Sydney Rare Book Auctions: March Musings: Books and Maps, 32124, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024
Page Size: 234 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 A A Milne

Now We Are Six

London 1927 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
2 R H Horne, editor

The History of Napoleon

London 1841 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 254.00
3

Matinee In Aid of the Australian Wounded Soldiers His Majesty's Theatre Friday, November 19th, 1915

London AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
4

The British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Maps Charts and Plans

1964 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5 Henri Cordier.

Bibliotheca Sinica: Dictionnaire Bibliographique Des Ouvrages Relaties a L'Empire Chinos. 3 Volumes.

1990s AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
6 Geoffrey C Ingleton

Matthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker

UK 1986 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
7 Geoffrey C Ingleton

Matthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker

UK 1986 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
8 Peter Bromley Maling

Early Charts of New Zealand 1542 - 1851

Wellington 1969 AUD 450.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9 Mary Blewitt

Surveys of the Seas: A Brief history of British Hydrography

London 1957 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
10 Idriess

The Australian Guerilla

circa 2000 reprinted AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 603.25
11 Rear-Admiral Henry C Otter

Sailing Directions for the West Coast of Scotland, Part 1. Hebrides or Western Isles

London 1874 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
12 Alexander G Findlay

A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean; with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands etc....

London 1871 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
13 Alexander G Findlay

A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean; with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands etc....

London 1863 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
14 W. Burger and others

7 books on radar navigation, ship electronics and marine engineering, incl. 1) Radar Observer's Handbook.

1961 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 50.80
15 Vice-Admiral de Robeck

Despatch of Vice-Admiral de Robeck reporting the Landing of the Army on the Gallipoli Peninsula

1915 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 254.00
16 Ion L. Idriess

'The Great Trek. One of the Greatest Feats of Australian Exploration'.

Sydney 1940 AUD 500.00 - 800.00 AUD 603.25
17

Over 30 books on Gas, mostly of Australian Gas Institute transaction reports

1926-1961 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
18 Astrid Lindgren and Ilon Wikland

Karlson on the Roof

London 1977 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 101.60
19 H.J. Pursey.

12 marine books, Includes 1) Merchant Ship Construction.

1966 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 76.20
20

Sailing Directions Victoria, including the Bass Strait

1959 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
21 Terry Bennett

Japanese Photography and Theatre, incl. 1) Photography in Japan 1853-1912

2006 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 63.50
22 Charles J. Page

Memories In Place: The Centenary of World War I.

2013 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
23

The Weaver, Abbotsleigh.

1916-1929 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 101.60
24

Kangaroos Extract from Bulletin byNew York Zoological Society Vol 34 No 1

1931 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 88.90
25

A mid nineteenth century Japanese concertina style erotic book also called Shunga in 10 panels

mid nineteenth century AUD 450.00 - 500.00 AUD 444.50
  • Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Isaac Newton on chemistry and matter, and alchemy, Autograph Manuscript, "A Key to Snyders," 3 pp, after 1674. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Exceptionally rare first printing of Plato's Timaeus. Florence, 1484. $50,000 - $80,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: On the Philosophy of Self-Interest: Adam Smith's copy of Helvetius's De l'homme, Paris, 1773. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: "Magical Calendar of Tycho Brahe" - very rare hermetic broadside. Engraved by Merian for De Bry. c.1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Author's presentation issue of Einstein's proof of Relativity, "Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie." 1915. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: First Latin edition of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Paris, 1520. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: De Broglie manuscript on the nature of matter in quantum physics, 3 pp, 1954. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Tesla autograph letter signed on electricty and electromagnetic theory. 1894. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Heinrich Hertz scientific manuscript on his mentor Hermann Von Helmholtz, 1891. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: The greatest illustrated work in Alchemy: Micheal Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. Oppenheim, 1618. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Illustrated Alchemical manuscript, a Mysterium Magnum of the Rosicurcians, 18th-century. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 28 – May 7: Rare Largest Paper Presentation Copy of Newton's Principia, London, 1726. The third and most influential edition. $60,000 - $90,000
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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