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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | A.T. Yarwood; S. M. Onslow; C. H. Currey; Elena Grainger | EARLY AUSTRALIAN SETTLERS X 4 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 307 | Freda MacDonnell; Cedrick Emanuel; Geoffrey Scott; Melbourne University Press; Isadore Brodsky; Cyril Pearl | SYDNEY HISTORY |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 308 | Gordon Sheldon; Robert Ingpen; Robert Murray; Kate White; Paul McGuire | TRADES IN AUSTRALIA X 5 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 309 | C. E. W. Bean; Philippa Poole; Paul Hamlyn; Patsy Adam-Smith; Lyn Macdonald; Tim Lycett; bill Gammage; Steven L. Carruthers | AUSTRALIAN MILITARY |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 310 | Keith Dunstan; Beryl Henderson; Peter Taylor; Raffaello Carboni; James Backhouse Walker; Manning Clark; Carmel Bird; Geoffrey Blainey | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 311 | Mrs HR Haweis | 1877 CHAUCER FOR CHILDREN HAWEIS |
1877 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 312 | Paul Lacroix | ART OF MIDDLE ARTS & RENAISSANCE - ADHB 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1891 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 313 | Charles Dickens; Frank Reynolds | DICKEN'S PICKWICK PAPERS ILLUS. REYNOLDS 1910 |
c.1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 314 | John Leighton | FEMALE ARISTOCRACY 1863 - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | 1863 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 315 | Lord Brougham; John Leighton | PORTRAITS OF EMINENT PEOPLE - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 316 | Charles Knight; John Leighton | OLD ENGLAND JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1860-70 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 317 | Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham | 1911 WAGNER'S SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT GODS ILLUS RACKHAM |
London; New York | 1911 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | Oliver Goldsmith; W. Lee Hankey | GOLDSMITH'S DESERTED VILLAGE ILLUS. W LEE HANKEY |
London | 1909 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 319 | Catherine Winkworth; John Leighton (1822 - 1912); E Armitage; Ford Madox Brown(1821-1893) | 1868 LYRA GERMANICA: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
London | 1868 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 320 | Catherine Winkworth; John Leighton (1822 - 1912); E Armitage; Ford Madox Brown(1821-1893) | 1868 LYRA GERMANICA: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING. |
London | 1868 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 321 | Jules Sandeau; Emile Bayard; Antoine Lenegre (1819?-1867) | MADELEINE HETZEL COLLECTION ANTOINE LENEGRE 19THC FRENCH BINDING |
c.1880 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | J Lermont; Paul Deste; Jean Engel (1800-1892) | LERMONT HETZEL COLLECTION JEAN ENGEL 19THC FRENCH BINDING |
c.1887 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 323 | Jules Verne | JULES VERNE HETZEL 19TH C FRENCH BINDING. |
Paris | mid 1870s | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 324 | Henry Noel Humphries | 1845 ILLUMINATED CALENDAR - HENRY NOEL HUMPHRIES |
1845 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 325 | AF Lydon; Alexander Francis Lydon (1837? -1917) | ENGLISH LAKES LYDON 19TH C BINDING. |
London | 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 326 | Birket Foster; Harrison Weir; L.E. Barker; T. Creswick; E.V.B.; J. Wolf; David Cox; Scott; Burns; Izaak Walton | 1860S POETRY ANTHOLOGY - CHARLES GRIFFIN |
London | c.1867 | AUD 250.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 327 | Thomas A Croal; AF Lydon; Alexander Francis Lydon (1837? -1917) | 1882 SCOTTISH LOCH SCENERY LYDON |
London | 1882 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 328 | Henry Vizetelly; Myles Birket Foster(1825-1899) | 1899 CHRISTMAS WITH POETS - 19TH C GIFT BOOK |
London | 1869 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 329 | Harrison Weir(1824-1906) | POETRY OF NATURE BY HARRISON WEIR 1872 |
1861 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 330 | Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby (1823–1873); Mary Kirby (1817–1893) | 1872 KIRBY'S BEAUTIFUL BIRDS |
London | 1872 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
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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.