Sydney Rare Book Auctions Auction A169

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Greville Philipps Tregarthen	The Story of Australasia . New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand. Part of The Story of the Nations Series	New York	1893	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
177	J G Keulemans edited by E G Turbott.	Buller's Birds of New Zealand: A New Edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand Reproducing in Six-Colour Offset the 48 Stone-Plate Lithographs		1979	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
178	Ian Flemming.	The Man with the Golden Gun		1965	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
179	Ian Fleming.	Octopussy and The Living Daylights	London	1966	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	AUD 254.00
180	Ian Fleming.	The Man With The Golden Gun	London	1965 First edition in dustwrapper	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
181	MOUTERDE, Rene, S. J.	The Nahr el Kelb (Dog River). A guide to the antiquities. Translated into English by C. B. Hughes,		1934	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 88.90
182	Edith Wharton	The Buccaneers	New York	1938	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
183	illustrated by Isaac Robert Cruikshank	Lessons of Thrift,			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
184		1) The Official Opening by the Prime Minister of Australia, The RT.Hon, R.G. Menzies, CH., Q.C., of The Hot Strip Mill and Other Major Plant Extensions at the Australian Iron & Steel Ltd. Kembla Works NSW On Tuesday August 30, 1955.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
185	Fridtjof Nansen	Farthest North. , Being the Record of a Voyage of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix	London	1897	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
186	Ronald M. Berndt & Catherine Helen Berndt with John E Stanton	Aboriginal Australian Art		1982	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
187	E. O. G. Shann	Cattle Chosen : The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia 1829 to 1841		1926	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
188		Review of Reviews for Australia December 15, 1900. Page 657 to 798.		1900	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
189	Ian Fleming.	On Her Majesty's Secret Service		1963	AUD 800.00 - 1,100.00	Not Sold
190		Boswell's Life Of Johnson Illustrated .			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 381.00
191	Walter Thornbury. Walter Thornbury	Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places. A New Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected. Illustrated with numerous Engravings from the most Authentic Sources.	London	c.1875	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
192		The National Portrait Gallery	London.	No date Circa 1870s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
193	William Hatfield Second Edition	Desert Saga		1933	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
194		Map of Europe Showing Boundaries of States According To Treaties.			AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
195		St Paul's Church, Redfern, Sydney. Souvenir Diamond Jubilee 1855 - 1915.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
196	The Most Eminent Artists..	Picturesque Europe with Illustrations On Steel and Wood	London	1890s	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
197		Webster's International Dictionary Of The English Language Being the Authentic Edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, ...	Springfield	1904	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
198		All Round The World An Illustrated Record of Voyages , Travels , and Adventures in all Parts of The Globe with Two Hundred Illustrations.	London	1870s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
199	Edward Walford.	Greater London A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places	London	1880s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
200	the Australian author E V Timms.	Seven Historical Romance novels	Sydney	1950s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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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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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