Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Enchanting World of Books: illustrated books, gift books, publisher bindings, art and history, A181, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 19, 2026 - April 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Max Dupain | MAX DUPAIN AND AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE |
1963; 1982 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 | |
| 257 | Michael Baume; Robert Emerson Curtis | SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE X 2 |
Sydney | 1967 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | Charles White; Bill Wannan; Greg Dening; George Mackaness; Russel Ward | AUSTRALIAN CONVICT HISTORIES X 8 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | John Cobley | SYDNEY COVE, JOHN COBLEY X 5 |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 | |
| 260 | Peter Slater | AUSTRALIAN BIRDS |
1983 | AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 261 | John Cobley; C.J Smee; Michael Flynn; Mollie Gillen | SECOND AND FOURTH FLEET X 5 |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 262 | Gregory Blaxland; George Mackaness; Chris Cunningham | BLUE MOUNTAINS EXPLORATION |
1813-1841 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 263 | Peter Stanbury; David Liddle | THE BLUE MOUNTAINS X 2 |
1988; 1987 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 264 | Cecily Joan Mitchell; Judy White | HUNTER VALLEY X 3 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 265 | James Backhouse Walker; John West | TASMANIA X 2 |
1950; 1981 | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 266 | Nancy Keesing | AUS CONVICT CRIME HISTORY |
Sydney | 1979 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 267 | Anne Robertson; D.J Carr; Brian Adams | EARLY AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC BOTANY |
1988; 1987 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 268 | Ellis; Alan Atkinson; Helen Irving; Ernest Favenc; John Ritchie | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY - COLONIAL TO FEDERATION |
1955; 1999; 1988; 1983; 1997 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 269 | Governor Phillip; M Barnard Eldershaw | GOVERNOR PHILLIP |
Sydney | 1980; 1938 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 270 | Alan Moorehead; Max Colwell | COOPER CREEK, BURK AND WILLS |
1963; 1971 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 271 | F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt | THE LETTERS OF F.W. LUDWIG LEICHHARDT |
1967 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 272 | J. W. Turner; Lionel Long; Brian Davies; John Windross; J. P Ralston | NEWCASTLE X 3 |
1973; 1980; 1978 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 273 | Richard Hough; William Bligh; John Bach; Paul Brunton | BLIGH X 4 |
1972 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 274 | Ian Jones; Keith Dunstan | NED KELLY |
1995; 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 275 | Hazel King; Brian H. Fletcher; Ged Martin; Eris O'Brien; L. F. Crisp; James Broadbent; Joy Huges | MACQUARIE TO FEDERATION X 7 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 276 | Anne Summers; J. W. C. Cumes | WOMEN AUSTRALIA COLONISATION X 2 |
1975 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 277 | DONALD BRADMAN 1936 |
1936 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 278 | Paul Fidlon; R.J. Ryan; Jonathan King; John King | PHILIP GIDLEY KING |
Sydney | 1980; 1981 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 279 | Isadore Brodsky; Peter Coleman; Les Tanner; Norman Lindsay; James. R. Tyrell; Jonathan King | JOURNALISM IN AUSTRALIA X 5 |
1965 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 280 | Ross Fitzgerald; Mark Hearn; Hon. H.V Evatt | RUM REBELLION |
1943 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 25.40 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.