Bonhams: The John Laws Collection - The Library, 32447, Sydney
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 09, 2026 - June 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dickens Charles | Works |
London | N/A | Not Available | AUD 4,674.00 |
| 3 | Hawkesworth John | An Account of the Voyages Undertaken for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 738.00 | |
| 4 | Wood J.G. | The Illustrated Natural History: Mammalia: Birds: Reptiles and Fishes |
London | 1868-1876 | Not Available | AUD 172.20 |
| 5 | Shakespeare William | Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 492.00 | |
| 10 | D'oyly George; Mant Richard | The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version With Notes, Explanatory & Practical |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 541.20 | |
| 11 | Johnson Samuel | A Dictionary of the English Language |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 676.50 | |
| 12 | Reference library of Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford Libraries and Merriam-Webster |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 1,045.50 | ||
| 13 | Da Vinci Leonardo | The Madrid Codices |
1974 | Not Available | AUD 799.50 | |
| 14 | Khayyam Omar; Bennett William J. | Rembrandt Family Bible; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Moral Compass and Book of Virtues |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 565.80 | |
| 15 | Kipling Rudyard (1865-1936) | The Jungle Book; Captains Courageous; Soldier Tales |
1894; 1896; 1897 | Not Available | AUD 2,706.00 | |
| 33 | Scott Walter | The Poetical Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 861.00 | |
| 34 | Conrad Joseph | Collected Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 344.40 | |
| 35 | The Arabian Nights |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 1,353.00 | ||
| 36 | Dickens Charles | Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 676.50 | |
| 37 | Short Stories |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 492.00 | ||
| 38 | Steinbeck John; Grey Zane | Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 172.20 | |
| 39 | Hemingway Ernest | The Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway |
1990 | Not Available | AUD 2,091.00 | |
| 68 | Photographs Illustrating the Earliest Times of New South Wales |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 984.00 | ||
| 69 | Jones Paul Osborne (1921-1998) | Flora Superba |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 467.40 | |
| 70 | Forshaw Joseph M; Cooper William T | Kingfishers and Related Birds |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 442.80 | |
| 127 | Dorling Kindersley World Atlas; The New York Times Page One: 1851-2002 |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 738.00 | ||
| 128 | World War II |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 590.40 | ||
| 129 | Bruce Candice | Eugene Von Guerard 1811-1901: A German Romantic in the Antipodes |
Martinborough, New Zealand | 1982 | Not Available | AUD 319.80 |
| 130 | Gould John | Birds of Australia |
1975 | Not Available | AUD 4,182.00 | |
| 131 | Paterson Banjo; Lawson Henry | Works |
N/A | Not Available | AUD 1,168.50 |
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