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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | Fred Leist | From The Australian Front Shapnel and Smiles |
London | 1917 | AUD 80.00 - 150.00 | AUD 50.80 |
| 128 | Hardy Wilson | Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania |
Sydney | 1924 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 129 | Frederick McCubbin | The Art of Frederick McCubbin: Forty-five Illustrations in Colour and Black and White, with Essay by James MacDonald and some remarks on Australian Art by the Artist |
Melbourne | 1916 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 130 | S.T. Gill | The Australian Sketch-Book |
Melbourne | 1974 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 131 | George Grosz | Interregnum |
1976 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 133 | Agricola | Description Of The Barossa Range And Its Neighbourhood In South Australia |
Adelaide | 1979 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 134 | Samuel Rush Meyrick; Charles Hamilton Smith | The Costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands, from the earliest periods to the sixth century; to which is added, that of the Gothic nations on the Western coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes |
London | 1821 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 135 | Peter Haining | Movable Books - An Illustrated History |
1979 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 136 | Karel Kupka | Illustrated Coffee tray with Australian fauna |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 137 | Pierre Gusman | Pompei: La Ville - Les Moeurs - Les Arts |
Paris | c1899 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 138 | Wilhelm Fraknoi | Chronica Hungorum Impressa budae 1473 |
Budapest | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 139 | Jean Porcher; Mario Salmi | French Miniatures from Illuminated Manuscripts; Italian Miniatures |
London | 1960; 1957 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 140 | Hugh Ross Williamson | Pavane For A Dead Infanta |
London | 1972 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 141 | Franz von Dingelstedt | Das Weserthal von Munden bis Minden |
Cassel | 1840 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 142 | Edgar Allan Poe | The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With original memoir |
London | 1858 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 603.25 |
| 143 | E Powys Mathers | The Eastern Anthology |
London | 1927 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 144 | Dulcie Deamer; Marjorie Quinn; Ethel Turer; J H M Abbott; C H Bertie; Wilfred Birkett; Frank Daly Davison; Ion Idriess; Banjo Paterson; Mary Gilmore; Katherine Susannah Prichard | The Sydney Mail Wednesday April 10 1935 |
1935 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 145 | B. H. G Arkwright | ...Between Cup & Lip |
London | 1920 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 146 | MIH Brooker; DA Kleinig | Field Guide to Eucalypts. South-Eastern Australia Volumes 1-3 |
Melbourne | 1993; 1990; 1994 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 147 | Maurice Maesterlinck | Theatre |
1901 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 148 | E C Andrews | NSW Department of Mines Geological Mines Mineral Resources Number 18 The Canbelego, Budgery, and Budgerygar Mines. Part 2 Cobar Copper and Goldfield |
Sydney | 1913 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 149 | J E Carne | NSW Department of Mines Geological Survey . Mineral Resources No. 10 The Antimony-Mining Industry and The Distribution of Antimony Ores in New South Wales |
Sydney | 1912 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 150 | E C Andrews | NSW Department of Mines Geological Survey. Mineral Resources No. 17 Report on the Cobar Copper and Gold-Field Part 1 |
1911 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 151 | W. Baldwin Spencer; A.W. Howitt; Maiden; Cleland | Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria; Transactions of the Royal Society of NSW |
Victoria; NSW | 1889; 1891; 1892; 1917 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 25.40 |
| 152 | Monique Dossenbach; Hans D. Dossenbach; William Anderson; Wim Swaan | Irish Horses; The Northern World |
Europe | ND | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | 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.