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
363

5 Books on Art, History and other topics.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
364 Charles Dickens

Hard Times.

London 1854 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
365 Arthur Stanley.

The Recovery of Jerusalem

London 1871 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
366

2 Pictorial books both in fair condition. 1) A Widow and Her Friends by C. D. Gibson.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
367

Two splendid gift books by Adam & Charles Black of Edinburgh. 1)The Durbar by Mortimer Menpes.

1903 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
368 GOLL, Claire et Ivan.

Poems d'amour.

Paris 1925 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
369 Lord Dunsany

The Gods of Pegana

London 1911 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
370 MONTALTO DE JESUS, C.A.

Historic Shanghai Octavo, xxviii, 258 pages and the index.

Shanghai 1909 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
371

An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect Prepared by a Committee of the Shanghai Vernacular Society.

Shanghai 1913 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
372 BEAN, Charles and GULLETT, H.S.

Photographic Record of the War.

Sydney 1923 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
373 LAMARTINE, Alphonse de Voyage en Orient 1832-1833.

From the series "Oeuvres de Lamartine, de l'academie Francaise".

Brussels 1836 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
374 BAIKIE, William Balfour.

Narrative of the Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854.

1954 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
375 LAWSON, Henry.

My Army, O, My Army! And Other Songs.

Sydney 1915 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
376 NABOKOV, Vladimir.

Pale Fire.

New York 1962 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
377 MITCHEL, John.

An Ulsterman for Ireland.

Dublin 1917 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
378 COETZEE, J.M.

From the Heart of the Country.

New York 1977 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
379 [BURTON, Robert]

The Anatomy of Melancholy... Ninth edition, corrected, wo which is now added an account of the author.

London 1800 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
380 GREENE, Graham.

Why the Epigraph?

London 1989 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
381 COPPINGER, R.W.

Cruise of the "Alert".

London 1883 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
382 BAIN, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun and A Draught of the Blue.

Oxford 1903 and 1905 respectively AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
383

Two volumes from the History of Cartography Series 1) HARLEY, J.B. and WOODWARD, David. Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies.

1992 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
384

Cache of around 300 photographs from the North African campaign, WW2, taken by an unidentified officer, presumably British army under Montgomery,

around 1942 or later AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
385

A special small cache of maps and field newspapers from Italy an North Africa in the Second World War.

1942 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
386 Ross du Bourg.

1) Australia and New Zealand Thoroughbred

1980 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
387

Three books on Central Asia, all octavos: MANNIN, Ethel. South to Samarkand.

London 1936 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    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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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    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.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD