Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Rare Books On History, Science And Travel, Including A Selection Of Antique Fine Silver, A171, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 18, 2026 - January 18, 2026

Page Size: 339 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
274		1975 Japanese Mechanic Society Calendar - Woven 73x40cm Fraying		1975	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
295		23 Vintage Bank Notes of Asia, North America, Africa and South America. Condition Various.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
296		14 Vintage European Bank Notes. Condition Various.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
297		Nine Japanese Bank Notes 1938-44.		1938-44	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
298		Ten Japanese Government Occupation in WWII Bank Notes:			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
299		1) 1938 Australia R. 29 One Pound King George VI Sheehan/ McFarlane Australian Predecimal Banknote. Predominantly dark green. Note has small chips and tears, creased lines, foxing.		1938	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
300		Two shelves of very good miscellaneous books. Mostly Australian history. Including Australian Early History, Australian Aboriginal History and Art, Australian Architecture, Art Catalogues, etc.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
301	BLACKET, John.	The Early History of South Australia: A Romantic Experiment in Colonization.	Adelaide	1907	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
302	WILLIAMS, Tennessee.	A Streetcar Named Desire.	London	1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
303		The Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; with an appendix of forms, and a supplement.	Sydney	1840	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
304	DAVIS, Thomas.	The Speeches of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran. Edited, with memoir and historical notices,	Dublin	1868	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
305	THREADGILL, Bessie.	South Australia Land Exploration 1856 to 1880. Adelaide,		1922	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
306	LUBBOCK, Basil.	Bully Hayes. South Sea Pirate.	Boston	1931	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
307	DAVIS, John King.	Willis Island. A Storm Warning Station in the Coral Sea. With an Introductory Chapter by G. Taylor.	Melbourne	1923	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
308	SPATE, O.H.K.	The Spanish Lake. Being the first volume from the series 'The Pacific Since Magellan	Canberra	1979	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
309	GAMBLE, Allan.	Colonial Masterpiece. The Great Hall University of Sydney. Compiled by the artist in 1989		1989	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
310	WENTWORTH, William Charles.	A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia; including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.	London	1824	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 952.50
311		Cache of approximately 80 photography equipment and film supply advertisements		1920's	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
312		White Star Line Colonial Service Passenger List. With offices listed for London, Cape Town, Hobart and Sydney.		1907	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
313		Colonial land grant printed by Ralph Mansfield for the executors of Robert Howe, watermarked 1828 and dated 1 October 1831.		1831	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
314		Map of the City of Dublin and its Environs. Large chromolithographic map of Dublin,	printed by A. Thom and Company (87 Abbey street). Circa	1900	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
315		Cache of ephemeral booklets and fliers from English Universities in the early to mid fifties, especially Cambridge.		early to mid fifties	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
316	THOMAS, Northcote.	Anthropological Report on the Edo-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria. Part I: Law and Custom. Part II: Linguistics.	London	1910	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
317	BEAUREGARD, G. de & GORSSE, H. de.	The Stamp King. Translated from the French by Miss Edith C. Phillips.	London	1899	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
318	STURT, Charles.	An Expedition into the Northwestern Interior of New South Wales 1828	Adelaide	1983	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.