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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books and Maps: an Eclectic Mix

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Auction Name	Books and Maps: an Eclectic Mix	Total Sales (AUD)	62,039.50
Auction Date	November 10, 2024 - November 10, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	55,130.00
Sale Number	#A132	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	85,190.00
Total Lots	508
Sold Lots	309	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	105,915.00
% of Lots Sold	60.83%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	158,605.00
Unsold Lots	199	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	39.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
29	COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David.	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: With remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some particulars of New	1804	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00	AUD 4,572.00
58	D.H. Lawrence	Mornings in Mexico	1927	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 3,429.00
99	J.W. Lewin.	Map of Part of New South Wales Embellished with Views in the Harbour of Port Jackson, Drawn by J.W. Lewin.		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	AUD 2,794.00
22	WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig.	Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. With an introduction by Bertrand Russell, F.R.S.	1922	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 2,667.00
461		Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1888-1961, 65 books in total.		AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
60	P Neville Barnett	Japanese Colour-Prints	1936	AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,778.00
422	[Daniel Defoe]	Robinson Crusoe: The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York mariner.	1815	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 1,079.50
5	Dodsey, R.	Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books. A new edition	no date but circa 1770	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,016.00
21	[HARDY, Robert Spence].	[HARDY, Robert Spence]. Autograph Album of Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Elders.		AUD 750.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 889.00
1		Further Papers Relative to the Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia. (In continuation of papers presented to parliament, 14 June, 1852). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty, February 28, 1853.	1853	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 698.50
18		Bound volume of 54 copper engraved natural history plates,	1803 and 1810.	AUD 750.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
189		Victoria and Its Metropolis Past and Present Past and Present	1888	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
216		The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales, Illustrated, EMB Acting Sketches and Portraits of Her Noted People;		AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 571.50
70	Le Corbusier {pseudonym of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris]	Une petite maison 1923	1954	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
148	Tom Roberts	A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the late Tom Roberts Opened by The Honourable F W Eggleston.	1932	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 539.75
465	Philip G King, M.L.C.	Comments on Cook's Log (H.M.S. Endeavour. 1770) with Extracts Charts and Sketches by The Honourable Philip G King, M.L.C. April 1891	1892	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
471	Alan Frost.	Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants To and From the South Pacific 1786-1798	1993	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 539.75
223		6 books of Australian History. Fair condition. Including 1) Johns' Notable Australians. Who They Are and What They Do by Fred. Johns 1906.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
443	J Blackshaw.	RAAF Observers Air Gunners and W/T operators flying log book		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
9		A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels... in seven volumes.	1767	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
266		A Summary of The Geology of Western Australia by A. Gibb Maitland.	1919	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 444.50
107		A bundle of Vintage Russia Pye Rubles Banknotes. Condition various.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
509		8 Photographs of the British Royal Family that were presented to Frank Wood, by the then Prince of Wales, to commemorate the cruise of the "Renown" on which Frank Wood served on the personal Staff of H.R.W.		AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
8	Du HALDE, P.	The General History of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese Tartary, Corea and Thibet...	1736	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 381.00
88	Rev. John Milner and Oswald W. Brierly.	The Cruise Of HMS Galatea. Captain HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh, KG. In 1867-1868	1869	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 381.00

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
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