Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fine Art, Literature, History, Biggles, James Bond, Fine Bindings, 30824, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 08, 2024 - March 08, 2024

Page Size: 265 items in 11 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
290		1) Biggles Takes It Rough by Capt. W.E. Johns.		1963	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
291		1) Biggles In Mexico by Capt. W.E. Johns.		1959	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
292		Biggles And The Penitent Thief by Captain W.E. Johns.		1967	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
293	L. Frank Baum. Illustrated John Neil.	Sky Island - Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies		1912	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
294	L. Frank Baum. Illustrated John R. Neill.	1) The Road To OZ		No date.	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
295	Norman Leslie.	1) Windows Can Be Dangerous		1958	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10
296	John Carnell.	1) No Place Like Earth - A Science Fiction Anthology		1952	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 50.80
297	A.E. van Vogt.	The Weapon Shops of Isher		1952	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 127.00
298		You Only Live Twice.	London	1964	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
299	Ian Fleming	The Man with The Golden Gun	London	1965	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 412.75
300	by Mrs Hodgson Willoughby	Old English China.	London	1913	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 25.40
301		6 Find Binding books published by Franklin Library.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 101.60
302		Colour map measures 99 x 58 cms. Partly colured Water Supply and Distribution System 1938.			AUD 180.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
303		Poems of William Cowper in Two Volumes.	London	1793	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
304		1) Our Living Stone Age.		1963	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 101.60
305		1) Prospecting For Gold . From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant, and f rom the Dolly to the Stamper Battery.		1938	AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
306	Lynn Fern.	1) William Robinson	Sydney	1995	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
307	edited Deborah Hart.	Grace Cossington Smith	Canberra	2005	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 38.10
308	Herbert E J Biss Plates Georges M Dupuy	1) Bailliere's Popular Atlas of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Male Human Body with Descriptive Text by Herbert E J Biss Plates by Georges M Dupuy		1948	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 50.80
310	EG Waterhouse.	Camellia Trail. With twenty-one plates in colour by Paul Jones.	Sydney	1952	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 412.75
311		Forty Years of Wunderlich Industry 1887-1927.		1887-1927.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
312		The Art Movement in Australia Design Taste and Society 1875 - 1900 by Andrew Montana .	Melbourne	2000	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 63.50
313		Statistics of The Colony of Queensland for the year 1882 Compiled from official records in the Registrar-General's Office Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command.	Brisbane	1883 .	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 63.50
314		Annual Reports for the Queensland Department of Public Lands for the years 1893 and 1896,.			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
315	C. Suetonius Tranquillus	The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, The First Emperor of Rome. Written in Latin by C. Suetonius Tranquillus and now done into English by Several Hands.			AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 508.00

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes

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