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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 381 | Eugenue M. Ettenberg; F C Avis | TYPE FOR BOOKS AND ADVERTISING |
1948; 1959 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 382 | Clive Turnbull; Tristan Buesst | THE ART OF RUPERT BUNNY |
c.1947 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 383 | Johannes Stahl; Christine Dew; Alison Young; Nicholas Ganz | STREET ART |
2009; 2007 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 384 | Robin Graham with Ronald Roy; D.J. Carr; Warwick Orme | ORCHIDS ART |
1983; 2004 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 385 | J.C. L. Fitzpatrick | HAWKESBURY HISTORY |
1923; 1992 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 386 | Sandhya Mulchandani | INDIAN ART AND LITERATURE |
2006; 1997 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 387 | Geoffrey R. Pocklington | BOY'S OWN ANNUAL |
1928-1929 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 388 | Robert Bustard; Gilbert P. Whitley; Eric Worrell; Robin Levett; Neville S. Pledge; Steve Parish & Karin Cox; V.J. Stanek; R.M. Younger; John Stackhouse | AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS |
1970; 1964 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 285.75 | |
| 389 | Ronald Strahan; Neville W. Cayley; Terrence R. Lindsey | NEVILLE W. CAYLEY |
1987; 1984; 1986 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 390 | John W. Reps | CANBERRA HISTORY |
1970; 1997; 1978-1983 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 391 | Aihara Kyoki; mark Holborn | JAPANESE HISTORY AND ART |
1998; 2000 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 392 | Christopher Fyfe; Henry B. Smith | AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 393 | ILLUSTRATED RELIGIOUS HISTORY |
1995; 2004; 2010 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 394 | AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION REPORTS |
N/A | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 349.25 | ||
| 395 | Maurice Ryan | HISTORY OF NORCO |
1984 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 396 | John Cash Neild | SONGS' NEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS 1896 |
1896 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 397 | Robert van Gulik | FIRST EDITION ROBERT VAN GULIK |
1964 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 398 | R. Geddes Crawford | HELENE OF THE MOUNTAINS |
1937 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 399 | Bell & Sanders; Max Angus; Martin Hawes | TASMANIAN WILDERNESS |
1975; 1981 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 400 | Frank Hurley; Michael Terry; Ernest Hill; Ion Idriess; Hudson Fysh; Patterson; McKeown | WALKABOUT MAGAZINE 1938-9 |
1938-1939; 1941; 1936 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 401 | Phil May; Bruce Bairnsfather; Cecil Hartt | PHIL MAY AND OTHER WARTIME CARTOONISTS |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 402 | CRUSADE THROUGH THE EAST AND AUSTRALASIA. |
London; Glasgow | 1892 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 403 | Sir Edgar Collins Boehm | PERSIAN GULF AND SOUTH SEAS BOEHM 1904 |
London | 1904 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 404 | George Eastman | CHRONICLES OF AN AFRICAN TRIP EASTMAN 1927 |
Rochester, NY | 1927 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 405 | 1937 AROUND THE WORLD TRIP DIARY |
1937 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 114.30 |
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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.