Sydney Rare Book Auctions Auction A169

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
252	Russell Keith,	Three books on Australian Artists 1) The House of Sticks		1980	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
253		A collection of Horse Racing Publications, all in good condition.	Sydney	1985	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
254		Port Adelaide Racing Club INC. Rules For Investment and Operation of Double Totalizator.		1967	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
255		Four oval shaped photographs: 1) horse Fairy Maid winning the Gulf Handicap at Cheltenham April 21st 1951. 2) photograph of Bonny Duke 3) Miss Coronado winning 'Jumpers Flat' at Cheltenham March 1949. 4) 'Tambi' winning the Dudley Stakes at Chel			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
257		A photograph album with 148 original colour photographs of race horses in action in South Australia from 1940 to 1946.			AUD 900.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
258	Talma ;	Six postcards of Miss Tittell Brune in "Parsifal."	Melbourne		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
259		A handmade fancy wooden box containing 'The Great Sailing Ship Engravings'.			AUD 1,100.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
260	Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce	The Willis Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets'		1980	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
261	edited by Clive Probyn & Bruce Steele	Henry Handel Richardson - The Letters (in 3 volumes). Volume 1 1874-1915; Volume 2: 1917-1933; Volume 3: 1934-1946		2000	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
262	WATT, Steve.	In Memoriam. Roll of Honour Imperial Forces. Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902.		2000	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
263		Unit Histories. 1) RAAF Catalina Squadrons - Recounting the operations of RAAF Catalinas May 1941-March 1943 2) Kitty Hawk Pilots		2002	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
264	David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson	An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson		1976	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
265		Six good quality hardcover books on Textiles			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
266		1) Modern Australian Aboriginal Art by Rex Battarbee 2) Art + Soul by Hetti Perkins 3) Contemporary Aboriginal Art by Susan McCulloch			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
267	Robert Rosenblum.	Painting In The Musee D'orsay	New York	1989	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
268	the men of Anzac,	1) The Anzac Book, Written and illustrated in Gallipoli		1916	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
269	MOUNTFORD, C.P.	Hommes bruns et sable rouge. Mythes et rites des Aborigenes d'Australie centrale avec 18 photographies et une carte.		1953 by Payot	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
270	GRAINGER, Percy.	Photos of Rose Grainger and of 3 short accounts of her life by herself, in her own handwriting; reproduced for her kin and friends by her adoring son Percy Grainger	White Plains, New York,	1923	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
271		Seven books on military aviation during the Second World War.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 177.80
272	COLLYER, Brigadier-General J.J.	The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916.	Pretoria,	1939	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
273	HILLEGAS, Howard C.	With the Boer Forces. With twenty-three illustrations and a plan. Originally Published in London in 1900	Johannesburg	1000 copies	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
274		A collection of 14 books from the Classics of Medicine Library, an imprint of Gryphon Editions in Birmingham.		eighties	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
275		Acta Cartographica A series of monographs and studies on the history of cartography, reprinted from periodicals since 1800.		-1967	AUD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
276		nine books on the Boer war, including some unusual and parochial titles.			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
277	Marshall Broomhall.	The Chinese Empire: a general & missionary survey		C1907	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000

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Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000

Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000

Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.

Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: End of Year Sale: Books, Ephemera, Maps, A169, Ultimo

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