Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science and Art : books and original works, 51726, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 17, 2026 - May 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Hermann Thomsen | Deutsches Land in Afrika |
Munchen | 1911 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 502 | William T. Cooper | 4 Books, including: A Portfolio of Australian Bird |
1968; 1982; 1976; 1996 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 503 | E. Gans-Ruedin; P.R. J. Ford | Iranian Carpets - Art, Craft and History; Oriental Carpet Design - A Guide To Traditional Motifs, Patterns and Symbols |
1980; 1981 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 504 | Millard Meiss; Elizabeth H. Beatson | French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Limbourg's and Their Contemporaries; The Cloisters The Metropolitan Museum of Arts |
1974 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 505 | CRICKET UMPIRES AND CRICKET LAWS |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 506 | Mike Gatting; Brian Johnston | ENGLISH CRICKETER |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 507 | Bryan Lloyd; Howard Combes | GOLD at the Ten Mile; GOLD at Gaffneys Creek |
1978 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 508 | Alexander Sutherland | Victoria and Its Metropolis, Past and Present |
Melbourne | 1977 | AUD 300.00 - 350.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 509 | J.R.W. Purves; J. M. Freeland; C. P. Billot; John Barnes; Isaac J. Selby | 5 Books, including: The postal history of the Port Phillip District 1837-1851 |
Melbourne | 1950; 1963; 1970; 2017; 1924 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | AUD 215.90 |
| 510 | H. C. Standage; George Ferguson; Thomas A. Darragh; Lurline Stuart | 4 Books, including: Sealing- Waxes, Wafers, And Other Adhesives for the Household, Office, Workshop and Factory |
1902; 1978; 1990; 1979 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 511 | Peter Sweeney | Australia's first Olympic Games Gold Medallist, Edwin Flack The Lion of Athens; The Games of the Sixteenth Olympiad, Melbourne MCMLVI |
2004; 1956 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 512 | C. Irving Benson; E. J. Brady; Francis Mackle; H. Hussey | 4 Books, including: A Century of Victorian Methodism |
1935; 1934; 1924; 1978 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 513 | Edward Duyker; Per Tingbrand; Elizabeth Lawson | Daniel Solander, Collected Correspondence 1753-1782; The Natural Art of Louisa Atkinson |
1995 | AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 514 | John Greenway; C. E. Dornbusch; Victor Crittenden; Maurice Holmes | 5 Books, including: James Bonwick A writer of School Books and Histories with a Bibliography of his writings |
1963; 1982; 1952 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 515 | Isadore Brodsky; L. A. Hercus; S.A Zallar; K. Siow; P. J. F. Coutts; Eric Joseph Brandl; Frederick D. McCarthy | 5 Books, including: Bennelong Profile |
Melbourne | 1973; 1979; 1982; 1957 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 516 | May Vivienne; Pamela Statham Drew | Travels in Western Australia Description of the Various Cities and Towns; James Stirling: Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia |
1902; 2003 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 517 | Morphett; Jess Young; May Vivienne; H. M. Cooper; Agricola | 8 Books, including: Royal South Australian Almanack for 1839 |
1969; 1962; 1978; 1923; 1908; 1979; 1889; 1849 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 518 | E. H. Coombe | History of Gawler 1837-1908 |
1908 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 519 | Andrew Bros Proprietary Limited a Jubilee 1876-1926 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 520 | Willie Thaiday; Ernest A Worms; Helmut Petri; Deborah Bird Rose; JS Wolfe; Colin Tatz; Paul Tatz; P. Swan; B. Raphael | 6 Books, including: Under the Act |
Darwin | 1981; 1991; 1987; 2000; 1995 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 521 | Norma Townsen; John Currey; P. J. F. Coutts | Joseph Mason: Assigned Convict 1831—1837; David Collins: A Colonial Life; Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey Number 17 January 1984 Captain Mills Cottage Port Fairy, Victoria |
1996; 1984 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 522 | Alan Frost; George Arden | Arthur Phillip 1738-1814 His Voyaging; A Sketch of Port Phillip |
1987; 1991 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 523 | D.O.D | Early Memories of Queenscliff |
1931 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 524 | William Lockhart Morton; Captain Barry | Adventures of a pioneer; Glimpses of the Australian colonies and New Zealand : a thrilling narrative of the early days : embodying the life-history of Captain William Jackson Barry |
1978; 1903 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 525 | H. J. Malone; Marion Le Cheminant | GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA X 5 |
1985;1983;2006;1980 | AUD 180.00 - 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