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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Historical and Literary Treasures

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Auction Name	Books: Historical and Literary Treasures	Total Sales (AUD)	27,698.70
Auction Date	December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	26,210.00
Sale Number	#120824	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	37,520.00
Total Lots	518
Sold Lots	99	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	136,575.00
% of Lots Sold	19.11%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	195,160.00
Unsold Lots	419	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	14.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
158	ZORA CROSS	Songs of Love and Life by Zora Cross	1917	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 3,302.00
61	RUTHERFORD HAYES	A printed pamphlet inscribed "with compliments R.B. Hayes" by the president Rutherford Hayes.	1880	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
47	Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.	My Travels in Europe and America 1893 by His Highness the Raja-i-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.	1895	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 1,016.00
34	PREJEVALSKY, Lieutenant-Colonel N.	Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet.	1876	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 952.50
35	LAYARD, Austen.	Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon.	1853	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 952.50
46		Six books on the British Raj and the Indian Empire.	1911	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 889.00
130	SULIVAN, Captain G.L.	Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters and on the Eastern Coast of Africa.	1873	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 889.00
135	SHARP, Martin.	CARTOONS	1966	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 762.00
4		Four reports on the geology of Victoria, prepared for Parliament by specialists working for the geological survey of the state, then well underway following the gold rush period.	1853	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 698.50
42		RARE TAHITIAN LANGUAGE BIBLE 1878 Bibilia Mo'a Ra, oia te Faufaa Tahito e te Faufaa Api Ra, iritihia ei Parau Tahiti.	1878	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
100	WB Yeats.	The Wind Among the Reeds	1899	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 635.00
143	[RACKHAM, Arthur], SHAKESPEARE, William.	A Midsummer Night's Dream.	1908	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 603.25
159	A.B. PATTERSON	Three Elephant Power and other stories.	1917	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50
51		PRINCE RUDOLPH IN EGYPT 1884 Travels in the East. Including a visit to India and the Holy Land.	1884	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 508.00
131	LINDSAY, Norman.	Women in Parliament by Aristophanes done into English by Jack Lindsay with illustrations by Norman Lindsay and a foreword by Edgell Rickword.	1929	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
11	J. P. Belshaw	Five books on mining history in New England (NSW).	1950	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 412.75
136		Scarce pamphlet with cover title reading "Bush Studies Australia".	Circa 1900	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 412.75
2	MAWSON, Douglas.	Geological Investigations in the Broken Hill Area.	1912	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00
134	JOHN BASKERVILLE SALLUST	C. Crispus Sallustius; et L. Annaeus Florus.	1773	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00
144	[RACKHAM, Arthur] WAGNER, Richard.	The Ring of the Niblung.	1911	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 381.00
164	Sir J G Frazer	The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion Third Edition by Sir J G Frazer .	1976 Reprint	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
99	Ian Fleming.	Thunderball	1961	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
29		Report on the Geology and Reefs of the Ravenswood Gold Field.	1900	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 317.50
38	WATTS, Isaac.	Logick: or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth with a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error....	1754	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50
64		Dernieere notice sur la Girafe, contenant la relation de son voyage aa Saint-Cloud.	1827	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 317.50

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