Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates, 177, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026

Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201		A Voyage Through the Islands of the Pacific Ocean: Compiled from the most authentic and recent authorities.	in London	1831	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
202	by Reverend Henry T Cheever.	The Island World of the Pacific being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and Other Parts of Polynesia.	Glasgow and London	[c1851].	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
203		A small lot of Manesty Machines Ephemera c1941. Including 1) Manesty Table Making Machinery.		c1941.	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
204		NSW Parliamentary Paper.		1922	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
205		Notable South Australians or colonists Past and Present by GE Loyau.	Adelaide	1885	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 190.50
206		The Victorian Government Prize Essays, 1860.	Melbourne	1861	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
207		Guide to the Jenolan Caves New South Wales by O Trickett.	Sydney:	1915	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
208		1) Point Piper Past & Present by G. Nesta Griffiths. 2) An Introduction to the Geology of New South Wales by C.A Sussmilch,		1970. 1914	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
209	by William Leggatt.	The Theory and Practice of Jute Spinning Being a Complete Description of the Machines Used in the Preparation and Spinning of Jute Yarns	Dundee	1916	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
210	Edited by H W Bates	Illustrated Travels: A Record Of Discovery, Geography, And Adventure in All Parts Of The World :	London	N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
211		The Gold-Fields Of Victoria. Reports Of The Mining Registrars For The Quarter Ended 30th September 1884.		1884	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
212		Bibliography of Australia 1784 to 1900 by John Alexander Ferguson.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
213	Austin H Platt	Two etchings by Austin H Platt of Sydney Buildings. 1) Sydney Church of England Grammar School 2) Sydney Town Hall		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
214	Graham Reed	Graham Reed Slide Collection Four boxes of 35mm slides		N/A	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
215	Graham Reed	Graham Reed Cricket Collection. Three small boxes and an A3 folder. Folder Trinity Boys Sporting group photographs		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
216		Sydney Cricket Ground 1963 Panorama of the 5th Test Match between England and Australian on the 16th February 1963.		1963	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 444.50
218		Four Baxter portraits. 1) Colour of Jenny Dean's Interview with the Queen. 2) Lady Portrait. 3) Lady Portrait with Two children, 4) Lady in a hat.		N/A	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
219	by Gavin Greenlees with introduction by Nevill Drury	The Art of Rosaleen Norton	Sydney	1982	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
220		Colorphobia - An Exposure of The "White Australia" Fallacy by Gizen-No.-Teki.		1903	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
221	by George Lacon James.	Shall I Try Australia? Or Health business and Pleasure In New South Wales. Forming A Guide to the Australian Colonies for the Emigrant Settler and Business Many		1892	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
222		The Australian Emigrant - A Rambling Story Containing As Much Fact As Fiction. by G.H. Haydon with Illustrations by Watts Phillips.		1854	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 215.90
223	Illustrated by Grandville.	The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with A Memoir of the Author, and An Essay on His Writings.		1850	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
224		Thomas Bewick and His Pupils by Austin Dobson.		1884	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
225	Colelcted by Mrs. K. Langloh Parker. With Introduction by Andrew Lang.	Australian Legendary Tales. Folk-Lore of The Noongahburrahs as told to the piccaninnies.		1897	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 152.40
226	by Henry Stuart Russell.	The genesis of Queensland: an account of the first exploring journeys to and over Darling Downs: the earliest days of their occupation; social life; station seeking; the course of discovery, northward and westward; and a resume of the causes which led to		1989	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000