Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions, 191, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 12, 2026 - July 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Finlayson HH | The Red Centre |
Sydney | 1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 103 | Wood G Arnold; Rawson | N Books, including: The Discovery of Australia |
London | 1922; 1930 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 104 | Burrell Harry | The Platypus |
Sydney | 1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 105 | Bailey | The Peopling of Australia |
Melbourne | 1933 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 106 | Bull J W | Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia |
Adelaide | 1878 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 107 | Walkom M | Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
Canberra | 1939 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 108 | Jacobs M R | Illustrations of the Buds and Fruits of Eucalyptus Species |
1962 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 109 | Wilkins Geo H | Australian War Photographs |
1919 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 110 | Baedeker Karl | Northern Italy Handbook For Travellers |
1913 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 111 | Cox S Herbert;Ratte Felix | Mines and minerals: a guide for the Australian miner |
Sydney | 1885 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 112 | Bret David | Brit Girls Of The Sixties |
2014 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 113 | Mitchell Elyne | Moon Filly; Silver Brumby Kingdom |
London | 1966;1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 114 | Lang John Dunmore | Three Lectures on the Impolicy and Injustice of Religious Establishments |
Sydney | 1856 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 115 | A short history of the Royal Air Force |
1920 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 116 | Barrett Charles;Skeats;Nayler Geoff;Loney Jack;Loney J K | N Books, including: Bushranging Days |
1877;1933;1945 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 117 | Watts Isaac;Rowe Elizabeth | Devout Exercises of the Heart in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise; Watt's Improvement of the Mind; Psalms of David |
London;Boston;Romsey | 1776;1812;c. 1833 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Unknown |
| 118 | Briton Eric;Jerome | 4 Books, including: Primitive Methodist Children's Magazine |
1835;1847;c. 1870s;c. 1890s | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 119 | Kelly R Talbot | Burma: Painted and Described |
1933 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 120 | Lawley;Penny F E | Southern India Painted by Lady Lawley |
London | 1914 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 121 | Reeves William Pember;Wright W P | New Zealand |
London | 1908 | AUD 180.00 - 260.00 | Unknown |
| 122 | Home Gordon;Taine H | France; Stained Glass of the Middles Ages in England and France; Journeys Through France |
London | 1897;1913;1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 123 | Fowler Robert;Thomas Edward;Masson Rosaline | Beautiful Wales; Scotland a Nation |
1934 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 124 | Pisa Alberto;Tuker M A R;Malleson Hope | Rome |
London | 1905 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Unknown |
| 125 | Gade John A | Cathedrals of Spain |
London | 1911 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 126 | Craig Clifford | The Engravers of Van Diemen's Land |
1961 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
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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