Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fine Art, Literature, History, Biggles, James Bond, Fine Bindings, 30824, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 08, 2024 - March 08, 2024

Page Size: 265 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	by Carboni Raffaello.	The Eureka Stockade. The Consequence of Some Pirates Wanting On Quarter-Deck A Rebellion.	Melbourne	1855	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,524.00
2		Present State of Van Diemen's Land; comprising an account of its Agricultural Capabilities with Observations on the present state of farming &c. &c.	London	1829	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
3		Australian Rare Books 1788-1900 by Jonathan Wantrup.		1987	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 190.50
4	Oliver Goldsmith.	A History of The Earth and Animated Nature,		no date c1848.	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 762.00
5		Comprehensive Cartography of Portugal published to commemorate the fifth centenary of Prince Henry's death.	Lisboa	1960	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,016.00
6	George Barrington .	The History of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its Dependencies from the Original Discovery of the island with the Customs and Manners of the Natives and an Account of the English Colony and its Foundation to	London	1802	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 762.00
8	J H Maiden Assisted W S Campbell Sydney Government Printer 1895 - 1898.	Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales , with Especial Reference to Their Economic Value			AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 539.75
9	Henry Boswell.	Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales: Being a Grand Copper-Plate Repository of Elegance, Taste, and Entertainment...	London		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
10		Australian World Syndicating Service. Special Feature Offer. Twenty Eight True Life Stories from Northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Coral Sea by Ion L. Idriess..			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 1,651.00
11	Paul Klee.	Klee: Ten Reproductions in Facsimile of Paintings By Paul Klee.	in Basle	1946	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 285.75
12	Alexander Stuart.	Sir George Grey: his friends and foes : a political satire		1882	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
13		Government Notice. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney. 22nd April 1829. Alexander Mcleay.		1829	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	Not Sold
14		Asia and its islands according to D'Anville: divided into empires, kingdoms, states, regions etc.	London	1799	AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
15		The Apple (Of Beauty and Discord). Volume 1. Number 3. 1920		1920	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 215.90
16		A collection of 30 wall maps published around the 1920s.		1920s	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
17	Robert Emerson Curtis.	Building the Bridge. Twelve Lithographs and with Supplement Lino print with hand painted details.			AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 4,064.00
31	By George R. Emerson.	Beaton's Encyclopaedia of Universal Information.			AUD 250.00 - 400.00	AUD 127.00
43	Mohammad ibn Qassoum ibn Aslam-Al-Ghafiqi	Al Morchid Fi'L-Kohhl ou Le Guide D'Oculistique Ouvrage inherit de L'oculiste arabe-espagnol.		1933	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
44		Facsimile of Bordeaux International Exhibition of Wines 1882.	Sydney	1884	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
45	Estelle Thompson	1) A Toast to Cousin Julian 1986 2) Hunter In The Dark 1978 3) The Fugitive Eye . London Collins 1953 4) The Brink of Silence New York Harper 1956.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
46	George Forster.	Cook, The Discoverer A facsimile of 'Cook der Entdecker, Versuch eines Denkmals'	Sydney	2007	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
47		Parliamentary Paper: Federal Capital City Designs. Report of Board appointed to investigate and report as to suitability of certain designs for adoption in connection with lay-out of Federal Capital.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 444.50
48		1) Mottled Shadows Selected Verse of John K Murphy 1991 2) The Dances by John Miles Number 11 of 225 copies signed by Miles 3) Songs of The Gold Fields by S Le Maitre.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
49	Norman Lindsay.	Photograph initialled on the mount by Norman Lindsay.			AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
50	W. E. Johns.	Biggles In The Terai by Capt. W. E. Johns.		1966	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

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