Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Voyages, exploration, history + firsts edition fiction, signed books and bookplates, 62324, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 23, 2024 - June 23, 2024
Page Size: 546 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 David Starr Jordan and Vernon Lyman Kellogg.

Evolution and Animal Life - An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes, Laws and Theories Relating To The Life and Evolution of Animals

1927 AUD 30.00 - 60.00 AUD 317.50
227 Adlard Coles.

7 Sailing Books

AUD 75.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
228 Ron Tough 1981;

1) Yacht Clubs of Western Australia

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
229

Early days of Port Stephens: extracts from Sir Edward Parry's diary.

circa 1940s or 1950s. Paperback with cloth spine. Front cover loose. . AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 177.80
230 Ian Dear 1987;

1) The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms

AUD 75.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
231

The Royal Cruising Club Journal. Season 1930 and 1939.

AUD 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
232

9 Henry Cecil Books about Law.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
233

Four books made into movies.

AUD 50.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
234 Haynes.

Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomy

1996 AUD 80.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
235

Three books on language and grammar.

AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 25.40
236

Three books on Maps: All large format in goo condition.

AUD 40.00 - 80.00 AUD 25.40
237

A collection of James Jones.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
238

A lot of Melanie Klein books.

AUD 450.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
239

Select Stories For the Instruction and Entertainment of Children, From the French of M. Berquin.

Piccadilly 1791 AUD 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
240 William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

East Aurora, New York 1902 AUD 50.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
241 G. Waddington in collaboration with Monica Taylor.

Principles of Biology

London 1935 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
242 Roland Hames Pike and William R. Hoddinott.

The Roland Pike Story: Memories of Motorcycling in The Golden Age.

1986 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
243 Mr.

Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c.

1841 and 1842 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
244 Lynn Fern.

1) William Robinson

Sydney 1995 AUD 80.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
245

An album of Vintage Matchbox Labels.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
246

Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Melbourne 1975 AUD 100.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
247

Sailing Directions Victoria, including the Bass Strait.

mostly clean and bright inside. AUD 30.00 - 50.00 AUD 25.40
248

Camellia Trail.

Sydney 1952 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 AUD 76.20
249 Arthur C. Clarke,.

The Sands of Mars

London 1951 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
250

35 children Pop Up books, all in good to very good condition.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 444.50
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  • Koller Auctions
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    18 September 2024
    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.
    Koller Auctions
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    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • 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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