Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Historical and Literary Treasures, 120824, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024
Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
233 Keith Windschuttle.

The Fabrication of Aboriginal History Volume One Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847

2002 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
234 T.J. Redmond.

Souvenir of the Hall of Fame - depicting parallel growth of State and Store

1938 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
235 Upton Sinclair.

1) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

1906 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
236

Pictorial Journey Through the Holy Land; Or Scenes in Palestine.

London 1867 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
237 Charles Dickens

The Personal History of David Copperfield .

London 1850 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
238 Charles Dickens

Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens.

Paris 1846 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
239 CHARLES DICKENS

2 Books by Charles Dickens, both being the First 'Cheap' Editions of them. 1) Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens.

London 1858 AUD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
240

A bookplate block, good condition, back paper is peeling off block however plate itself remains unaffected. Ex-Libris and Dom Landers is presented on the steel engraving.

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
244 Sir William Muir

The Mameluke; Or Slave Dynasty of Egypt by Sir William Muir.

London 1896 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
245 Fred J. Berry.

Fred Berry's Motor Manual: 2nd Edition, June 1934

Sydney 1934 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
246 J. Hingston.

The Australian Abroad

London 1879; 1880 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
247 H. Stonehewer Cooper.

Coral Lands

London 1880 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
248 Lady Grogan.

The Life of J. D. Bourchier

circa 1910 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
249 William Kidd.

Kidd's Own Journal for Inter-Communications on Natural History, Popular Science and Things in General

London 1852 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
250 Emily Beaufort.

Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines

London 1861 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
251

4 books on different journeys and travel experiences around the world. 1) Tracks in the Snow by David Haig-Thomas

1939 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
252 DAVID LIVINGSTONE

The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa from 1865 to His Death by Horace Waller.

London 1874 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
253 WILLIAM MORRIS

The Collected Works of William Morris: Journals of Travel in Iceland.

London 1911 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
254

Travels in Unknown Austria by Princess Mary of Thurn and Taxis.

London 1896 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
255 A. Meston.

Geographic History of Queensland

Brisbane 1895 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
256 Sven Hede

2 Books by Sven Heden recounting his journeys.

New York 1933 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
257

2 Books recounting the journeys of Ella K. Maillart. 1) Forbidden Journey.

London 1937 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
258 Edward Reeves.

Brown Men and Women or The South Sea Islands

London 1898 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
259

Across the Gobi Desert by Sven Hedin.

London 1931 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
260 Richard F. Burton.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah

London 1857 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
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