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

Auction Reports

Auction Name Easter Sale: History, Art, Illustrated books, Fine Bindings, Firsts, Signed books, Bookplates Total Sales (AUD) 50,425.35
Auction Date April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 58,695.00
Sale Number #177 High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD) 84,305.00
Total Lots 499
Sold Lots 287.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 109,785.00
% of Lots Sold 57.52% High Estimate of All Lots (AUD) 157,795.00
Unsold Lots 212 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.96%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 JONES, Owen.

The Grammar of Ornament.

1856 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 2,540.00
3

Banks’ Florilegium Supplement.

N/A AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 1,524.00
74

Collection of Voyages Undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company, for the Improvement of trade and navigation.

1703 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 825.50
288 by William Audley, George Ashdown Audsley and Charles Rolt

The Sermon on the Mount by illustrated with lithographs

[1861] AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 762.00
102

Round Kangchenjunga: A narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration by Douglas W. Freshfield.

1903 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 698.50
280

An Artist in Egypt by Walter Tyndale

1912 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 571.50
5 MORRIS, William.

The Defence of Guenevere by William Morris. Illustrated by Jessie M. King.

1904 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 539.75
219 by Gavin Greenlees with introduction by Nevill Drury

The Art of Rosaleen Norton

 1982 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 539.75
393 AINSWORTH, W. Harrison.

Jack Sheppard. A Romance.

1839 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 508.00
26 SHIEL, Matthew.

Prince Zaleski by M. P. Shiel.

1895 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 476.25
103

The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 by Brigadier-General Hon. C.G. Bruce. with Maps and Illustrations.

1923 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 444.50
165

Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution.

September 1957 (reprinted in 1962). AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 444.50
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
182

Leonidas: A Poem by Richard Glover.

1798 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 412.75
201

A Voyage Through the Islands of the Pacific Ocean: Compiled from the most authentic and recent authorities.

1831 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
4 VACHER, Sydney.

Fifteenth Century Italian Ornament. Chiefly taken from brocades and stuffs found in pictures in the National Gallery.

1886 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
107 GERSON, Horst.

Rembrandt Paintings. An Artabas Book.

1968 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 381.00
126

Letts's Popular Atlas. Being A Series of Maps Delineating the Whole Surface of the Globe with Many Special and Original Features and a Copious Index of 23,000 names.

1883 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 381.00
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
383 MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.

Lays of Ancient Rome.

1867 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 381.00
104 DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHT: Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP.

GERMANY AWAKENS: The Rise, Struggle and Victory of the NSDAP.

1933 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 349.25
335 Editor; Bernard Kerr.

The Australians in England Test Cricket 1948 A.B.C Broadcast Cricket Book,

 N/A AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 349.25
392 by Charles P. Mountford

Nomads of the Australian Desert

 1976 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 349.25
17

A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with Descriptive And Facsimile of Autographs of Subscribers to the County Seats of Great Britain and Ireland by The Rev. F. O. Morris.

1880 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
36

A large collection of the Penrose Pictorial Annual.

1891-1976. AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 317.50