Special Number of Art in Australia Issued in Commemoration of Australia's 150th Anniversary |
1937 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 126 | J.L. Treloar | Australian Chivalry - Reproductions in Colour and Duo-Tone of Official War Paintings |
1933 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 25.40 |
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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