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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
51 Robert Gray.

Reminiscences of India and North Queensland 1857-1912.

 London 1913 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
52

Homeward on H.M.T. A.14 March 1918.

 Sydney AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
53 Donald F. Thomson.

Birds of Cape York Peninsula: ecological notes, field observations, and catalogue of specimens collected on three expeditions to north Queensland.

 Melbourne 1935 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 88.90
54 H Ling Roth

The Aborigines of Tasmania. A facsimile of the 1899 edition

Hobart No date 1960s (?) AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 114.30
55

NSW Parliamentary Paper. Concerning the 1857 Wreck of the 'Catherine Adamson' .

 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
56 Frederick McCoy.

Natural History of Victoria. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Living Species of all Classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals

 Melbourne 1878-1890 AUD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 AUD 2,667.00
57 Kenneth Slessor and illustrated Norman Lindsay.

Earth Visitors. Poems

 1926 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
58

The Paintings of Robert Johnson: 18 tipped in reproductions.

 Sydney: [1953] AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
59

A collection of 8 Oceanian flag prints. Lithographs by Weller and Graham, 1907.

AUD 450.00 - 550.00 Not Sold
60

Chart of the Friendly Islands.

 circa1784 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
61

Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour.

 1785 AUD 80.00 - 140.00 AUD 63.50
62

View of A Boxing Match, in Hapaee. [on sheet with] Portrait of A Man of Mangea. Sculpted by Peltro.

 circa1785 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
63

Two images: The first is entitled Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands. and the Second is Portrait of a woman of Middleburgh or Eooa an Island near Tongataboo. Sculpted by Royce.

 London:: no date likely 1784. AUD 100.00 - 250.00 AUD 63.50
64 Sculpted Taylor. After John Webber.

Engraving entitled Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava.

Circa 1787 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
65 John Webber.

Kanos van Oonalashka Plate CVII. From Cooks Third Voyage. Likely taken from the Dutch edition which was published in 1785 and likely done

 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
66

A collection of 32 botanical prints depicting delicate florals. Mostly Australian Flora (one bird)

 AUD 320.00 - 420.00 AUD 254.00
67

Manly and Warringah: a Pacific paradise.

 Mentone 1940 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
68 William Robertson.

The History of Scotland during the Reigns of Queen Mary and the King James VI till His Accession to the Crown of England.

 1791 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 381.00
69 William BCarpenter.

On the Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors in Health and Disease. Prize Essay

 1850 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 215.90
70 Henry Vizetelly.

Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines

 1879 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 177.80
71

New South Wales House of Commons 9 August 1845.

 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
72 Paynting.

The James Flood Book of Early Australian Photographs edited

 1970 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 50.80
73 Collins

A cute little box set of classics published

 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
74 Fowles.

The Sydney Drawing book, composed of little scraps for little hands in a progressive course of Easy Shaded Studies which later in the series is titled; The elementary free-hand drawing book

 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
75

Art News Annual XXVII.

 New York 1957 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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