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
26		Three shelves of books on geology, mineral surveying and mining.			AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
27	TORQUATO TASSO	Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem. Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso by John Hoole.		1807	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
28	HEDIN, Sven.	Central Asia and Tibet. Towards the Holy City of Lassa.	London and Melbourne	1903	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
29		Report on the Geology and Reefs of the Ravenswood Gold Field.		1900	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
30		JAPANESE ALBUM OF MELANESIAN DESIGNS [ZUAN SHIRYO KENKYUKAI)	Tokyo	1927	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
31	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit		1997	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
32	DYLAN THOMAS	"Under Milk Wood"		1972	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
33	CAPTAIN COOK	"Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery".		1955	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
34	PREJEVALSKY, Lieutenant-Colonel N.	Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet.	London	1876	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 952.50
35	LAYARD, Austen.	Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.	London	1853	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 952.50
36	WEST, Arthur Graeme.	The Diary of a Dead Officer.	London	1918	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
37		Extremely rare -- an original newsletter printed aboard the H.M.S. Natal, a British naval cruiser patrolling the North Sea during the First World War.		1914 -1915	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
38	WATTS, Isaac.	Logick: or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error....	London	1754	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
39	FRANKLIN, Miles.	Old Blastus of Bandicoot.	Melbourne	1932	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 76.20
40	BALME, Reverend R.J.	American States, Churches, and Slavery.	London	1863	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
41	DINNING, Hector.	By-Ways on Service. Notes from an Australian Journal.	London	1918	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
42		RARE TAHITIAN LANGUAGE BIBLE 1878 Bibilia Mo'a Ra, oia te Faufaa Tahito e te Faufaa Api Ra, iritihia ei Parau Tahiti.	London	1878	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
43	CHALMERS, James.	Pioneering in New Guinea.	London	1887	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
44	CORTAMBERT, Professor M.	Atlas de botanique a l'usage des maisons d'education, d'apres les dessins de MM.	Paris	1846	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
45	William Smith	Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated From The Greek with Notes and Observations, and Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author by William Smith.	London	1770	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
46		Six books on the British Raj and the Indian Empire.	London	1911	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
47	Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.	My Travels in Europe and America 1893 by His Highness the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.	London	1895	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 1,016.00
48		Approximately 60 to 70 books on science including earth sciences, cartography, scientific biography, evolutionary theory, history of science, and so forth.			AUD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
49		Approximately 20 books on Australian history.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
50	[No author].	The History of the Most Serene House of Brunswick-Luneburgh, in all the Branches Thereof from its origin to the Death of Queen Anne.	London	1715	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	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
and Machine Manuals
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.
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