Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Beautiful, Unusual and Inspiring, 82524, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 25, 2024 - August 25, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Franklin | Bring The Monkey A Light Novel |
1933 | AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | AUD 1,270.00 | |
| 2 | Dorothy Auchterlonie | Something to Someone |
Canberra | 1983 | AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 |
| 3 | George Barrington | An Account of A Voyage To New South Wales. |
AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 571.50 | ||
| 4 | Roald Dahl, Illustrations Quentin Blake, | The BFG |
1982 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 444.50 | |
| 5 | Ronald Dahl. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. | The Twits |
1980 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | William Dampier. Edited John Masefield. | Dampier's Voyages: Consisting of a New Voyage Round the World, a Supplement to the Voyage Round the World, Two Voyages to Campeachy, a Discourse of Winds, a Voyage to New Holland, and a Vindication,... |
London | 1906 | AUD 260.00 - 360.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 7 | Sir John Ross. | Narrative Of A Second Voyage In Search Of A North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In The Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 |
No date but 1836 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 8 | JF Earhart. | The Harmonizer |
Ohio, | 1897 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 1,524.00 |
| 9 | Robert C Littlewood. | The Ex Libris of Sir Lionel Lindsay 1874-1961 |
Melbourne Australia | 1978 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 412.75 |
| 10 | Thomas Tegg. | Tegg's handbook for emigrants : containing useful information and practical directions on domestic, mechanical, surgical, medical and other subjects... |
London | 1843 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 11 | Bishop Francis R Nixon. | The Cruise of the Beacon : a narrative of a visit to the islands in Bass's Straits |
London | 1857 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 12 | Adolf Hitler. | Mein Kampf |
London | 1937 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 1,778.00 |
| 13 | Donald Friend. | The Cosmic Turtle: Batujimbar Bali. |
1976 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 14 | Captain [Alexander] Maconochie. | Australiana: Thoughts On Convict Management and Other Subjects Connected With the Australian Penal Colonies |
London | 1839 | AUD 1,000.00 - 2,200.00 | AUD 2,286.00 |
| 15 | Arthur Phillip. | Governor Phillip Voyage First Issue |
London | 1789 | AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | AUD 3,810.00 |
| 16 | surveyors C.R. Scrivener | 1904 Plans in Connexion with Reports on Federal Capital Sites. |
1904 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 17 | Carolus Gottlob Kuhn. | De forcipibus obstetriciis, recens inventis |
Lipzig | 1783 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 18 | Anthony Trollope | Three finely bound volumes from the Collection of British Authors: the Tauchnitz Edition 1305-7, 1735-6 and West Indies. |
AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | AUD 349.25 | ||
| 19 | Ida Lee | Early Explorers in Australia, From the Log-Books and Journals. With Maps and Illustrations |
London | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 20 | Errol Coote. | Hell's Airport The Key to Lasseter's Gold Reef |
AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 21 | Lewis Carroll. | Deluxe and limited publication The Hunting of the Snark written |
1974 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 22 | Charles Chilton. | The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. Reports on the Geo-Physics, Geology, Zoology, and Botany of the Islands Lying to the South of New Zealand |
1909 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 23 | JRR Tolkien. | Poems and Stories |
1980 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 24 | JRR Tolkien. | The Hobbit or There and Back Again |
1979 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 25 | JRR Tolkien. | Lord of the Rings |
1978 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 508.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
