Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions, 191, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 12, 2026 - July 12, 2026
Page Size: 306 items in 13 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 Pratt

Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia

1802 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
53 Bradley Charles; Smith Adam

4 Books, including: Parochial Sermons

1828; 1846; 1774; 1812 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
54 Weiss Emil Rudolf

The Four Gospels

1932 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
55 Southworth May E.; Oakeshott Walter; Rudland Peter

5 Books, including: A Certain Young Man of Assisi

1934; 1964; 1955; 1954 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
56 Fulleylove John; Kelman John; Butler Elizabeth

The Holy Land; Letters Form The Holy Land

1902; 1903 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
57 Watt Agnes C.P.

Twenty-Five Years' Mission Life on Tanna, New Hebrides

Paisley 1896 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
58 Maskell W. M.

An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand

New Zealand 1887 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
59 Baden-Powell George S

New Homes for the Old Country

1872 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
60 Gribble E. R.

Forty Years with the Aborigines

Sydney 1930 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
61 Chignell Arthur Kent; Robson William; King Joseph

3 Books, including: Twenty-One Years in Papua

1913; c.1900s; 1909 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
62 Hardy Norman H.; Elkington E. Way

The Savage South Seas

London 1907 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
63 Armstrong E. S.

The History of the Melanesian Mission

1900 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
64 Jones David

The Engravings of David Jones

London 1981 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
65 Tolkien J. R. R.

Farmer Giles of Ham

1949 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
66 Murray Les A.

The Idyll Wheel

Canberra 1989 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
67 Lawson Henry; Lindsay Lionel

The Romance of the Swag

Sydney 1939 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
68 Deamer Dulcie; Lindsay Norman

As It Was In The Beginning

London 1929 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
69 Lawrence D H

Love Among the Haystacks

London 1930 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
70 Harrison F.

Treasures of Illumination: English Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century

1937 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
71 Henry Joseph

The Scientific Writings of Joseph Henry

1886 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
72 Trueman Henry

The Story Of The Royal Society of Arts

1935 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
73 Russell H. C.

Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Sydney Observatory

1881 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
74

Onchocerca Gibsoni: The Cause of Worm Nodules in Australian Cattle

Sydney 1911 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
75 Desplagnes Augustin Marie Louis

Le Plateau Central Nigerien

Paris 1907 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
76

5 Books, including: Gold-fields of Victoria

1884-1888 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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