Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, Botany, Philosophy, Anthropology, Art, Literature, First editions, & Associated copies, 61525, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025

Page Size: 453 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Glen and Dickman.	10 books on Australian Flora, Fauna and Mammals in the seas. All in very good condition. Includes 3 volumes of Fao's Mammals in the Seas			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
102		25 books on Asian Art and ceramics. Some titles include China Illustrated, Discovering Ayutthaya and Central Asian Painting			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
103	Ligabue and Salvatori.	4 books on Islam and Afghanistan. 1) Bactria: An Ancient Oasis Civilization from the Sands of Afghanistan		1978	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
104	Ziegler, The King's War	24 paperbacks on major Historical events and time periods. Some have creasing to spines, but otherwise good copies. Some titles include The Black Death			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
105		17 Russian Books, all in good condition. Text is in Russian. All are hard covers and large books that are profusely illustrated. See photo for all titles included.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
106		13 books on French Cathedrals. Text for most is in French. Shelf wear and loose binding affecting some, else good copies. Some titles include Chartres: The Masons who Built a Legend			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
107		8 books on the History of Civilizations across the world. All in good condition. Some titles include The Birth of Western Civilization			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
108		8 books on the Renaissance, all in good condition. Some titles include the Renaissance			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
109		6 books on Medieval and Middle ages. Some wear to dust jackets, else good copies. Some titles include The Flowering of the Middle Ages, The Age of Expansion			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
110		15 books on the Art of the Soviet Union and Russia. Good condition. Some titles include A Century of Ambivalence			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
111		10 books on Drawings and Watercolours, all in good condition. Mainly modern books	Europe		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
112		21 Modern Art books, all in good to very good condition. A great mix of different cultures and styles, from French to Italian etc. Some titles include Modern Masters, Art Noveau			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
113		12 books on French Art, minor wear to some dust jackets, else good condition. Some titles include Matisse: Paintings and Sculptures, The Fauve Landscape and France: A History of Art			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
114		48 volumes of Art and Australia. 14 of which are hard bound, remaining are soft covers.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 254.00
115		11 books on the Religious History in Europe, a mix of hard cover and paperbacks. Wear to some dust jackets, ese good copies. Some interesting titles such as Art on the Jesuit Missions in Asia and Latin America			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
116		Fine Binding The Literary Character: illustrated by the history of men of genius, drawn from their own feelings and confessions	in London	1822	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
117	[by Charles Lever] with illustrations Halbot K[night] Brown (Phiz).	Confessions Of Con. Cregan: The Irish Gil Blas		[1849]	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
118		Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches. In three volumes.	in London	1857	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
119		Mickey Mouse Flicker Book Mickey Mouse Movie Stories.	in London	1930s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
120	Walt Disney.	2 Mickey Mouse Books. 1) Mickey Mouse Bedtime Stories	in London and Glasgow	1937	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
121		55 books containing the works of Italian Artists. A huge collection of work from key artists throughout time such as Raphael, Da Vinci and Carpaccio.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
122	George Allen.	John Ruskin two publications done in Sunnyside, Orphington			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
123		The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines; a Sketch of Their habits, Customs, legends, and language.		1965	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
124		Parliament of New South Wales Annual Report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the Year Ended 30th June 1948.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
125	Edited-by P.J. Higgins, J.M. Peter and S.J. Cowling.	Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Bird		1990	AUD 160.00 - 260.00	Not Sold

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

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

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

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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