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
152 Ludolf Hiof

Banana Plant

1684 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
153

Victorian Naturalist

1884-1932 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
154 Audas James Wales

One of Nature's Wonderlands - The Victorian Grampians; The Australian timber buyer's guide

1925; 1997 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
155 Barrett Charles

4 Pamphlets, including: Assimilation of Our Aborigines

1957; 1958; 1962 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
156 Richardson J

10 Pamphlets, including: Queensland Railways 1865 - 1965

1958-1959; 1961; 1965; 1967; 1970; 1977; 1987; 1993; 2011 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
157 Ireland A

Geography and History of Oceania

1865 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
158 Franklyn H Mortimer

A Glance At Australia in 1880

1881 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
159 Gill W B

The Comic History of Victoria

ND (c1867) AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
160 Nicholson John H; Walsh J M

Halek; Overdue

1896; 1925 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
161 Griffiths Samuel

A Rolling Stone on The Turf

1933 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
162 Stonehewer Cooper H; Fox Frank

The Islands of The Pacific; Peeps at Many Lands - Oceania

1888; 1912 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
163 Darwin Charles; Fitzroy Robert; King Philip Parker

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle

London 1839 AUD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Unknown
164 Allan Alex J; Holloway David; Penrose Helen; Bate Weston

4 Books, including: The Old model school

Melbourne 1934; 2000; 2007; 2002 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
165 Grogan Robert; Sutton Ray W; Shaw Mervyn J C; O'Dowd Kevin; Hudson Don

5 Books, including: Our proud heritage

Melbourne 2003; 1978; 2009; 1999; 2006 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
166 Shaw A G L

A History of the Port Phillip District; Immigration: Index to Assisted Immigrants Arriving Port Phillip

Melbourne; Sydney 1996; 1976 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
167 Flinders Matthew; Morgan Kenneth

Australia Circumnavigated: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator

2015 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
168 Gibson James R; Istomin Alexei A

Russian California, 1806-1860

2014 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
169 Malaspina Alejandro

The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794

2015 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
170

Historical Records of Victoria

Melbourne 1981-1992 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
171 Mackenzie William

Four hand-coloured lithographs of flowers

c.1870s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
172

Vintage Flower and Seed Posters

Norwich c1885-1920s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
173

Vegetable Seed Posters

c1900-1920s AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
174 Strutt Joseph (1749-1802)

Four hand coloured lithographs

c.1780s-1790s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
175

A photo album of cars

N/A AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
176

Automobiles in the Thirties Magazines

1930s-70s AUD 100.00 - 150.00 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