Sydney Rare Book Auctions: April's Amazing Offerings, 42024, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 20, 2024 - April 20, 2024

Page Size: 450 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Gold Fields Commission of Enquiry Report of the Commission Appointed to Enquire into the conditions of the Gold Fields of Victoria etc., etc.		1855	AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 3,302.00
2	Edited by Richard Neville, Jim Anderson, Felix Dennis and Roger Hutchinson	OZ Magazine, A near complete set of 47 issues out of 48.	London	1967 and 1973	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
3		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Music score for The Beatles: Sgt Peper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.		1967	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 76.20
4		Three Music scores with military music. 1) Songs of War.		1921	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
5		Four Frank Lloyd Wright publications.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
6	John Baird and Harry Vardon.	How to Play Golf		circa1926	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
7	Hirschfeld-Mack.	The Bauhaus An Introductory Survey		1963	AUD 40.00 - 60.00	AUD 50.80
8	Dick O'Farrell.	How to box : Larry Foley's method and the story of his world famous pupil Griffo	Sydney	1944	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 101.60
9		Alice In Wonderland with Songs and Original Music. Plays For Little People.		No date c1910.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
10	Brett Whiteley	Brett Whiteley Paris Regard de Cote. Australian Galleries (1990).			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
11		Youth annual.			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 139.70
12		Illustrated catalogue of the 1914 Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts.			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
13		University of Sydney Medical School Certificate Book for Margaret Schlink nee Mulvey(1921-2001.			AUD 180.00 - 240.00	AUD 203.20
14	Charles Lee.	A Question of Taste: The Aldine Chapbooks		1930	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
15	Arthur Adams.	Three Plays for the Australian Stage: The Wasters; Galahad Jones: Mrs Pretty and the Premier.	Sydney	1914	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
16	William Archibald.	A Day in the Life of a Clown	New York	1963	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
17		Life and virtue of Sister Maria Aurelia Cecilia of S. Giuseppe of the order of hermits of St. Augustine;			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
18	J E Carne.	The Copper-Mining Industry and the Distribution of Copper Ores in New South Wales		1908	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
19	Stan. Cross.	Australian Humour in Pen and Ink		1921	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 63.50
20		Souvenir of the Australian Rugby League Kangaroos 1933-1934.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
21		A bundle of NSW local history pamphlets and booklets.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
22	John Macleod.	Frolics in Politics		1941	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
23		Life Magazine. Nov.1, 1915. War Read Dr. Fitchett's Special Articles			AUD 80.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
24	Produced Oswald L. Ziegler, for The Municipal Council of Sydney in 1938.	Australia: One Hundred and Fifty Years - Greetings from the City of Sydney.		1938'.	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 50.80
25		The Government of New South Wales Australia, invites participation in Sydney's most extensive redevelopment scheme.		1960	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 571.50

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: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

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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