Sydney Rare Book Auctions: A Leather Obsession: Manufacturing, Tanning and Fine Bindings, 113024, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 30, 2024 - November 30, 2024
Page Size: 294 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
125

1) Thomas Haley & Co., Ltd., Engineers, Bramley, Near Leeds, England. Catalogue 1910.

1910 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
126

1) 2 copies Edward Wilson & Son Ltd. Bootle Liverpool 20. Catalogue.

No date c1910s. AUD 120.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
127

American Tool & Machine Company Catalog of Belt-Knife Leather Splitting Machines.

No date, early 20th century. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
128

G. W. Baker Machine Company - Hide and Leather Working Machinery For Tanners and Curriers 1915 & 1923.

1915 & 1923. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
129

A box of Machines Catalogues. Mostly1930s.

1930s. AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
130

1) Whitney Tannery Machines Catalogue 1927.

1927 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 AUD 50.80
131

5 Turner Tanning Machinery Catalogues. A little bit foxed else good copies. Including 1) Special catalogues for Machines 1924 and 1933.

1924 and 1933. AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
132 Dr. J. Lewkowitsch.

Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils Fats and Waxes

1923 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
133

10 Badische Maschinenfabrik Durlach Catalogues. All Machines and complete Installations for Tanners and Leather Manufacturers.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
134

3 Johns. Krause Manufacturers of Tanners Machinery Catalogues. Including Stuffing Drums, Grease Stuffing Drums, Air Heaters and Fans.

c1920s. AUD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
135

5 Turner Tanners' and Currier's Machinery Catalogues.

No date c1950s. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
136 J. W Edgeworth David.

Geological Map of Commonwealth of Australia

March 1931. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
137 Richard Brunner.

Three books on Shoe Polishes and Leather Dressings. 1) The Manufacture of Lubricants, Shoe Polishes and Leather Dressings

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
138 Dr Julius Schmidt & Dr H. Gordon Rule.

A collection of books on Organic Chemistry. 1) Organic Chemistry

1950 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 152.40
139 Vies.

Five books on the Chemistry of Gelatin. 1) The Macromolecular Chemistry of Gelatin

1964 AUD 220.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
140 Edited by RJ Cox and Volume II.

Photographic Gelatin. Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Photographic Gelatin held at Trinity College, Cambridge, August-September, 1970

London: 1972-6. AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
141 Tanre Macleay Museum.

Three photography books. 1) The Mechanical Eye: A historical guide to Australian Photography and Photographer

1977 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
142 <br>Rogers.

A collection of books on Tanning Leather. 1) Practical Tanning: A Handbook of Modern Practice and Processes as Applied in the Manufacture of Leather and Allied Products

1922 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
143

A collection of books on Modern Tanning Processes. 1) Modern American Tanning

1910 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
144 Landmann

A collection of Books on Tanning Materials and Machines. 1) The Machines in the Tannery

2013 AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
145 Venkataraman.

The Chemistry of Synthetic Dyes

New York 1952 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
146 Edited by Von Fischer.

Two books on Paint and Varnish. 1) Paint and Varnish Technology

C1925, 1948 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 76.20
147 Dukinfield Henry Scott.

An Introduction to Structural Botany Volume II only: Flowerless Plants Volumes

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
149 Skinner, Emmons, Henry Mitsumara Tsuchiya Wiley,

Henrici's Molds, Yeasts, and Actinomycetes: A Handbook for Students of Bacteriology

1947 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
150 Richard T Baker and Henry G Smith.

Superb Copy A Research on the Pines of Australia

Sydney 1910 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
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