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

Auction Details

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
388	SYKES, Sir Percy.	A History of Persia.	London	1930	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
389	FELLOWS, Sir Charles.	Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, More Particularly in the Province of Lycia.	London	1852	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
390	BELZONI, Giovanni.	Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea....	London	1820	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
391	SNOUCK HURGRONJE, C.	The Achehnese Translated by the late A.W.S. Sullivan.	Leiden	1906	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
392	Miss Pardoe.	The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1836.	London	1838	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
393	Lord Byron	The Works of Lord Byron.	Leipzig	1866	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
394	POLLNITZ, Charles-Louis.	Memoires de Charles-Louis Baron de Pollnitz, contenant les observations qu'il faites dans ses voyages et le caractere... seconde edition.	Amsterdam & London (i.e. neither but actually Paris)	1735	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
395	DARWIN, Charles.	Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. 'Beagle' under Command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N.	London	1928	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
396	Henry Otis Dwight	The Encyclopedia of Missions - Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Statistical		1904	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
397		Three polar books, all octavo in original cloth: CHRISTENSEN, Lard. Such is the Antarctic.	London	1935	AUD 240.00 - 340.00	Not Sold
398	DUMONT D'URVILLE, M.	Voyage pittoresque autour du monde. Resume general des voyages de decouvertes de Magellan, Dampier, Anson... publie sous la direction de M. Dumont d'Urville.	Paris	1834	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
399	William Sage	The District Attorney by William Sage.		1906	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
400		7 books about Early Australian History. Including 1) Federal Handbook - Prepared in Connection with the Eighty-Fourth Meeting of The British Association For The Advancement of Science			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
401		5 books on Indigenous Australians.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
402	Graham Greene	4 First edition Graham Greene books.		1980	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
403	Ian Fleming	The Man With The Golden Gun	London	1965	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
404	Ian Fleming	Octopussy and the Living Daylights	London	1966	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
405	Ian Fleming	The Man With The Golden Gun	London	1965	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
406	John Gardener	1) Ice Breaker by John Gardener.	London	1983	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
407	Ursula Le Guin	2 UK first editions by Ursula Le Guin.	London.	1973	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
408	IDA LEE	The Bush Fire and Other Verses by Ida Lee.	London	1897	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
409		Cruise of the 'Alert.' Four years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters 1878-82.	London	1885	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
410		WILLOUGHBY COUNCIL HISTORY 8 books. Community history compiled by Esther Leslie, Jean Michaelides, Erick Wilksch, Vince Egan, Grace Warner, Nancy Booker and Ida Bennet.	Sydney	1988	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
411	Michael Bond	More About Paddington by Michael Bond.	London	1959	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
412	Michael Bond	Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond.	London	1961	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	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”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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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 .

High Bids Win
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.

High Bids Win
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

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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