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
127 McLaren Ian

CJ Dennis: A Comprehensive Bibliography

1979 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
128 Romilly Hugh Hastings

The Western Pacific and New Guinea

London 1886 AUD 280.00 - 320.00 Unknown
129 Cousins George

The Story of the South Seas

1895 AUD 180.00 - 200.00 Unknown
130 McDonald Roger

Mr. Darwin's Shooter; The Ballad of Desmond Kale

Sydney 1998;2005 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
131 Pullin V E

Engineering Radiography

1934 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
132 Abraham George D

Swiss Mountain Climbs

London 1911 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
133 Liversidge Archibald

The Minerals of New South Wales

London 1888 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
134 Hartwig G

The Polar and Tropical Worlds

Guelph, Ont 1877 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
135 Pearce Kerry

Woman collecting Bush Plum

c. 1980s; 1990s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
136

NSW Gold Mining

1868; 1874; 1876; 1877 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
137 Wierix Hieronymus (1553–1619)

4 Plates from Hieronymus Wierix

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
138 Daumier Honore-Victorin (1808-1879)

5 Prints by Honore-Victorin Daumier

1830-1870 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
139 Leech John (1817–1864)

Alarming prospect - the single ladies off to the diggings; Topsy turvey - or, our Antipodes

London 1854; 1864 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
140 McLaren Jack

My Crowded Solitude

London ND (1920s) AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
141

Apostles

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
142 Wright Lewis

The Illustrated Book of Poultry

1873 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
143 Rapkin; Warren; Rogers

Port Jackson

1851 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
144 Mitchell S Augustus

Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies

Pennsylvania 1860 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
145 Finlayson J; Yaeger J

Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Peru

N/A AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
146 Menpes Mortimer

30 Books, including: Japan

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
147

23 Books, including: Plumes of Papua new Guinea

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
148

28 Books, including: Chinese Creeds and Customs

N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
149

Mexico & Guatemala

Philadelphia circa 1850 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
150

Venezuela New Granada and Ecuador

New York circa 1855-1857 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
151

South America

New York circa 1855-1857 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 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