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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | Stieg Larsson | STIEG LARSSON |
New York | 2009 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 433 | Leslie Stead | BIGGLES FIRST EDITIONS |
London; Leicester | 1953; 1954; 1957; 1956 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 434 | Clifford Craig | CLIFFORD CRAIG OLD TASMANIAN PRINTS |
1964; 1984; 1986 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 435 | John C. Brasfield | THE ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 1938 |
1938 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 437 | Francois Peron; Jacques Lougnon | VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS |
Moulins | 1982; 1937 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 438 | Ricardo S. Hermelo; Jose M. Sobral; Felipe Fliess | URUGUAY FORM THE ANTARCTIC IN 1903 |
2004 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 439 | Campbell & David Beardsell; Dailan Pugh; Adriane Strampp; David Beardsell | CLIFTON PUGH A YEAR OF ORCHIDS |
1983 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 440 | J.R. Rowland; Patrick De Heriz | LIMITED PRIVATE PRESS |
1975 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 441 | W.G. Acocks | NSW LAND LAWS 1901 |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 442 | Randolph Caldecott | 1883 RANDOLPH CALDECOTT AESOP'S FABLES |
London | c. 1885; 1883 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 443 | Sandra McGrath; John Olsen | 1981 SIGNED JOHN OLSEN DESERT ART |
Sydney | 1981 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 444 | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1887 ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
London | 1918; 1887; 1890 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 445 | Gahan Wilson | 2009 PLAYBOY CARTOONS BY GAHAN WILSON |
Seattle | 2009 | AUD 160.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 446 | Xavier Herbert | 1975 XAVIER HERBERT SIGNED FIRST EDITION |
Sydney | 1975 | AUD 160.00 - 200.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 447 | Roger T. & Vivienne M. Peterson | 1990 AUDUBON'S BIRDS DELUXE FOLIO |
New York | 1990 | AUD 160.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 448 | Cyril Falls; Rudyard Kipling | 1891 RUDYARD KIPLING |
London | 1915; 1900; 1891; September 1891; 1910 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 449 | Catherine Winkworth; Reverend R.M. M'Cheyne | 1869 CHRISTIAN LIFE FINE BINDING |
London; Aberdeen | 1869; c. 1860 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 450 | Sir Walter Scott; Howard Chandler; Bertha Stuart | SCOTT'S LADY OF THE LAKE ILLUS. HC CHRISTY |
Indianapolis | 1910 | AUD 180.00 - 220.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 451 | 1878-9 ILLUSTRATED LONDON ALMANACK |
1878; 1879 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 452 | Bernard Shaw | 1934 PREFACES OF BERNARD SHAW |
London | 1934 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 453 | Robert Bryden | HANDWRITTEN 19TH CENTURY |
1846-7 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 454 | JG Lockhart | ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS - ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES |
London | 1841 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 455 | Walter Thornbury | HISTORICAL & LEGENDARY BALLADS BY THORNBURY 1876 |
London | 1876 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 456 | Henry James; Joseph Pennell | JAMES HENRY'S ITALIAN HOURS ILLUS. PENNELL |
London | 1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 457 | Austin Dobson; Hugh Thomson | AUSTIN DOBSON X2 ILLUS HUGH THOMSON |
London | 1893; 1895 | AUD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
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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.