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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An eclectic bunch of books from the 1500s until present time

Auction Reports

Auction Name	An eclectic bunch of books from the 1500s until present time	Total Sales (AUD)	48,120.30
Auction Date	February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	55,600.00
Sale Number	#A173	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	86,870.00
Total Lots	402
Sold Lots	214.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	117,240.00
% of Lots Sold	53.23%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	171,200.00
Unsold Lots	188	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	28.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
93	Frederick McCoy.	Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, figures and descriptions of the living classes of the Victorian indigenous animals	1890	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 2,540.00
3		The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789 by, Lieutenant W. Bligh.	1975	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,270.00
248		Two boxes of on Aboriginal histories In very good condition, please see photos for titles		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,079.50
252		1) Australian Aboriginal Anthropology by Ronald. M. Berndt 2) Aranda Traditions T.G.H Strehlow, 3) Ayers Rock, Its People, Their Beliefs and Their Art by Charles P. Mountford		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,016.00
284	Richard Thompson.	Historical Essay on the Magna Carta to which are added the Great Charter in Larin and English etc.	1829	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 1,016.00
20		Geographical Memoirs On New South Wales; By Various Hands: Containing An Account Of The Surveyor General's Late Expedition To Two New Ports; ...	1825	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 952.50
350	Arthur Renwick.	Report of the Executive Commissioner (NSW) on the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880-81	1881	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 825.50
206		A complete set of the Ancient Empires. 14 Volumes.		AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
1	A. M. Lysaght.	The Journal Of Joseph Banks In The Endeavour With A Commentary	1980	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 635.00
5	F. A. C. (Frederick Arthur Crisp)	Lowestoft China Factory and the Moulds Found There in December 1902	1907	AUD 800.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 571.50
237		A 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge commemoration scroll 'the Spirit of Achievement' 79 x 48cm.	1932	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 571.50
294	DAWSON, Warren.	The Banks Letters. A calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum	1958	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 571.50
91	James Bonwick.	The Last Of The Tasmanians Or The Black War Of Van Diemens Land	1870	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 539.75
147	[HAMILTON, George].	Experiences of a Colonist Forty Years Ago; A Journey from Port Phillip to South Australia in the Year 1839 and a Voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846.	1880	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
285	Thomas Reid	Two voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, with a description of the present condition of that interesting colony: including facts and observations relative to the state and management of convicts of both sexes. And reflections on seduction and	1822	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 539.75
326		A collection of books on Ancient History published by Folio Society.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
217	Ion L. Idriess	Madman's Island	1927	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 508.00
126		The Literary Chatelaine. Souvenir of the Launceston Mechanics Institute Bazaar and Gift Book For Home Friends .	1858	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 476.25
288		Anglia Rediviva; England's Recovery: Being the History Of the Motions, Actions, and Successes of the Army under the Immediate Conduct of His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax, Kt. Captain General Of all the Parliaments Forces in England.	1647	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 476.25
306	L E Threlkeld; John Fraser .	An Australian Language as spoken by the Awabakal, the People of Awaba or Lake Macquarie, being an Account of their Language, Traditions, and Customs	1892	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
356	John Quick and Robert Garran.	The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth	1901	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25
359	Edward Herbert.	The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth.	1683	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
380		Early Voyages to Terra Australis Now Called Australia:	1859	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
390		The organization of Chinese emigration 1848-1888 : with special reference to Chinese emigration to Australia by/ Sing-wu Wang..	1978	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 444.50
269	Robert Smith Noel Counihan	Noel Counihan Prints 1931-1981	1981	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 412.75

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.