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
51		PRINCE RUDOLPH IN EGYPT 1884 Travels in the East. Including a visit to India and the Holy Land.	London	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 508.00
52		Interesting memoirs or lives of the following eminent persons. 1) The Rt. Hon. Colonel James Gardiner 2) Selina, Countess Dowager of Huntingdon 3) James Albert Uwawsaw Gronniosaw.	Liverpool	1801	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
53		Shelf of 11 leatherbound books, including eighteenth and nineteenth century titles, including: Louis Napoleon by Edward Walford,	London	1873	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
54		Three books on the House of Bourbon, House of Orleans.	Geneva	1859	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
55	MACIRONE, Francis.	Interesting Facts Relating to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat, King of Naples; the Capitulation of Paris in 1815 and the Second Restoration of the Bourbons.	London	1817	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
56		Formularies of Faith put Forward by Authority during the Reign of Henry VIII.	Oxford	1825	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
57	GREG DENING	PACIFIC EXPLORATION BOOKS Both are hardcover books, and nice copies: DENING, Greg. Islands and Beaches.		1980	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
58		Rare and unusual First World War memento printed for Australian ANZAC soldiers en-route to the European theatre via the Cape of Good Hope.	Durban		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
59	Reverend Thomas Buddle	The Aborigines of New Zealand: two lectures delivered by Reverend Thomas Buddle at the Auckland Mechanics' Institute		1851	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
60	WARREN HARDING	WARREN HARDING USA PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE Typed letter from the president and fully signed, to Harmon O. Acuff		1922	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
61	RUTHERFORD HAYES	A printed pamphlet inscribed "with compliments R.B. Hayes" by the president Rutherford Hayes.		1880	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
62		Rare Sydney printed socialist pamphlet accusing the United States Army of using biological weapons against civilians during the Korean War.	Sydney	1952	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
63	Harold Stewart	Phoenix Wings Poems 1940-46 by Harold Stewart.		1948	AUD 50.00 - 60.00	AUD 50.80
64		Dernieere notice sur la Girafe, contenant la relation de son voyage aa Saint-Cloud.	Paris	1827	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 317.50
65	[CRAUFURD, James].	The History of the House of Este, from the time of Forrestus until the death of Alphonsus the last Duke of Ferrara.	London	1681	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
66	O'FLAHERTY, Roderic.	The Ogygia Vindicated: Against the Objections of Sir George MacKenzie, King's Advocate for Scotland in the Reign of King James II.	Dublin	1775	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
67		A rather splendid collection of 32 antiquarian religious and spiritual titles.	London	1825	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
68		Seven Australian military titles, including the following: BESSELL-BROWNE, Gwen. The Road to Kokoda and Other Verses.	Melbourne	1943	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
69	JOHNS, Reverend J.	The Ancient British Church and the Modern Welsh Baptists.	Carmarthen, Wales	1889	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
70	CROWTHER, Jonathan.	A Portraiture of Methodism, or, The History of the Wesleyan Methodists...	London	1815	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
71		Six books on Royal history, mostly British: The Royal Kalendar, or Complete and Correct Annual Register...	London	1886	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
72		Two notebooks on British heraldry and noble genealogy prepared by the scholar an antiquarian Alfred William Morant, author of An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland	London	1874	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
73		"Pedigree of the Royal House of Guelph, Dukes of Brunswick, King of Great Britain and Hanover, proceeding from the House of d'Este" Large Folding Chart		1891	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
74	CRUISE, William.	A Treatise on the Origin and Nature of Dignities or Titles of Honour.	London	1823	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
75	TOPLIS, William.	A Genealogical History of the English Sovereigns, from William I to George III... illustrated by genealogical tables.	London	1814	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	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.
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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