Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Mining, Natural History, Exploration, Art books and First editions, A182, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 01, 2026 - May 01, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | W. Ramsay SMITH | On Race Culture and the Conditions that Influence it in South Australia |
Adelaide | 1912 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 254 | G.W. Cotton; William Epps; Frederick Mills; George Adams; William Thornley; Arthur Wilson | Mixed lot of Australian pamphlets and publications |
Adelaide; Sydney; Melbourne; Hobart; Perth | late colonial; 1885; 1892; 1896; circa 1920; 1947; 1946; 1916 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 255 | R. S. SAMPSON | Through Central Australia |
Perth | 1933 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 256 | Alan Marshall | The Complete Stories Of Alan Marshall |
1977 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 257 | Nicolas Barker; James Moran; N.G.L Hammond; H.H.Scullard; Alan G. Thomas | The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning, 1468-1978; Printings Presses: History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times; The Oxford Classical Dictionary Second Edition; Great Books and Book Collectors |
1978; 1973; 1975 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 258 | Judy White | Speeches by Sir David Griffin 1972 - 1996 |
N.S.W. | 2008 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 259 | Judy White; Marjorie Tipping; Michael O'Brien; Colin Renfrew; J.M. Synge | Family Album 1822-1986; Melbourne on The Yarra; Drawings of Cork; Tocal; Investigating in Orkney; Memories; Victoria 1920-1960; My Wallet of Photographs |
1993; 1971 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 260 | Richard Scoerer; Irving Rosenwater; Robert M. Yerkes; Brian Froud; Alan Lee; Sir Thomas More | Spacious Skies The ultimate cloud book; Sir Donald Bradman a biography; The Great Apes. A Study of the Anthropoid Life; Faeries; The Workes of Sir Thomas More |
1953; 1978 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 261 | Trevor E. Hunt; E.E Prescot; Harold Goldsack; L. Cady; Herbert J. King | A folder containing books on the studies or orchids |
South Queensland; North Queensland; Victoria | 1917; 1945; 1981 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 262 | J.J. Smith | Four Books on Orchids; New Papuasian Orchids a translation of the text of; Neue Orchideen Papusaiens; The Orchids of Dutch New Guinea |
Essendon | 1990 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 263 | R. Schlechter; Rudolf Schechter; Mark A. Clements; A. Thorne; P. Cribb; peter O'Byrne; R.J Johns; A. J. M. Hay; J.B. Williams | A complete Translation of the Dendrobium Group from ''Die Orchidaceen Von Deutsch New Guinea''; Revision of The Orchids of German Samoa; Contributions to the Knowledge of the Flora of New Caledonia; New Caledonia Field Expeditions 1992; Orchids of the Sol |
New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands | 1986; 1992; 1976 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 264 | Australian Native Orchids set 1 No. 1-8 |
1931 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 241.30 | ||
| 265 | Pixie O'Harris; Ayers and James; Enid Blyton; Sylvia Evans; Nadine Amadio; David Boyd; Anne Rentoul; Ida Rentoul | The Fairy who couldn't Fly; Brer Rabbit Rides the Fox; The Poppy Story Book; The tenth holiday book; Before I go to sleep; Tail Up, The story of Manna; The Cloudman; The Lady of the Blue Beads; Disney Mickey House Annual; Blossom A Fairy Story; Marmaduke |
Sydney | N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 266 | David Moore; Rodney Hill; Ronald Huntford; Lartigue; David Bailey; Marc Riboud; Geoffrey Holder; Max Dupain | Australia image of a Nation; The Amundsen Photographs; Lartigue photographs 1970-1982; A.D.A.M; Marc Riboud; Photographs at Home and Abroad; Georgian Architecture in Australia |
Australia | 1970-1982 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 267 | "Georgius"; W. McLeod; Sir Oswald Brierly; Skinner Prout; Calvert; Armytage; J. Carr; T.Baines; S.T. Gill; Captain Forrest; Nicholas Chevalier | Australian Art in the Sixties A Book of Engravings |
Melbourne | 1915 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 268 | Sydney F. Page; Wizard Smith; Steve Simpson | A box of interesting ephemera and books |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 269 | Arthur Hoyle; Alex S. George; Paul Brunton; Captain Watkin Tench; William Dampier | The Life of John Hunter; Willian Dampier in New Holland; Mathew Flinders Personal letters from an extraordinary life; A narrative of the expedition to botany bay; A Voyage to the South Sea |
Botany Bay | 1938; 1969 | AUD 100.00 - 130.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 270 | John Thomson; Dennis Adler; Andrew Clarke | The Good old days of motoring in and around Armidale; The Motor Manual; Twelve Photographic Postcards in Colour Illustrating the motor Trip Around Table Mountain; Daimler and Benz; The Complete History; The New south Wales Cyclists’ Touring Union Guide…; |
Armidale; Cape Town; Sydney; Melbourne; Western Australia | 31st; 24th; 30th edition; circa 1930; 1898; circa 1950 | AUD 100.00 - 130.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 271 | The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela |
Boston | 1996 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 272 | Robert Fox | Camera in Conflict. The Hulton Getty Picture Collection. Armed Conflict - Bewaffnete Konflikte - Conflits armes (Volume 1) |
1996 | AUD 60.00 - 80.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 273 | Louisa Anne Meredith | My Home in Tasmania |
1979 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 274 | West Australian Wildflowers; Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales |
1945; 1937 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 275 | Poems of Tennyson 1829-1868; The Poetical Works of Wordsworth |
1929; 1928 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 276 | Alan Hinton | Sea Shells of New Zealand; Guide to Shells of Papua New Guinea; Goldfish In Australia |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 277 | Photographies et Fleurs de Terre Sainte |
Jerusalem | 1900s | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | 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.