Sydney Rare Book Auctions: The Enchanting World of Books: illustrated books, gift books, publisher bindings, art and history, A181, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 19, 2026 - April 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | A.T. Yarwood; S. M. Onslow; C. H. Currey; Elena Grainger | EARLY AUSTRALIAN SETTLERS X 4 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 307 | Freda MacDonnell; Cedrick Emanuel; Geoffrey Scott; Melbourne University Press; Isadore Brodsky; Cyril Pearl | SYDNEY HISTORY |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 308 | Gordon Sheldon; Robert Ingpen; Robert Murray; Kate White; Paul McGuire | TRADES IN AUSTRALIA X 5 |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 309 | C. E. W. Bean; Philippa Poole; Paul Hamlyn; Patsy Adam-Smith; Lyn Macdonald; Tim Lycett; bill Gammage; Steven L. Carruthers | AUSTRALIAN MILITARY |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 310 | Keith Dunstan; Beryl Henderson; Peter Taylor; Raffaello Carboni; James Backhouse Walker; Manning Clark; Carmel Bird; Geoffrey Blainey | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY |
N/A | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 311 | Mrs HR Haweis | 1877 CHAUCER FOR CHILDREN HAWEIS |
1877 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 312 | Paul Lacroix | ART OF MIDDLE ARTS & RENAISSANCE - ADHB 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1891 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 313 | Charles Dickens; Frank Reynolds | DICKEN'S PICKWICK PAPERS ILLUS. REYNOLDS 1910 |
c.1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 314 | John Leighton | FEMALE ARISTOCRACY 1863 - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | 1863 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 315 | Lord Brougham; John Leighton | PORTRAITS OF EMINENT PEOPLE - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 316 | Charles Knight; John Leighton | OLD ENGLAND JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING |
London | c.1860-70 | AUD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 317 | Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham | 1911 WAGNER'S SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT GODS ILLUS RACKHAM |
London; New York | 1911 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 318 | Oliver Goldsmith; W. Lee Hankey | GOLDSMITH'S DESERTED VILLAGE ILLUS. W LEE HANKEY |
London | 1909 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 319 | Catherine Winkworth; John Leighton (1822 - 1912); E Armitage; Ford Madox Brown(1821-1893) | 1868 LYRA GERMANICA: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
London | 1868 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 320 | Catherine Winkworth; John Leighton (1822 - 1912); E Armitage; Ford Madox Brown(1821-1893) | 1868 LYRA GERMANICA: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE - JOHN LEIGHTON 19TH C BINDING. |
London | 1868 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 321 | Jules Sandeau; Emile Bayard; Antoine Lenegre (1819?-1867) | MADELEINE HETZEL COLLECTION ANTOINE LENEGRE 19THC FRENCH BINDING |
c.1880 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 322 | J Lermont; Paul Deste; Jean Engel (1800-1892) | LERMONT HETZEL COLLECTION JEAN ENGEL 19THC FRENCH BINDING |
c.1887 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 323 | Jules Verne | JULES VERNE HETZEL 19TH C FRENCH BINDING. |
Paris | mid 1870s | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 324 | Henry Noel Humphries | 1845 ILLUMINATED CALENDAR - HENRY NOEL HUMPHRIES |
1845 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 325 | AF Lydon; Alexander Francis Lydon (1837? -1917) | ENGLISH LAKES LYDON 19TH C BINDING. |
London | 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 326 | Birket Foster; Harrison Weir; L.E. Barker; T. Creswick; E.V.B.; J. Wolf; David Cox; Scott; Burns; Izaak Walton | 1860S POETRY ANTHOLOGY - CHARLES GRIFFIN |
London | c.1867 | AUD 250.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 327 | Thomas A Croal; AF Lydon; Alexander Francis Lydon (1837? -1917) | 1882 SCOTTISH LOCH SCENERY LYDON |
London | 1882 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 328 | Henry Vizetelly; Myles Birket Foster(1825-1899) | 1899 CHRISTMAS WITH POETS - 19TH C GIFT BOOK |
London | 1869 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 329 | Harrison Weir(1824-1906) | POETRY OF NATURE BY HARRISON WEIR 1872 |
1861 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 330 | Mary Kirby; Elizabeth Kirby (1823–1873); Mary Kirby (1817–1893) | 1872 KIRBY'S BEAUTIFUL BIRDS |
London | 1872 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 476.25 |
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, 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]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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 -
