Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books on Mining, Geology, Medicine, History, Military And More, 20126, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 01, 2026 - February 01, 2026
Page Size: 345 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 FLOYER, Sir John and BAYNARD, Dr. Edward.

The History of Cold Bathing, both Antient and Modern Together with the wonderful effects of the bath-water, drunk hot from the pump, in decay'd stomachs, and in most diseases of the bowels, liver, and spleen, &c.

London 1732 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 381.00
2 FIELDING, Henry.

The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon.

London 1755 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
3 QUICK, John and GARRAN, Robert Randolph.

The Annotated Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth.

Sydney and Melbourne 1901 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,397.00
4 MILTON, John.

Paradise Regain' A Poem in Four Books Volume the first..

London 1753 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 603.25
5 GREENE, Graham.

Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes.

London 1983 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
6 TISSOT, Samuel Auguste.

L'Onanisme. Dissertation sur les maladies produites par la masturbation Quatrieme edition, considerablement augmentee.

Lausanne 1768 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
7 The Book of Common Prayer.

Cambridge, printed by John Parker for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1840.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 762.00
8 [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.

Adelaide 1880 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
9

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

London circa 1900 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
10 BLACKMAN, Barbara.

Certain Chairs, A Table or Two and other Inanimates of Our Acquaintance.

St. Lucia 1968 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
11 ELLIS, Bret Easton.

Imperial Bedrooms.

London 2010 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
12 SMITH, Sir Ross.

The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia.

Sydney 1920 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
13 CASTILLO, Antonio del.

El devoto peregrino, viage de Tierra Santa.

Madrid 1705 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 825.50
14 WILKINSON, Tate.

The Wandering Patentee; Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time.

York 1795 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 635.00
15

Single leaf of a manuscript on parchment, 222 x 296 mm., in a mount with the old $75 price stamp of Rusack's Antiques of Berwyn Illinois, presumably a business now long closed.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
16 SPEIRS, Hugh.

Landscape Art and the Blue Mountains. The artistic, historical, and environmental influences upon the landscape art of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.

Sydney 1981 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
17 HARDY, Philip Dixon (editor).

The Dublin Penny Journal.

1834-1835. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
18 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, [Henri-Louis].

Traite de la conservation des grains, et en particulier du froment.

Paris 1754 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
19

Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis

Venice 1714 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
20 BRETON, William Henry.

Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia, and Van Dieman's Land, During The Years 1830, 1831, 1832, And 1833.

London 1833 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 381.00
21 MARTIN, John.

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.

London 1818 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
22 CAPOTE, Truman.

A text book signed by Truman Capote as a minor attending military school: William Rabenort's Geography of Asia, Africa and Australia,

1918 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
23 FLINDERS, Matthew.

A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that Vast Country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator Facsimile of the 1814 edition,

1966 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 508.00
24 HENNINGES, Hieronymus.

Secundi et Tertii Regni in Quarta Monarchia pars altera, Prior Continens Genealogicis Tabellis Comprehensas Familias Invictissimorum Imperatorum

Magdeburg 1598 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
25 [Saint Bernard of Clairveaux].

Sancti Bernardi Abbatis Primi Clarae-Vallensis.

Paris 1690 AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 349.25
  • 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.