Sydney Rare Book Auctions Auction A169

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Claud Levi-Strauss	1) The Raw and the Cooked. Cape 2) From Honey to Ashes Harper Row 3) The Origin of Table Manners Cape 4) Tristes Tropiques Cape			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
77		1) Large map that depicts the coastal area of Seal Rocks, located in New South Wales. 2) 3 Maps of areas around NSW, including 2 maps focussing on the Sydney area.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
78	Nakamura Baisen, Yokoyama Kei and Inoue Seiji	Japanese Manga Travel Maps.			AUD 500.00 - 700.00	AUD 317.50
79		Four Colour New South Wales Maps From Surveys by The Royal Australian Navy.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
80		A screenprint poster of Ronald Reagan. Poster is Christmas themed with the large caption at the top, "Peace on where?".			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
81		The Coast of Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Leading to the Strait of Gibraltar' Surveyor unknown,		1848	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
82	the Royal Australian Navy.	Four Port Jackson Colour Maps. From Surveys			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
83		Cache of five large French Admiralty charts of the South American coastline, each measuring 655 x 965 mm.		1833	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
84	John Sands.	Four Colour Maps		No date c1886	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
85		Two John Oslen's reproduction prints. 1) Spanish Encounter.		1970	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
86		A bundle of Maps of the Bendigo Strathfieldsaye Area.		1930s-80s	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
87		Thirteen Victoria Geological Maps		1970s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
88		About 20 Maps, Posters and Prints.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
89	John Bartholomew.	Two Imperial Maps of England & Wales.		No date c1860s	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
90		The Pele Albums - Selections From Public and Private Collections Celebrating The Soccer Career of Pele. 2 Volumes.		1990	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
91	James Bryce LLD	The Complete Atlas, One Hundred and Twenty Maps of Modern Historical , Classical, and Physical Geography; with Descriptive Letterpress of Modern and Physical Geography		No date c1878	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 127.00
92		Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide and General Handbook, Illustrated with Local and Other Maps, Special Edition.		2012	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
93		This is Japan, Number 5 1958.	Tokyo	1957	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
94		English Newspaper The Sphere used as a cricket scrapbook. A cricket lover has compiled a scrapbook using a copy of the Sphere Newspaper (Magazine?) .			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
95	edited by Ludwig Goldscheider	Leonardo Da Vinci		1954	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
96	Geoffrey De Bellaigue,	French Porcelain In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. Three volumes		2010	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97	Michael Freeman	Four books from the Collins Photography Workshop 1) Cameras and Lenses 2) Light 3) The Image 4) Film 5) Travels of Victorian Photographer Folio Society. 6) Halliwell's film guide 2005			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
98	Michael Poliza.	2 Books on Africa 1) Africa		2006	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
99		Velazquez: The Complete Works Jose Lopez-Rey		1998	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
100	Giovanni Fanelli	Italy Around 1900. A Portrait in Colour	Cologne		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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.
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Ends 19th February 2026

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

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