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
413		1) Dymock's Illustrated Guide to Sydney, comprising description of the city and its institutions with which is incorporated the tourists' handbook ....		1901	AUD 80.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
414	Austen Henry Layard.	Nineveh and Its Remains.	London	1854	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
415		The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers		1991	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
416		A photographic print of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.		early twentieth century	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
417		Wild Flowers of South Australia.		1981	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
418		UNESCO: History of Mankind, Volume 1-14.	London	1965	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
419		The Victoria Regina Atlas.	London	1902	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
420		3 Atlas books, as expected contain a very large quantity of maps. 1) Collins' Geographic Atlas		1968	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
421		Chambers of Commerce Atlas by George Phillip and Swinburne Sheldrake.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
422		King Edward VII and His Empire: A Complete Atlas of the British Possessions and Dependencies of the Crown.		N.D.Approx 1906	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
423		Australian literature reference books. 1-2) An History of Australian Literature Volume 1 and Volume 2.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
424		4 Australian parliamentary papers. 1) Police Department (Victoria) 1854-55.			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
425		Facsimile of Bordeaux International Exhibition of Wines 1882.	Sydney	1884	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
426		Show Dogs - Their Points and Characteristics.		No date c1907	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
427		1) Australian Violets by Ivy Moore.		1937	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
428		Handbook of India.		c1935	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
429	William Howell Reed	Hospital Life In The Army of The Potomac .	Boston	1891	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
430		The Highways of Australia - A Tourist Guide To The Motor Ways of Today with Motor Coach Services from All Leading Towns.		1949-50	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
431	David Thomas.	Criss Canning: The Pursuit of Beauty		2007	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
432		11 Australian Art Catalogues.			AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
433	GRANT, James.	The Narrative of A Voyage of Discovery, Performed In his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of Sixty Tons Burthen, With Sliding Keels, In The Years 1800, 1801 and 1802, to New South Wales by James Grant.		1973	AUD 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
434	James Busby.	Journal of a tour through some of the vineyards of Spain and France. Facsimile of the 1833 edition.		1979	AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
435		Four issues of the New South Wales Cricket Association Year Book, for the years		1935 to 1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
436		Shelf lot of 45 cricket books, including the following: Seven Year Books, NSW Cricket Association, from the fifties and sixties.	London	1926	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
437		The World's Great Books in Outline.		No date Circa 1920s	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
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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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 .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
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
and Machine Manuals
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.
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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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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