Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History, 102624, Ultimo

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Auction Date
October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Page Size: 508 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
278 Professor TW Edgeworth David.

Still Structure and Fossils in Eruptive Rocks in New South Wales

1896 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
279 A Liversidge.

Preliminary Note on the Occurrence of Gold in the Hawkesbury Rocks about Sydney

1894 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
280 A Liversidge.

Notes on some rocks and minerals from New Guinea

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
281

Some New South Wales Tan-Substances. Part 1 JH Maiden.

1887 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
282 RT Baker and Henry G Smith.

On the Presence of a True Manna on a Blue Grass Andropogon Annulatus, Forsk

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
283 HYL Brown Government geologist.

Record of Mines of South Australia.

in Adelaide 1908 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
284 Sir TW Edgeworth David and RJ Tillyard.

Memoir on Fossils of the Late Pre-Cambrian (Newer Proterozoic) from the Adelaide Series South Australia

i Sydney AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
285 JM Curran.

The Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains: A popular introduction to the study of geology

Sydney: 1899 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 127.00
286

New South Wales: map, illustrations and descriptive text.

Sydney 1884 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
287

Transactions of the British and Foreign Institute, 1845.

in London 1845 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
288 editedSamuel Lucas and

Once a Week a weekly publication with illustrations

1862 - 1864 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
289 editedC Anderson.

Australian Museum Magazine

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 152.40
290

Wild Life Magazine. Five bound volumes from 1946-1950.

1946-1950 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 152.40
291 John Mackay Wilson.

Wilson's Historical, traditionary, and imaginative tales of the Borders, and of Scotland in Three volumes

circa 1880s. AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
292 Edwin Hodder.

Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect

London, Paris, New York and Melbourne circa1880 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 101.60
293 Claude Kingston

His Majesty's Theatre Melbourne Dame Nellie Melba and J.C. Williamson Ltd Grand Opera Season June July August 1924, Souvenir.

1924 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
294

Amongst Australian Aborigines: Forty years of missionary work. The Story of The United Aborigines Mission.

Sydney 1939 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
295

Photograph Album. 1902-1915. 48 black and white photographs. 7x9cm. All identified from around Kiama, Berowra, Gosford and Terrigal and Maitland.

1902-1915. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 952.50
296

33rd and 34th Concert. Sydney Liedertafel. Grand Concert. Exhibition Building. Prince Alfred Park, Sydney NSW. Wednesday 28th September and 29th June 1887. JA Delany Conductor. Two paperback pamphlets.

1887 AUD 180.00 - 260.00 AUD 114.30
297

The Holy Bible containing the old and new testament with references, numerous critical and explanatory notes and a condensed concordance. Illustrated with over 900 engravings.

circa1880 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 76.20
298 Frederick Chapman.

The Foraminifera. An introduction to the study of the Protozoa

London 1902 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
299 Cuninghame Wilson Moore.

A Practical Guide for Prospectors, Explorers, and Miners

London 1893 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
300

5 original newspapers covering the Apollo 11 Moon landing

London. AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 1,206.50
301 Nikos Kazantzakis.

8 books by Nikos Kazantzakis.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 76.20
302 Captain W. E. Johns.

Biggles in Australia

1955 1st Ed AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 76.20
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