Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Philosophy, Religion, The Arts Modern Firsts, Entomology and more, A175, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 22, 2026 - February 22, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151		Christopher Isherwood x3 1st UK ed.		1964	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
152	Jack Kerouac	The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac	London	1960	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 165.10
153	Philip Hennessey	I Have Sinned by Philip Hennessey	Sydney	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
154		Malcolm Bradbury x2 - 1st & Proof		1976	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
155	John Irving	Trying to Save Piggy Sneed	New York	1996	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
156	JB Castieau	The Reminiscences of Detective-Inspector Christie		c.1915	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
157		Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine April- September 1819	Edinburgh	1819	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
158		The Melbourne Review Vol V January to October, 1880	Melbourne	1880	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
159		Report of the Forestry Branch 1909		1909	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
160		Journal of Landsborough's Expedition From Carpentaria, In Search Of Burke and Wills	Melbourne	1862	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
161	M Fennell and A Grey	Nucoorilma Aboriginal people of Tingha NSW		1974	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
162	Kenneth Binns, editor	Handbook For Canberra Prepared for Members of ANZAAS on the Occasion of the Meeting held in Canberra January 1939		1939-01-01	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 215.90
163		The Channel islands Painted		1904	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
164		Martin Hewitt Investigator	London	1895	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
165	Burton J Hendrick	The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page		1923	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
166	Foster Damon	A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake	Providence, Rhode Island	1965	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
167		On the Other Side of the World: Extracts from the letters of Winthrop Sargent Gilman Noyes 1926-1927	Octavo	1930	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
168	SL Ollard	The Six Students of St Edmund Hall expelled from the University of Oxford in 1768		1911	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
169	Frederic Wood-Jones	The Principles of Anatomy as Seen in the Hand by Frederic Wood-Jones	London	1920	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
170		Here is Faery	Melbourne	1915	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
171	Commander Crawford Pasco	A Roving Commission. Naval Reminiscences	London	1897	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
172		Rambles and Observations in New South Wales	London	1849	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
173	Henry Hussey	More than Half a Century of Colonial Life and Christian Experience	Adelaide	1897	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
174	Martin Dyson	Australasian Methodist Ministerial General Index	Melbourne	1896	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
175		Australia; Its Scenery, Natural History, and Resources: With a Glance at its Gold Fields [bound with] Australia and its Settlements	London	n.d. [1854]	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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.
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.