Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Historical and Literary Treasures, 120824, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 08, 2024 - December 08, 2024
Page Size: 518 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ANDREWS, E.C.

The Geology of the Broken Hill District.

Sydney 1922 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 285.75
2 MAWSON, Douglas.

Geological Investigations in the Broken Hill Area.

Adelaide 1912 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 AUD 381.00
3

Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales.

1889 to 1920, but mostly of the early 1890's AUD 250.00 - 500.00 AUD 152.40
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
5

Three old technical books on Australian fossils: RAMSAY, E.P. Catalogue of a Collection of Fossils in the Australian Museum.

Sydney 1883 AUD 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
6 Arthur Smith Woodward

Two rare monographs on Australian palaeontology by Arthur Smith Woodward, keeper of the department of geology at the British Museum. 1) On a Carboniferous Fish Fauna from the Mansfield District, Victoria.

Carlton 1906 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
7 HARPER, L.F.

The Adelong Goldfield. Department of Mines, Mineral Resources Handbook number 21.

Sydney 1916 AUD 300.00 - 500.00 AUD 190.50
8

Three scarce books on rare metallurgical deposits in Australia -- namely mercury, antimony and molybdenum. CARNE, J.E. Mercury, or "Quicksilver" in New South Wales

Sydney 1913 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
9 ETHERIDGE, Robert.

A Monograph of the Silurian and Devonian Corals of New South Wales; With illustrations from other parts of Australia. Part One: the Genus Halysites.

Sydney 1904 and 1907 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
10 ETHERIDGE, Robert and DUN, W.S.

A Monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carboniferous Invertebrata of New South Wales. Volume II comprising two parts -- the Palaeopectens and the Eurydesma.

Sydney 1906 and 1910 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
11 J. P. Belshaw

Five books on mining history in New England (NSW).

1950 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 412.75
12 DAVIS, William J.

Kentucky Fossil Corals.

Frankfort 1885 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
13 ROSS, Clyde P.

Geology of Glacier National Park and the Flathead Region Northwestern Montana.Quarto, original wrappers, four folding maps.

Washington 1959 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
14

Three volumes from the Memoirs of the Geological Society of New South Wales.

Sydney 1890 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 AUD 152.40
15 ETHERIDGE, Robert.

A Monograph of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fauna of New South Wales.

Sydney 1902 and 1903 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
16 CARNE, J.E.

The Kerosene Shale Deposits of New South Wales.

Sydney 1903 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
17 A. Liversidge.

Large chromolithographic map measuring 76 x 57 centimetres, titled A Mineral Map Accompanying the Minerals of New South Wales by

1888 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
18 DOUGLAS MAWSON

Three large quarto volumes, being Memoirs of the Royal Society of South Australia. All are monographs on palaeontology. 1) Chiastolites from Bimbowrie, South Australia,

1911 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 AUD 152.40
19

FIVE OLD GEOLOGY AND MINING REPORTS 1) ANDREWS, E.C. The Canbelego, Budgery and Budgerygar Mines... Cobar gold and copper field.

Sydney 1915 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
20

ELEVEN BOOKS ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION Titles include: The Voyage of the Scotia

Canberra 1978 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
21 CHARLES DARWIN

FIVE BOOKS CHARLES DARWIN AND EVOLUTION Voyage of the Beagle

1955 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
22 WILSON, Leonard G.

Charles Lyell. The Years to 1841: The Revolution in Geology.

New Haven 1972 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
23 HORNER, Frank.

The French Reconnaissance. Baudin in Australia 1801-1803.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 127.00
24

Five books Published by the Geological Society of London, all are high quality hardcover books. 1) BLUNDELL, Derek and SCOTT, Andrew. Lyell: The Past is the Key to the Present

1988 AUD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
25

Shelf of books on the history of Australian mining and geological surveying, including 14 issues of the Journal of Australasian Mining History

2010-2014 AUD 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
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