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Auction Name	Books, bookplates, postcards: First editions, Military, History …	Total Sales (AUD)	47,910.75
Auction Date	July 13, 2025 - July 13, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	47,990.00
Sale Number	#71325	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	65,790.00
Total Lots	351
Sold Lots	163	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	107,695.00
% of Lots Sold	46.44%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	147,750.00
Unsold Lots	188	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	32.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
81		Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone First Edition First Impression	1997	AUD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 15,240.00
76	Sylvia Townsend Warner; I.R. Hodgkins.	Elinor Barley.	1930	AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
109	Alfred John North.	Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania	1901-1904.	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 1,143.00
30	Bruno Heroux	A folder of 27 original art works by Bruno Heroux		AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 952.50
173		Kriegsnummern des Simplicissimus. Siebenter Kriegsband (Oktober 1917 bis Marz 1918) Simplicissimus Verlag.	1917-18.	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 952.50
83	The Right Honourable Earl of Rochester	The Farce of Sodom	1980	AUD 1,400.00 - 1,600.00	AUD 889.00
35	by CA Baker.	Souvenir of the Australian and Malayan Battle Planes 1914-1918	1920	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 825.50
142	Roald Amundsen	The North West Passage' Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Gjoa' 1903-1907	1908	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 762.00
235	A. B. Paterson,	The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses	1896	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 762.00
298	Ian Fleming	Thunderball	1961	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 762.00
52	John Heaviside Clark.	Aboriginal Life in Old Australia Being an enhanced facsimile of Field sports, etc. etc. of the native inhabitants of New South Wales	2003	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
220		Forty One Issues of PATEK PHILIPPE The International Magazine 1998-2021.		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 571.50
254	Sydney Long	Sydney Long Original bookplate. Finely detailed etching depicting a figure playing a lyre amidst stylised trees,		AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 571.50
28	Ion L Idriess.	Madman's Island	1927	AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 539.75
8	Beatrix Potter.	The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin	1903	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
74	Joseph M Forshaw and William T Cooper	The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds William T Cooper	1977	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 508.00
190		A wonderful collection of books on Illuminated Manuscripts. 1) The Lindisfarne Gospels 2) The Bedford Hours		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
44	William Jackson Hooker.	Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809	1813	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
89	John Nicol	Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. Compiled from their own Records and other Authentic Sources of Information.	M.DCCC.LXVI. 1866	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 412.75
346	Edited by Major G. F. B. Rickards, Printed and	XII. Twelve in Focus 12th Field Regiment in South Vietnam 1971. A Memento for all Ranks of the Tour in South Vietnam	1971	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
10	Budiger Joppien and Benard Smith.	The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages	1985-1987	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
78	Shakespeare	The Norton Facsimile: The First Folio of Shakespeare. Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection Prepared by Charlton Hinman.	1996	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 349.25
55		A Record of the International Fire Exhibition, Earl's Court, London, 1903.	1903	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
63	Shawn O'Leary.	Rare Unit History 6th Division Cavalry Commandos To The Green Fields Beyond	1975	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
79		A History of Australia Complete in Six Volumes. Very good set in dustwrappers		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 317.50

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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