Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Icons: Opera House, Idriess Manuscripts, Art and History, 40624, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 06, 2024 - April 06, 2024
Page Size: 338 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 The Late Rev. John Brown

Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible: Containing The Old and New Testaments; To Which are Annexed An Extensive Introduction: Marginal References and Illustrations; An Exact Summary of The Several Books; A Paraphrase On The Most Obscure Or Important Part

No date c1890s. AUD 180.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
52 Sir Walter Scott

10 volume set of the Waverley novels

1870s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
53 Ian Fleming.

For Your Eyes Only

London 1960 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 476.25
54 Ian Fleming.

The Spy Who Loved Me

London 1962 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 825.50
55 Sylvia Plath

Winter Trees

London 1971 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 254.00
56 J. Lort Stokes.

Discoveries in Australia; with An account of The Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, In the Year 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. by Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also A Narrative of Captain Owen Stanl

1969 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
57 Charles Stuart.

The Mount Bryan Expedition 1839

1982 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
58 Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, Moreton Bay To Port Essington, A Distance of Upwards of 3000 Miles, During The Year 1844-1845

1964 AUD 120.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
59 John Bercovici's and

1637 The concept of ??medicine is very old prepared

AUD 250.00 - 350.00 AUD 317.50
60 Daniel Henry Deniehy.

The Attorney-General of New Barataria

Sydney 1932 AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 698.50
61 Charles Dickens With Illustrations Phiz

The Life And Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

London 1844 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 317.50
62 Peter Higgins, et alia.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds: Boatbill to Starlings HANZAB, volume seven Part A Boatbill to Larks Part B Dunnock to Starlings edited

Melbourne AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 165.10
63

A collection of book catalogues for libraries, exhibitions and booksellers.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
64 Rev. F. C. Lambert.

2 books on early photographic and printing processes. 1) Photography for Novices. The Primus Handbook.

London 1909 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 76.20
65

7 volumes of literature and poetry

AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
66 P.G. Wodehouse

6 books of P.G. Wodehouse. All hardback in dust wrappers. All in very good condition, albeit some with slight foxing. Includes 1) Wodehouse On Crime by Wodehouse. , 2) The World Of Ukridge

London 1981. 1975 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 152.40
67 Norman Lindsay.

1) The Letters of Rachel Henning. With 40 Pen-drawings

Sydney 1952 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
68

Eight Edgar Wallace titles all reprints from 1949s and 1950s

1949s and 1950s AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
69 Alexander G Findlay

A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean; with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands etc., From the Strait of Magallanes to the Arctic Sea, and those of Asia and Australia, its Winds, Currents, and Other Phenomena. In Two Parts

London 1851 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
70 Charles Tovey.

Wine and wine countries: A record and manual for wine merchants and wine consumers

London 1862 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
71 Frank DalDavison and Brooke Nicholls,

Blue Coast Caravan

1935 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 698.50
72 Jack McLaren

The White Witch

Melbourne No date but 1919 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
73

1 ) Enough Rope 2002 US 2) A Drop of The Hard Stuff 2011 US 3)The Burglar In The Library 1997 UK Signed 4) Hope To Die 2001 US 5) Even The Wicked 1996 UK 2nd

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
74 Herman Hesse

Nine Herman Hesse titles in hardback and 10 paperbacks.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 165.10
75 Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann books in English translated from the German.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
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    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
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    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
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    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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