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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Fred Leist | From The Australian Front Shapnel and Smiles |
London | 1917 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 128 | Hardy Wilson | Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania |
Sydney | 1924 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 129 | Frederick McCubbin | The Art of Frederick McCubbin: Forty-five Illustrations in Colour and Black and White, with Essay by James MacDonald and some remarks on Australian Art by the Artist |
Melbourne | 1916 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 130 | S.T. Gill | The Australian Sketch-Book |
Melbourne | 1974 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 131 | George Grosz | Interregnum |
1976 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 133 | Agricola | Description Of The Barossa Range And Its Neighbourhood In South Australia |
Adelaide | 1979 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 134 | Samuel Rush Meyrick; Charles Hamilton Smith | The Costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands, from the earliest periods to the sixth century; to which is added, that of the Gothic nations on the Western coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes |
London | 1821 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 135 | Peter Haining | Movable Books - An Illustrated History |
1979 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 136 | Karel Kupka | Illustrated Coffee tray with Australian fauna |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 137 | Pierre Gusman | Pompei: La Ville - Les Moeurs - Les Arts |
Paris | c1899 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 138 | Wilhelm Fraknoi | Chronica Hungorum Impressa budae 1473 |
Budapest | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 139 | Jean Porcher; Mario Salmi | French Miniatures from Illuminated Manuscripts; Italian Miniatures |
London | 1960; 1957 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 140 | Hugh Ross Williamson | Pavane For A Dead Infanta |
London | 1972 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 141 | Franz von Dingelstedt | Das Weserthal von Munden bis Minden |
Cassel | 1840 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 142 | Edgar Allan Poe | The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With original memoir |
London | 1858 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 143 | E Powys Mathers | The Eastern Anthology |
London | 1927 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 144 | Dulcie Deamer; Marjorie Quinn; Ethel Turer; J H M Abbott; C H Bertie; Wilfred Birkett; Frank Daly Davison; Ion Idriess; Banjo Paterson; Mary Gilmore; Katherine Susannah Prichard | The Sydney Mail Wednesday April 10 1935 |
1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 145 | B. H. G Arkwright | ...Between Cup & Lip |
London | 1920 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 146 | MIH Brooker; DA Kleinig | Field Guide to Eucalypts. South-Eastern Australia Volumes 1-3 |
Melbourne | 1993; 1990; 1994 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 147 | Maurice Maesterlinck | Theatre |
1901 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 148 | E C Andrews | NSW Department of Mines Geological Mines Mineral Resources Number 18 The Canbelego, Budgery, and Budgerygar Mines. Part 2 Cobar Copper and Goldfield |
Sydney | 1913 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 149 | J E Carne | NSW Department of Mines Geological Survey . Mineral Resources No. 10 The Antimony-Mining Industry and The Distribution of Antimony Ores in New South Wales |
Sydney | 1912 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 150 | E C Andrews | NSW Department of Mines Geological Survey. Mineral Resources No. 17 Report on the Cobar Copper and Gold-Field Part 1 |
1911 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 151 | W. Baldwin Spencer; A.W. Howitt; Maiden; Cleland | Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria; Transactions of the Royal Society of NSW |
Victoria; NSW | 1889; 1891; 1892; 1917 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 152 | Monique Dossenbach; Hans D. Dossenbach; William Anderson; Wim Swaan | Irish Horses; The Northern World |
Europe | ND | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | 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