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

Page Size: 509 items in 21 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
30	R. Morris Smith	1877 PHILADELPHIA FAMILY GENEALOGY	Philadelphia	1877	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
31	Muriel Hawker; Kenneth G. Bergin	1922 AMY JOHNSON'S BOOK	London; Bristol	1922; 1949	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
32	J. T. Finn	1947 CHARLEVILLE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS		1947	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
33	T.D. Wanliss	1885 BRITISH UNITY BY WANLISS	Edinburgh; Ballarat	1885; ND	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
34	J. Morlent	1865 NEW CALEDONIA ADVENTURE	Tours	1865	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
35	George Butler Earp	1853 GOLD FIELDS DIARY	London	1853	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
36	Joseph Furphy; Kate Baker	1916 POEMS OF JOSEPH FURPHY	Melbourne	1916	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
37		1934 MARTYRS OF TOLPUDDLE	London	1934	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
38	G T Nuttall	1938 QUEENSLAND CATTLE BREEDING	Brisbane	1938	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
39	W.H.E. Wanklyn	1908 AUSTRALASIAN RACEHORSES	Christchurch	1908	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
40	E H Coombe	1910 HISTORY OF GAWLER	Adelaide	1910	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
41		BARHAM NSW HISTORY JOURNAL	Barham N.S.W.	1986-1992	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
42	John Wrathall Bull	1884 COLONIAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA	Adelaide	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
43		1888 AUSTRALIAN ALMANACS	Melbourne; London; Carlton; Aldermanbury	1888; 1892; c. 1890; 1896; c. 1885; 1896; 1888	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
44	Richard Lydekker	1894 THYLACINE & MONOTREMES	London	1894	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
45	John Fitzherbert Bateman; Robert Coombes	1852 ROWING AT CAMBRIDGE	Cambridge	1852	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
46	Jean Larteguy; Xan Fielding	1961 JEAN LARTEGUY - CENTURIONS	London	1961	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
47		1866 NEW TESTAMENT IN WELSH	Cambridge	1866	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
48		1912 ADELAIDE MIDWIFERY AWARD	Adelaide	1912	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
49	S. Baring-Gould	1911 SWABIAN ALPS IN BAVARIA	London	1911	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
50	Sir Thomas Browne; Geoffrey Keynes	1939 RELIGIO MEDICI BY THOMAS BROWNE	New York; Eugene	1939	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
51	J.L. Hoad	SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HOTELS	Adelaide	1986	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 88.90
52	Theodore Zeldin	OXFORD HISTORY OF FRANCE		1973	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
53		1920 GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL.		1920-1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
54	Arthur Morrison; Sidney Paget	1895 ARTHUR MORRISON CRIME FICTION	London	1895	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’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, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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.