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
51	Tom Thompson	I To Eye	Sydney	2011	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
52	R.G. Hackett	South African War Books. An illustrated bibliography of English language publications relating to the Boer War of 1899-1902	London	1994	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
53	Pamela Dawn Oxley and David Anthony Oxley	Not "just ordinary people" : the Keyte family of Major's Creek and Moruya, New South Wales	Seaford	1995	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
54	Annette Condon & Jenny King	Orange & District Pioneer Register to 1888	Orange	1999	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 38.10
55	Canowindra Historical Society and Museum Inc	Canowindra Pioneer Register: Pre-1901	Canowindra	2007	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 38.10
56		Large engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake		circa 1750	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
57	George Eliot	Adam Bede	London	circa 1920	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
58		A cache of ephemera from the Peninsular and Orient steamship company		fifties and sixties	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
59		A cache of ephemera from the Rome Olympics of 1960	Rome	1960	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
60	Lawrence Housman	Stories from the Arabian Nights	London	circa 1930	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
61		Hollywood Stars Portraits		ND	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
62	Sikh Light Infantry Regiment Centre	History of the Sikh Light Infantry	Delhi	1951	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
63	Herbert Sutcliffe	For England and Yorkshire	London	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 38.10
64	Lou Klepac	Tim Storrier		2018	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
65	Keast Burke	National Tribute Night for Harold Cazneaux Programme	Sydney	1952	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
66	Erwin Panofsky	Early Netherlandish Painting. Its Origins and Character	Cambridge	1966	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
67	Walther Bernt	Die niederlandischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts	Munich	1979-1980	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
68		Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Berge	Paris	2007	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
69		5 Books, including: An Important Painting by Rembrandt from a Private Collection		1963; 1969; 1979; 1990; 2005	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
70		11 guide books for the provinces of Italy	Milan	1970s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
71	Lionel Cust	Anthony Van Dyck	London; New York	1911	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 88.90
72	D. Stephen Pepper	Guido Reni. A complete catalogue of his works with an introductory text	Oxford	1984	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
73		3 Books on French Baroque and Nineteenth-Century Interior Decoration	Paris	1956-1957	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
74	Friedrich Hofmann; G.E. Pazaurek; J.V.G. Mallet; Camille Leprince	5 Books on Antique European Porcelain and Ceramics	Munich; Leipzig; Berlin; London; Paris	1908; 1925; 1932; 2007; 2014	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 63.50
75	Alan McNairn; DaCosta Kaufmann; ND; Steffi Roettgen; ND; Rudiger Klessmann	6 Books on Czech, Flemish, Dutch and German Master Painters		1980; 1988; 1992; 1993; 1999; 2006	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	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.