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

Auction Details

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
205 Mollie Gillen

Two books on the first two fleets to Australia. 1) Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet

1989 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 127.00
206 Edited by Carol Baxter

Three 1) General Musters of NSW, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land 1811. (1999) 2) General Musters of NSW 1823, 1824, 1825. (1989)

Sydney AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
207

General Return of Convicts in New South Wales 1837.

1837, 1987 facsimile. AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
208 Nick Vine Hall.

Five books on Genealogy . 1) Tracing your Family i Australia

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
209 JW Audas.

Six books on Australian Flora. 1) The Australian Bushland

1950 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 317.50
210 Andre Simon.

Three books on Wine and Beer. 1) The Wines, Vineyards and Vignerons of Australia

AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
211

An excellent collection of early Australian history books. All but hardcovers. 1) Census NSW 1828.

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 152.40
212

A great lot of Sydney local histories. Willoughby and Chatswood and 1861 Sydney Guide reprint as well as Subterranean Sydney.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
213 Morton Herman

1) The Architecture of Victorian Sydney

1964 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
214 Stephen Smith.

The Great Broken Hill (The romance and history of the great silver lead city in the world)

1958 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
215

76 Walkabout - Australia's Geographic Magazines.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
216

83 Australian Geographical Walkabout Magazines.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
217

About 76 issues of the Journal of the geological society of Australia. Volume 2 1954 to Volume 30 1983.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
218

Queensland Country Life Guide to Tanning Hides and Kins and bacon Curing.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
219

Tentative Australian Standard Specification For Vegetable Tanned Leather Belting.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 38.10
220

Australasian Leather Trades Review June 12, 1919 and October 1928.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
221 J Skinner Prout

Sydney Illustrated, 1842 - 43.

Sydney 1948 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
222 Henry Phillips.

A survey of fellmongering, calf skin and hide production, and leather manufacture in New Zealand and Australia

1957 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
223

1934 Commonwealth of Australia. Sate of New South Wales. Map of The Commonwealth Electoral Division of North Sydney Shewing The Subdivisions.

1934 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 AUD 165.10
224 M. B. Welch.

Notes on Wattle Barks

1924-1934. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
225 Edited by Professor Walter Howchin.

Transactions of The Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) Vol. XLIX. With 24 plates and 62 figures in the ext.

1925 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
226

1) Cries of London Plate 12 - Hot Spice Gingerbread Smoking hot! Du Croquet de Pain d'Epices!

c1796 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
227

3 Sydney Morning Herald Festival of Sydney prints.

1977 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
228 William Dymock,

Two prints of Sydney Harbour done from various vantage points. Done after John Eyre(1810)

1873 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
229 Henry Jones

4 Bird Prints. Including 1) Lagopus Hyperboreus Brid

1873 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
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