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
76		Three political books bound together in old green cloth, with spine label reading "Political Tracts 1831-1833".	London	1811	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
77		Eight books of old and antiquarian poetry, all octavo or duodecimo, and comprising the following:1) WATKINS, John.Life, Poetry and Letters of Ebenezer Elliott, the Corn-Law Rhymer.	London	1850	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
78		Nine books on exploration and travel, all hardcover octavo, including the following: STURT, Charles. Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia... Two volumes.	Sydney	1986	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50
79	Evelyn Philip Shirley	The Noble and Gentle men of England, or, Notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties by Evelyn Philip Shirley.	Westminster	1859	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 76.20
80		Ten books on heraldry, genealogy and related historical themes, including the following: BIRCH, Gray. Index of the Styles and Titles of Sovereigns of England.	London	1879	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
81	JAY, Reverend William.	Thoughts on Marriage: Illustrating the Principles and Obligations of the Marriage Relation.	Boston	1833	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
82	BOLDREWOOD, Rolf.	ROLF BOLDREWOOD 1891 FIRST COLONIAL EDITION			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
83	JAMES, G.P.R.	The Convict.	London	1851	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
84	JULIUS, Harry.	Theatrical Caricatures. Marginal Anecdotes by Claude McKay.		1912	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
85	GORDON, Adam Lindsay.	Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon.	Melbourne	1903	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
86		Annaei Secena Tragodiae Cuin Notis Th. Farnabii. [Tragedies of Seneca].	Amsterdam	Circa 1700	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
87	RAFFLES, Thomas.	Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the Late Reverend Thomas Spencer, of Liverpool.	London	1813	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
88	LEWERS, Arthur H. N.	A Practical Textbook of the Diseases of Women.	London	1903	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
89	Arthur W Upfield	The Mystery Of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W Upfield		1939	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
90	Agatha Christie	4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie	London - Sydney	1957	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
91	Agatha Christie	A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie.	London	1964	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
92	George Mackay Brown.	The Year of the Whale	London	1965	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
93	Agatha Christie	Ten Little N......	London	1939	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
94		An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China, undertaken by order of the King of Great Britain; Including the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants and preceded by an account of the causes of the Embassy and Voyage to China.	London	1797	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
95	Lieutenant P.T. Etherton.	Across The Roof Of The World	London	1911	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
96	Kazimir Severinovich Malevich	Essays on art , 2 vols.	Copenhagen	1971	AUD 400.00 - 450.00	AUD 254.00
97	F. Scott Fitzgerald.	The Great Gatsby	New York	1925	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
98	JAMES BALDWIN	Giovanni's Room	London	1957	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
99	Ian Fleming.	Thunderball	London	1961	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
100	WB Yeats.	The Wind Among the Reeds	New York and London	1899	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00

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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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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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