• Bonhams, June 25: Vesalius, Andreas. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. $200,000 - $300,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Gersdorff, Hans Von. 1455-1529. Feldtbuch der wundartzney. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Pare, Ambroise. C.1509-1590. La Methode Curative des Playes, et Fractures de la Teste humaine. Avec les pourtraits des Instruments necessaires pour la curation d'icelles. $25,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Reisch, Gregor. 1470-1525. Margarita Philosophica. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bright, Richard. 1789-1858. Reports of Medical Cases, Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo. C. 1460-1530. Tractatus de fractura calve sive cranei. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Vicq D'Azyr, Felix. 1748-1794. Traite d'antomie et de physiologie. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Croce, Giovanni Andrea Della. 1509?-1775. Chirurgia libri septem... $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bruno Da Longburgo. 1200-1286. La cyrogia di Maistro Bruno: Expertissimo in quella. Tradutta in vulgare. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Schwann, Theodor. 1810-1882. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Ubereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Cowper, William. 1666-1709. The Anatomy of Humane Bodies, with Figures Drawn after the Life… $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 25: Bidloo, Govard. 1649-1713. Anatomia humani corporis, centum & quinque tabulis, per artificiossis. G. de Lairesse ad vivum delineatis. $6,000 - $9,000
  • Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Audubon Birds of America, 1st Octavo Edition; 5 vols plus Journals, ex. J.J. Pringle. $4,000 to $4,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: American Ornithology Plates Folio in 2 Vols, A. Wilson and C. Bonaparte. $3,400 to $3,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 23 CP Railroad Photographs c. 1883 by O.B. Buell. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Cormac McCarthy, Signed 1st Editions, The Passenger & Stella Maris Box Set. $1,700 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Oliver Buell Cabinet Photograph, Chief Crowfoot. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Colton's Atlas of the World, 1856, in Two Volumes; plus Africa / Mahdist War Map. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1805 Thomas Jefferson Inaugural Speech. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Barflies and Cocktails, Harry McElhone, First Edition Mixology Book. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 1861 U. S. Grant Broadside Proclamation, Paducah, KY. $1,000 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques
    2024 Summer Fine Art & Antiques
    July 6-7, 2024
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: 2 John Overton Signed Letters, 1803, re: TN Statehood. $800 to $900.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Simon Wastell "Microbiblion or The Bibles Epitome: in Verse" 1629. $600 to $700.
    Case Antiques, July 6-7: Thomas Lewis Family Letter Archive; Boston, Massachusetts. $400 to $500.
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Keats, John] Spenser, Edmund: The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser. $50,000 - $80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: (Walton, Izaak): The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Thomas, Gabriel: An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America. $25,000 - $35,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Carroll, Lewis]: The Game of Alice in Wonderland. $2,000 - $3,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: Athias, Joseph, et al.: Biblia Hebraica. $7,000 - $10,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 25: [Warhol, Andy, and Jens Quistgaard] Dansk Designs Salesman's Presentation Catalogue. $2,500 - $3,500.

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Icons: Opera House, Idriess Manuscripts, Art and History, 40624, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 06, 2024 - April 06, 2024
Page Size: 338 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276

A collection of books on Australia's Government House and the people inside.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
277 Terry Kass.

A collection of books and the first perceptions of Australia. All paperbacks in very good condition. Includes: 1) Sails to Satellites: The Surveyors General of NSW (1786-2007)

2008 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
278

1) Frontier Conflict: The Australian Experience by Atwood and Foster 2) Sydney's Aboriginal Past: Investigating the Archaeological and Historical records by Attenbrow. ...

AUD 70.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
279 Frank Herbert.

Chapter House Dune

London 1985 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 412.75
280 Leslie Charteris.

A collection of the Saint Stories

London 1956 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
281 Leigh, et al.

Two books on Endangered Plants and Animals in Australia. 1) Extinct and endangered plants of Australia

1984 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
282 Dorothy Jones.

Hurricane lamps and blue umbrellas : a history of the Shire of Johnstone to 1973

1973 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 139.70
283 Havelock Ellis.

The Criminal

London 1895 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
284 C Ross Stuart.

Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men

Dunedin 1907 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
285 Ernest Fooks

X-ray the city! the density diagram : basis for urban planning

Melbourne 1946 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 190.50
286 GLS Shackle.

Mathematics At The Fireside: Some Fundamentals Presented To Children

1952 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
287

A shelf of fairy tales for children.

AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 88.90
288 Hume Cook.

Australian Fairy Tales

Melbourne 1925 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 76.20
289

A shelf of Folio Society books.

AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
290 edited by Yoshio Koine.

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. 5th edition.

1980 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
291

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. In three volumes. 1) 1872-1914

1968 AUD 100.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
292 Aldous Huxley.

Eyeless in Gaza

1936 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
293 Steven Bradbury with Gary Smart.

Last Man Standing

2005 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
294

1) The Diary of John Evelyn by William Bray 2 Vols; 2) Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson. Pocket Edition 1920; 3) Memories & Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson 1887

AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
295 Edward Step.

Wayside and Woodland Blossoms - A Pocket Guide to British Wild-Flowers For the Country Rambler

1930s AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
296 E. Harrison Compton. Described by Reginald Farrer.

The Dolomites - King Laurin's Garden. Painted

1913 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
297 David Alexander Crichton.

1) The Australasian Fruit Culturist, Containing Full and Complete Information as to the History, Traditions, Uses. Propagation, and Culture of such Fruits as are Suitable for Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasma

1893 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
298 John Weathers.

5 books about Gardening. Including 1) The Bulb Book or Bulbous and Tuberous Plants For The Open Air, Stove, and Greenhouse

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
299

Beeton's All About Gardening Being A Popular Dictionary of Gardening, Containing Full Practical Instructions In The Different Branches of Horticultural Science.

no date c1890. AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
300

1) Gardens of Delight by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. 1934; 2) Gardens of Delight - Throughout The Year. Second Printing 1936. O; 3) The Scented by Eleanour Sinclair Rhode.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s, June 26: Poe, Edgar Allan. Tamerlane — the most poignant rarity in American literature. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." 2,500,000 - 5,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: William Blake. “Poems with very wild and interesting pictures” 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Thomas Taylor [artist]. The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
  • Finarte, July 4-5: FERMI, ENRICO. Letters, 1923. €30,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The comedy, 1477. €45,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. The Comedy [Commentary by Christophorus Landinus]. Addition: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in Latin and Italian], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: ASTRONOMIA - CALENDARIO - REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES (MÜLLER, JOHANN, OF KÖNIGSBERG) Kalendarium, 1483. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: CATERINA II DI RUSSIA, Parchment diploma granted by Catherine II of Russia, 1778. €15,000 to €20,000.
    Finarte, July 4-5: VICO, GIAMBATTISTA New Science Principles, 1725.
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