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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 331 | SC Hall | 19TH C. PAPER-MACHE BINDING WITH TORTOISESHELL EFFECT X2 |
London | 1874; 1873 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 332 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1853 LONGFELLOW: HYPERION ILLUS. FORSTER - LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | 1853 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 333 | 1863 ENGLISH POEMS 19TH C BINDING |
London | 1863 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 334 | Robert Buchanan | BUCHANAN BALLADS 19TH C BINDING |
c1866 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 335 | Lionel Ball | TIN COPPER SILVER MINING QUEENSLAND |
N/A | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 336 | L F Harper; J C H Mingaye | NSW MINERAL RESOURCES |
1916 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 337 | Alfred Tennyson | MAY QUEEN - ALFRED TENNYSON - ILLUMINATED BOOK |
London | c1872 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 338 | HUMMING BIRDS - HAND COLOURED PLATES 1856 |
London | 1856 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 339 | Frances (Fanny) Ridley Havergal (1836-1879); William Henry Havergal; Baroness Helga von Cramm (1840–1919) | FR HAVERGAL ILLUSTRATED BY HELGA VON CRAMM |
London | 1883; 1880 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 340 | Jean Ingelow; Dora Greenwell; Mrs. Tom Taylor; the Hon. Mrs Norton; Amelia B. Edwards; Jennett Humphreys; the Author Of "John Halifax Gentleman"; Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–75) | GIFT BINDING ILLUS. BY AB HOUGHTON |
London | 1865 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 341 | Henry Noel Humphreys | 1852 ART IN EUROPE - COLOUR PLATES |
1852 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 342 | Honore de Balzac; Jean de Bosschere | BALZAC BODLEY HEAD ILLUS. JEAN DE BOSSCHERE |
London | 1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 343 | David Cecil; SN Behrman (pseudonym Max Beerbohm); John Felstiner; Mary M Lago; Karl Beckson; JG Riewald; Max Beerbohm; Rupert Hart-Davis | MAX BEERBOHM |
London; New York | 1966; 1960; 1973; 1975; 1977; 1957; 1964; 1969 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 344 | Helen Beauclerk; Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) | GREEN LACQUER PAVILION ILLUS. DULAC |
London | 1926 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 345 | Henry Van Dyke; Margaret Neilson Armstrong | ART NOUVEAU COVER DESIGNED BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG |
1919 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 346 | Albert G. Mackey | LEXICON OF FREEMASONRY |
ND | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 347 | Keith A. Johnson; Malcolm R. Sainty | SYDNEY GRAVESTONE WITH LETTER BY LIONEL GILBERT |
1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 348 | KUWAITI HERITAGE |
2002 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 349 | Vince Kelly | SIGNED VINCE KELLY 1ST ED |
1958 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 350 | SIGNED JOH BJELKE PETERSEN |
1990 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 351 | PJ Keating | SIGNED PJ KEATING |
2011 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 352 | Dawn Fraser | SIGNED DAWN FRASER |
2001 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 353 | William N. Jeffers | NAUTICAL SURVEYING 1878 |
1878 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 354 | C.J. | JONATHAN PEEL |
1909 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 355 | "Cockney Tom" | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COCKNEY TOM |
1881 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 |
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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.