The Book Merchant Jenkins: Natural History Books, Artists Books, and More, 62324, West End

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Auction Date
June 23, 2024 - June 23, 2024
Page Size: 260 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin: Early John Murray Editions

London 1875 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 244.00
2 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin: Popular John Murray Editions

London 1900 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 219.60
3 Charles Darwin

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

London 1874 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 195.20
4 Charles Darwin

The Principal Works of Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species. The Descent of Man

New York 1886 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 73.20
5

Darwinism 1. George St Clair: Darwinism and Design; or Creation by Evolution

London 1873 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 48.80
6 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin: On the Origin of Species

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 61.00
7 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin: The Descent of Man

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 73.20
8 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin: Journal of Researches, Voyage in the Beagle

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 73.20
9 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin, 2 Shelves

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 97.60
10

[NATURAL HISTORY] International Scientific Series

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 122.00
11 Alfred Russel Wallace

1. A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro; 2. The World of Life: Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose

London, New York and Melbourne 1889 AUD 140.00 - 240.00 AUD 122.00
12 Evelyn Cheesman and Alfred Russel Wallace

Things Worth While; Tropical Nature, and Other Essays

London 1878 AUD 200.00 - 400.00 AUD 244.00
13 George Darwin

George Darwin: Scientific Papers

Cambridge 1907-11 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 73.20
14 Ernst Haeckel:

Ernst Haeckel: 1. The History of Creation,

London 1906 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
15 Reginald Crundall Punnett

Mendelism

1907-1922 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
16

Biology 1. Charles Singer: A History of Biology to about the Year 1900.

London and New York 1959 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
17 John William Dawson

1. Fossil Men and Their Modern Representatives.

London 1888 AUD 40.00 - 60.00 AUD 48.80
18 Hugh Miller

1. Tales and Sketches. 2. Footprints of the Creator or The Asterolepis of Stromness.?

Edinburgh 1889; 1869 AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 12.20
19

5 volumes on evolution in humans: 1. F. Wood Jones: Arboreal Man

London 1916 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
20 Weismann; Woodhead; Mercier

1. August Weismann: The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity

London 1893 AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 12.20
21 August Weismann

August Weismann: The Evolution Theory, Essays Upon Heredity

Oxford at the Clarendon Press AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
22 Charles Darwin

George John Romanes Mental Evolution in Animals. With a Posthumous Essay on Instinct.

London 1883 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
23 William Youatt Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The Horse. With a Treatise of Draught.

London 1843 AUD 30.00 - 60.00 AUD 48.80
24 Alexander von Humboldt

A Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years, 1799-1804.

London 1895 AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 170.80
25

Animals and Evolution 1. Richard Lydekker: Wild Life of the World Vol. 1

No date 1916 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 61.00
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    The Shem Tov Bible
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    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
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    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
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