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

Page Size: 333 items in 14 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Pierre-Jean Beranger	Oeuvres Completes de p. J. de Beranger	Paris	1847	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 88.90
27	J. Beete Jukes	Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern	London	1847	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
28	Abraham Rees	Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Containing an explanation of the terms, and an account of the several subjects in the liberal and mechanical arts, an the sciences, human and divine. With the supplement, and improvements inco	London	1786	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 571.50
29	Sir Douglas Mawson	Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914	Sydney	1922-1931	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
30	W. Saville Kent	A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges	London	1880-1881	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
31	T. W. Edgeworth-David	Geological Maps and Sections of the Coal Measures in the Hunter River District	Sydney	1907	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
32	Whitelaw and Baragwanath	Victorian goldfields maps	Victoria	1923; 1924; 1936	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
33	Archibald Liversidge	Papers from the personal collection of Professor Archibald Liversidge		1874-1881	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 2,286.00
34		Coal Resources of Tasmania	Hobart	1922	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
35	T. S. Eliot	Murder in the Cathedral	London	1935	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
36		Repatriation in Australia. A History of Development to 1958	Melbourne	1961	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
37	Herbert Fairlie Wood and E.H. Ellwand	Strange Battleground. Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea	Ottawa	1966	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
38	John Dos Passos	Midcentury	London	1961	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 63.50
39	Anne Thompson	Book of recopies		circa 1850	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 635.00
40	Tony Curtis	Tony Curtis. The Autobiography	London	1993	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
41	Martin Cruz Smith	Red Square	London	1992	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 25.40
42	J. J. Fletcher	The Macleay Memorial Volume	Sydney	1893	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
43	J.T. Jutson, C. Sidney Honman, Feldtmann	Three rare mining reports on the Coolgardie goldfields	Perth	1921; 1916; 1916	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
44	H. W. B. Talbot and E. de C. Clarke	A Geological Reconnaissance of the Country Between Laverton and the South Australian Border	Perth	1917	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
45	Lionel C Ball	Department of Mines Queensland. Geological Survey Report No. 179. Report on Yorkey's Gold Field and the Marodian Gold and Copper Field		1902	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
46	Edward Simpson, Lawry Waterhouse, G. Urquhart, McIntosh Reid	A pleasing cache of mining reports		1919; 1916; 1915; 1933; 1967; 1919	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	Morley	Christine Keeler poster signed image	Sydney	2011	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 381.00
48	Arthur Wilberforce Jose and Herbert James Carter	The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia	Sydney	1925	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
49	Robert Logan Jack, Gibb Maitland, William Rands, B. Dunstan, Etheridge	Geological Survey of the Queensland Department of Mines	Brisbane	1895-1902	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
50	F. W. Booker	Studies in Permian Sedimentation in the Sydney Basin	Sydney	1961	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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.