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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History

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Auction Name	Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History	Total Sales (AUD)	68,592.70
Auction Date	October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	63,570.00
Sale Number	#102624	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	93,260.00
Total Lots	508
Sold Lots	299	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	114,430.00
% of Lots Sold	58.86%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	163,840.00
Unsold Lots	209	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	41.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
86	John Hawkesworth, LL.D.	An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and	1773	AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00	AUD 6,350.00
18	George Grey, Esq.	Journals of two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia during the years 1837, 38 and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. ...	1841	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 1,905.00
70		Handwritten diary from 28th October 1853 until 20th June 1854.	Ion Idriess	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 1,397.00
100		Art in Australia. First Series no. 10, 1921 The Macquarie Book.	1921	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,397.00
138	Marjorie Barnard with Decorations Frank Medworth	Macquarie's World	1941	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,206.50
300		5 original newspapers covering the Apollo 11 Moon landing		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 1,206.50
19	Gregory M. Matthews.	The Birds of Australia, Volume 8	1919-1920.	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	AUD 1,016.00
90	Princess Diana and King Charles III.	1986 Royal Family Christmas Card signed	1986	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,016.00
387		3 original Chinese paintings in Scrolls. Size various. A little bit foxed. The top edges squirrel painting is a bit worn else good		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,016.00
295		Photograph Album. 1902-1915. 48 black and white photographs. 7x9cm. All identified from around Kiama, Berowra, Gosford and Terrigal and Maitland.	1902-1915.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 952.50
385		Poster for the Exhibition: Fahr El-Nissa Zeid peintures 1954-1961, 19 Mai - 9 Juin 1961. Galerie Dina Vierny 36 Rue Jacob Paris. Signed "Fahrelnissa Zeid" and inscribed on the left bottom corner. Size: 67 x 49cm. Very good condition.		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 952.50
80		Cyaniding for Gold: A Complete, Simple, and Detailed Account of the Process Written Especially For the Working Miner and the Small Syndicate.	1939	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 889.00
89	King Charles III and the late Princess Diana.	1981 Royal Wedding Letter of Gratitude. Inscribed and signed 'Yours most sincerely, Charles and Diana'	1981	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 889.00
3	JOHNSTON, Robert M.	Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania.	1888	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 825.50
92	Stephen King.	Cycle of the Werewolf	1983	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 825.50
401	editedTM Perry and DH Simpson.	Drawings by William Westall Landscape artist on board HMS Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia by Captain Matthew Flinders FN in 1801-1813.	1962	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 825.50
136	M H Ellis	Francis Greenway His Life and Times	1949	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 762.00
140		Melba's Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature Signed on the page between the frontispiece and title page.	[1914].	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 762.00
215	William Tomlinson and Richard Masters.	Bookcloth 1823-1980. A Study of Early Use and Rise of Manufacture. Winterbottom's Dominance of the Trade in Britain and America, Production Methods and Costs and the Identification of Qualities and Designs	1996	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 698.50
277	W Folster.	Lucknow, 1851-1933		AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 698.50
21	Italian photographer Anna Baldazzi.	8 photographs of Salvador Dali		AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
91	A.A. Milne.	The House at Pooh Corner	1978	AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 635.00
13	Rev FO Morris.	A History of British Birds (6 volumes ) with A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds (3 volumes)	1870	AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 603.25
8	The Rev WB Clarke.	Researches in the southern gold fields of New South Wales	1860	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
135	M. Barnard Eldershaw. Illustrated Adrian Feint.	The Life and Times of Captain John Piper	1938	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 539.75

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