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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | William Shakespeare; W Heath Robinson | HEATH ROBINSON SHAKESPEARE'S TWELFTH NIGHT C1908 |
Edinburgh | c1908 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 131 | William Shakespeare; Hugh Thomson | SHAKESPEARE AS YOU LIKE IT ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON C1909 |
Edinburgh | c1909 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 |
| 132 | William Shakespeare; Hugh Thomson | SHAKESPEARE'S MERRY WIVES ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON |
1910 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 134 | Oliver Goldsmith | GOLDSMITH'S SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER ILLUS BY HUGH THOMSON C1912 |
London; New York; Toronto | c1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 135 | Hugh Thomson | 1892 ROGER DE COVERLEY ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON |
London | 1892 | AUD 180.00 - 260.00 | Not Sold |
| 136 | Robert Herrick; EA Abbey (Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911)) | ROBERT HERRICKS POETRY ILLUSTRATED BY EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY 1882 |
London | 1882 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 137 | Longus; George Thornley; John Austen (John Archibald Austen (1886-1948)) | THORNLEY'S DAPHNIS CHLOE ILLUS. JOHN AUSTEN 1925 |
London | 1925 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 138 | Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) | KAY NIELSEN: EAST OF THE SUN & WEST OF THE MOON |
New York | 1930 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 139 | Eugene Field; Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) | FIELD'S POEMS OF CHILDHOOD ILLUS. MAXFIELD PARRISH |
New York | 1904 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 140 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Hugh Thomson | SHERIDAN'S SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL ILLUS HUGH THOMSON |
New York | 1911 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 141 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Abraham Hayward; Will Pogany | GOETHE - FAUST ILLUS BY WILL POGANY |
London | 1908 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 142 | R S Surtees; Joseph Grego; H Alken; Phiz; W Heath | JORROCK'S JAUNTS & JOLLITIES ILLUS ALKEN, PHIZ & HEATH |
London | 1903 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 143 | Adelaide Anne Proctor; Charles Dickens; Horace Harral | 1866 LEGENDS & LYRICS PROCTOR |
1866 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | Richard Wagner; TW Rolleston; Willy Pogany | WAGNER'S TANNHAUSER ILLUS WILL POGANY |
London; Calcutta; Sydney | c1915 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 145 | M. l'Abbe Delaunay; Ferdinand Denis | 1858 IMITATION OF CHRIST |
Paris | 1858 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 146 | William Edward Hayter Preston; Frank Brangwyn | PRESTON'S WINDMILLS ILLUS. FRANK BRANGWYN - BODLEY HEAD |
London | 1923 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 147 | Edward Fitzgerald; Edmund Dulac | RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM ILLUS. EDMUND DULAC |
Garden city New York | 1930 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 148 | Charles Kingsley; Warwick Goble (1862-1943) | KINGSLEY'S WATER-BABIES ILLUS WARWICK GOBLE 1909 FIRST |
1909 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 149 | Charles Kingsley; WL Taylor; Chas Copeland; GA Teel; JD Woodward | 1887 KINGSLEY - SONG OF THE RIVER |
Boston | 1887 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 150 | HW Dulcken; AB Houghton; Brothers Dalziel | DALZIEL BROTHERS - HAPPY DAY STORIES |
1875 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 151 | Joseph Marryat | 15-18TH CENTURY POTTERY MARRYAT 1850 |
London | 1850 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 152 | Louisa M Alcott; Harold Copping | LITTLE WOMEN |
London | 1912 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 153 | G(eorge).Baxter | BAXTER PAINTINGS |
London | 1837 | AUD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | AUD 1,143.00 |
| 154 | Norman Lindsay | NORMAN LINDSAY HEPTAMERON |
Melbourne | 1976 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 155 | Norman Lindsay; Jane Lindsay | MICOMICANA NORMAN LINDSAY |
Melbourne | 1979 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
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