Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Beautiful, Unusual and Inspiring, 82524, Ultimo

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Auction Date
August 25, 2024 - August 25, 2024
Page Size: 496 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
383 J.R.R. Tolkien

The Father Christmas Letters

 London 1976 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
384

4 beautiful decorative fine binding Girls' Annuals. Including 3 different edition of The Empire Annual For Australian Girls

no date c1920s AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
385 John Dunmore.

French Explorers in The Pacific

 1965 and 1969 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 203.20
386 F. Sidney WALKER on 14th Dec 1922.

Original etching "The Old Cart Shed"

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
387 Victor Cobb. Signed and dated 1928.

St Peter's Easter Hill. Original etching

 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
388 Thomas Cross.

Benjamin Spencer

 1659 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
389

3 Prints published in 19th Century.

19th Century AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
390 The Rev. F. O. Morris.

A History of British Birds

 1864 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
391 James Aikman.

1) The History of Scotland Translated From The Latin of George Buchanan; with Notes, and A Continuation To The Present Time. Volume I and II only (330B.C - 1571)

 no date Vol.II only AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
392

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Industrial Descriptive Historical Biographical Facts, Figures, Illustrations. Volume 2 - Auckland Provincial District. Volume 3 -Canterbury Provincial District.

1902 and 1903 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
393

Bank Notes Magazines - Quarterly Staf Magazine of The Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Vol. 12, 17-22.

1930-1939 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
394 David Hughson.

London: Being An Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood, To Thirty Miles Extent, form an adult Perambulation.

 1805 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
395 H.A. Forde.

1) Across Two Seas: A New Zealand Tale

 Darton and Co 1894 AUD 120.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
396

The Christmas Tree: A Book of Instruction and Amusement For All Young People with Numerous Illustrations.

1859 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
397 Nicholas Carlisle.

A Topographical Dictionary of England; Exhibiting The Name of the serval Cities, Towns, Parishes, Tythings, Townships, and Hamlets, with the Country and Division of the Country, ......

 Paternoster-Row 1808 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
398 G.B. Barton.

1) History of News South Wales From The Record

 Firth and M'Cutcheon 1882 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
399

The Australian Independent. Circulated Throughout The Australasian Colonies. The "Livingstone" Lecture Supplement. Sydney , July 15, 1888.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
400

Inaugural Proceedings Of The Nuclear Research Foundation.

1954 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
401

Two shelves of 29 books of World History Books. Mostly hardback and in very good condition. Including Ancient History, Art History and Atlas.

 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
402

About 24 Australiana books. Hardback and Paperback. Mostly in good condition. Including Local History, Military l History, Gardening, Art and Literature.

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
403 George Hennessy.

Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense or London Diocesan Clergy Succession From the Earliest Time to the Year 1898 with copious Notes compiled

 1898 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
404 The Revd. W. L. Blamire's, and John B. Smith.

1) The Early Story of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Victoria

 1836 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
405 The Reverend Mr. John Pomfret.

Poems Upon Several Occasions

 1724 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
406

Referendum to be taken on the Proposed Law. Constitutional Alteration (Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights) 1944.

1944 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
407 Alan D. Mickle.

6 books

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
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    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
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    Voyage autour du monde
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    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
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    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
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    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
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    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
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    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
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    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
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    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
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  • <center><b>Freeman’s | Hindman<br>Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana<br>November 14</b></center> <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> LEROUX, Gaston. <i>The Phantom of the Opera.</i> FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000. <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. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> ORWELL, George. <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four.</i> Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000. <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. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> <i>The Federalist.</i> NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000. <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.
    Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.