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

Auction Details

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
329	Fagge	5 books relating to different disciplines of science; 1) The Pocket Anatomy 8th ed.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
330		3 Books; 1) Journal and Proceedings, Royal Society of NSW Vol. XX, 1886.		1886	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
331	Edward Atkins.	The Plight of the Tropical Rainforest: Vanishing Eden		1991	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 38.10
332	S.M. Lambert.	A Doctor in Paradise		1942	AUD 50.00 - 75.00	Not Sold
333		3 Books providing sailing direction for the Pacific Islands; 1) Pacific Islands Pilot. Vol 1. 5th Ed.		1921	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
334		4 books providing sailing directions for the Mediterranean; 1-2) Mediterranean Pilot Vol I and II.		1904 and 1905	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
335		3 Books providing sailing directions for the Baltic Sea.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
336		4 Books with sailing directions for the Coasts of France and Channel Islands.		1900	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
337		2 books with sailing directions relating to the North Sea.	London	1858	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
338		2 books, Sailing Directions for the West Coast of England 1870 and 1891.			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
339		3 Books with statistical reports, 1-2) Trade and Shipping in NZ, 1930 Part 1 and Part 2.	Wellington	1931	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
340		2 Books, both in great condition.			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
341	Alexander George Findlay.	South Pacific Directory	London	1877	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
342	Alexander George Findlay.	2 south pacific ocean directories, one with Addenda 1) South Pacific Ocean Directory			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
343	Justine Kenyon.	2 books on Indigenous history, 1) The Aboriginal Word Book		1930	AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 63.50
344		Toasts and Maxims; A book of humour to pass the time, collected from various sources.	Melbourne	1908	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 139.70
345	Henry Bayfield.	The St. Lawrence Pilot. Volume II	London	1860	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
346		Record of the Mines of South Australia: The Wadnaminga Goldfield, with Reports and Plans.		1898	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 76.20
347	Sir George Buchanan	Commonwealth of Australia Northern Territory Development and Administration Report			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
348	Jas Thompson	Letter, etc. from Jas Thompson, Engineer-in-Chief Perth Relating to Water Supply.		1910	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
349		Modern Ideas in Printing, Vol 9.	Adelaide	1933	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
350	William Andrews.	The Lawyer in History, Literature and Humour	London	1896	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
351	Bennett.	6 Books on the development of legal proceedings, 1) A History of the NSW Bar			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
352	Michael Cooper.	Encounters with the Australian Constitution	Sydney	1987	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
353		Sydney University Law School's First Hundred Years.	Sydney	1991	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10

Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
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
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.
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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