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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | William Shakespeare; W Heath Robinson | HEATH ROBINSON SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT C1908 |
Edinburgh | c1908 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | William Shakespeare; Hugh Thomson | SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON C1909 |
Edinburgh | c1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 132 | William Shakespeare; Hugh Thomson | SHAKESPEARE'S MERRY WIVES ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON |
1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 134 | Oliver Goldsmith | GOLDSMITH'S SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER ILLUS BY HUGH THOMSON C1912 |
London; New York; Toronto | c1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | Hugh Thomson | 1892 ROGER DE COVERLEY ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON |
London | 1892 | AUD 180.00 - 260.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | Robert Herrick; EA Abbey (Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911)) | ROBERT HERRICKS POETRY ILLUSTRATED BY EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY 1882 |
London | 1882 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | Longus; George Thornley; John Austen (John Archibald Austen (1886-1948)) | THORNLEY'S DAPHNIS CHLOE ILLUS. JOHN AUSTEN 1925 |
London | 1925 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 138 | Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) | KAY NIELSEN: EAST OF THE SUN & WEST OF THE MOON |
New York | 1930 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 139 | Eugene Field; Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) | FIELD'S POEMS OF CHILDHOOD ILLUS. MAXFIELD PARRISH |
New York | 1904 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Hugh Thomson | SHERIDAN'S SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL ILLUS HUGH THOMSON |
New York | 1911 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 141 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Abraham Hayward; Will Pogany | GOETHE - FAUST ILLUS BY WILL POGANY |
London | 1908 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 142 | R S Surtees; Joseph Grego; H Alken; Phiz; W Heath | JORROCK'S JAUNTS & JOLLITIES ILLUS ALKEN, PHIZ & HEATH |
London | 1903 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 143 | Adelaide Anne Proctor; Charles Dickens; Horace Harral | 1866 LEGENDS & LYRICS PROCTOR |
1866 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | Richard Wagner; TW Rolleston; Willy Pogany | WAGNER'S TANNHAUSER ILLUS WILL POGANY |
London; Calcutta; Sydney | c1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 145 | M. l'Abbe Delaunay; Ferdinand Denis | 1858 IMITATION OF CHRIST |
Paris | 1858 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 146 | William Edward Hayter Preston; Frank Brangwyn | PRESTON'S WINDMILLS ILLUS. FRANK BRANGWYN - BODLEY HEAD |
London | 1923 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 147 | Edward Fitzgerald; Edmund Dulac | RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM ILLUS. EDMUND DULAC |
Garden city New York | 1930 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 148 | Charles Kingsley; Warwick Goble (1862-1943) | KINGSLEY'S WATER-BABIES ILLUS WARWICK GOBLE 1909 FIRST |
1909 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 149 | Charles Kingsley; WL Taylor; Chas Copeland; GA Teel; JD Woodward | 1887 KINGSLEY - SONG OF THE RIVER |
Boston | 1887 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 150 | HW Dulcken; AB Houghton; Brothers Dalziel | DALZIEL BROTHERS - HAPPY DAY STORIES |
1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 151 | Joseph Marryat | 15-18TH CENTURY POTTERY MARRYAT 1850 |
London | 1850 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 152 | Louisa M Alcott; Harold Copping | LITTLE WOMEN |
London | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 153 | G(eorge).Baxter | BAXTER PAINTINGS |
London | 1837 | AUD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,143.00 |
| 154 | Norman Lindsay | NORMAN LINDSAY HEPTAMERON |
Melbourne | 1976 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 155 | Norman Lindsay; Jane Lindsay | MICOMICANA NORMAN LINDSAY |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
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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.