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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more

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Auction Name	Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more	Total Sales (AUD)	40,176.45
Auction Date	February 22, 2026 - February 22, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	47,135.00
Sale Number	#A175	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	66,950.00
Total Lots	401
Sold Lots	183.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	111,565.00
% of Lots Sold	45.64%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	155,610.00
Unsold Lots	218	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	25.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
85	William Jardine	The Naturalist Library	1835	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 2,413.00
334		Rossiiskii Imperatorskii Flot (The Russian Imperial Fleet)	1916	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 2,159.00
36	Arthur Upfield	The Bone Is Pointed by Arthur Upfield	1938	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 1,905.00
80	John Milton	Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton	1738	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
231		Landscape Scenery Illustrating Sydney, Paramatta, Richmond, Maitland, Windsor, and Port Jackson, New South Wales 1855	1855	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 825.50
120		Glimpses pf Bendigo	N/A	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 762.00
25		Concordantiae Maiores Sacrorum Bibliorum innumeris mendis iam recens repurgatae... [bound with] Concordantiae quarundam indeclinabilium diction in Bibliius contentarum, secundum ordinem pagina sequenti descriptum...	1540	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
87	C.J. Dennis	Roundabout	1935	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
133		Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes par Rene Antoine Ferchault Reaumur	1737	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
17	Ian Fleming	Thunderball by Ian Fleming	1961	AUD 900.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
51		Sydney Harbour Trust, Port of Sydney, New South Wales 1913	1913	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
236	Amin Jaffer	Furniture From British India and Ceylon - A Catalogue of The Collections in The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Peabody Essex Museum	2001	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
380	Ian Fleming	You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming	1964	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 571.50
16	Ian Fleming	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
323		A large bronze replica of Camille Claudel's "Abandonment" (1905)	-1905	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 539.75
68		Delightful Stories for Good Children	1804	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 508.00
392		Queensland Government Parliamentary Papers concerning Queensland gold fields	N/A	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
97	James Hervey	Meditations and Contemplations	1779	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
113	Henry Rosales	Essay on the origin and distribution of Gold in Quartz Veins and its association with other minerals and on the most improved methods of extracting gold from its matrices	1861	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
332		1) Jacob Van Ruisdael: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings	2001	AUD 650.00 - 750.00	AUD 412.75
28		[KING JAMES BIBLE]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the original tongues: And with the former translations diligently compared and revised	1746	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
58		A Help to a National Reformation	1706	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 381.00
90		Bell's New Pantheon	1790	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
32		Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections	1699	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
60		Life of Buonaparte, to which the atrocities of the first consul are faithfully recorded, and warning to Britons against threatened invasion	1803	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 349.25

Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.

Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.

Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 April

Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.

Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.

Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.