Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, early printing, signed firsts, comics and more, A186, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 07, 2026 - June 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willis James | The Harbour of Port Jackson and the City of Sydney New South Wales |
circa 1876 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Views of Sydney |
1886 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 3 | Dumont D'Urville | Ile Boswen, a entree de la baie Jervis |
Paris | 1833 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Lesueur | Two Early Views of Sydney |
N/A | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 5 | Brennan C J; Lindsay Lionel | The Burden Of Tyre |
Sydney | 1953 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Melbourne Oaks Day Race Book 1911 |
1911 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 7 | Melbourne Cup Race Book 1912 |
1912 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,667.00 | ||
| 8 | Von Mueller Ferdinand | Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera |
Melbourne | 1887-1888 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 571.50 |
| 9 | Grose Francis | Land grant issued by Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose |
1789 | AUD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Darwin Charles; Fitzroy Robert; King Philip Parker | Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle |
London | 1839 | AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | The Journal of The Royal Geographical Society Volume the Twenty-Eighth |
London | 1858 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | The Journal of The Royal Geographical Society |
London | 1863 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 13 | Chaucer Geoffrey | The Kelmscott Chaucer |
London | 2008 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 14 | Gastineau Henry | Wales Illustrated In A Series Of Views |
London | N/A | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 15 | Hull A F Basset | The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Stamps of New South Wales |
London | 1911 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Findlay Alexander George | South Pacific Directory |
London | 1863 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Euw Anton Von; Plotzek Joachim M | Die Handschriften der Sammlung Ludwig |
Koln | 1979 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 18 | Beveridge Henry | A Comprehensive History of India |
London | 1871 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 19 | Moore George; Gooden Stephen | The Brook Kerith |
London | 1929 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 20 | Holroyd Michael | Bernard Shaw |
1988 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Lyell Charles | Principles of Geology |
London | 1868 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Lurie Alison | 5 Books, including: Foreign Affairs |
London | 1984; 1988; 1998; 1990; 1994 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Doyle Arthur Conan | The History of Spiritualism |
London | 1926 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 24 | Frazer James | The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead; Folk-Lore in the Old Testament |
London | 1913 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 25 | Hughes Ted | Lupercal |
London | 1951 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 |
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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 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000