Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Views, Maps, Firsts and Limited editions, 191, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 12, 2026 - July 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | McLaren Ian | CJ Dennis: A Comprehensive Bibliography |
1979 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 128 | Romilly Hugh Hastings | The Western Pacific and New Guinea |
London | 1886 | AUD 280.00 - 320.00 | Unknown |
| 129 | Cousins George | The Story of the South Seas |
1895 | AUD 180.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 130 | McDonald Roger | Mr. Darwin's Shooter; The Ballad of Desmond Kale |
Sydney | 1998;2005 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 131 | Pullin V E | Engineering Radiography |
1934 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 132 | Abraham George D | Swiss Mountain Climbs |
London | 1911 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 133 | Liversidge Archibald | The Minerals of New South Wales |
London | 1888 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 134 | Hartwig G | The Polar and Tropical Worlds |
Guelph, Ont | 1877 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 135 | Pearce Kerry | Woman collecting Bush Plum |
c. 1980s; 1990s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 136 | NSW Gold Mining |
1868; 1874; 1876; 1877 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | ||
| 137 | Wierix Hieronymus (1553–1619) | 4 Plates from Hieronymus Wierix |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 138 | Daumier Honore-Victorin (1808-1879) | 5 Prints by Honore-Victorin Daumier |
1830-1870 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 139 | Leech John (1817–1864) | Alarming prospect - the single ladies off to the diggings; Topsy turvey - or, our Antipodes |
London | 1854; 1864 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 140 | McLaren Jack | My Crowded Solitude |
London | ND (1920s) | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 141 | Apostles |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 142 | Wright Lewis | The Illustrated Book of Poultry |
1873 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 143 | Rapkin; Warren; Rogers | Port Jackson |
1851 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 144 | Mitchell S Augustus | Map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies |
Pennsylvania | 1860 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 145 | Finlayson J; Yaeger J | Geographical, Historical, And Statistical Map Of Peru |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 146 | Menpes Mortimer | 30 Books, including: Japan |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 147 | 23 Books, including: Plumes of Papua new Guinea |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 148 | 28 Books, including: Chinese Creeds and Customs |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 149 | Mexico & Guatemala |
Philadelphia | circa 1850 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 150 | Venezuela New Granada and Ecuador |
New York | circa 1855-1857 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown | |
| 151 | South America |
New York | circa 1855-1857 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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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
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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