Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Good books are good companions- Pixie O’Harris, children’s books, comics, Olympics, fine bindings and more., 72724, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 27, 2024 - July 27, 2024
Page Size: 529 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
280

Three books on Jewellery Making.

1957 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
281

Nicholson File Company: Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America: Files Rasps 1931.

Buffalo NY 1931 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 76.20
282

Four books on the History of Jewellery.

1981 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
283 Genevieve Cummins and Nerylla D Taunton.

Chatelaines; Utility to Glorious Extravagance

1994 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
284

Three titles on Australian Design Jewellery and Fashion.

Richmond 1969 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
285

Theodor Fahrner Schmuck ...zwischen Avantgarde und Tradition: Jugendstuil, Art Deco, Funfziger Jahre.

2005 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
286

Two books on Contemporary Silver and Jewellery.

2000 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
287

Two books on French Design and Architecture.

1992 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
288

A full box of parliamentary papers on a range of topics, some examples include Report for the Department of Agriculture for 1938, ...

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
289

A full box of Parliamentary Papers that contain statistics for the colony and state of Queensland,

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
290

A box of Parliamentary Papers on a range of topics, most prevalent is Vital Statistics for Queensland, Statistics for Victoria and a wide range of other reports and documents...

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
291

Approximately 56 Volumes of Art and Australia Issues, all in very good condition.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
292 Ion L. Idriess.

Outlaws of the Leopolds

Sydney 1952 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
293

7 First edition Ion Idriess books, 5 of which have dust jackets.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 444.50
294

11 Ion Idriess books, conditions vary however most have signs of wear.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
295

9 Ion Idriess books, 7 hardcover in dust jackets and 2 paper backs.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
296 Penny C Morrill, Carole A Berk.

Mexican Silver: Modern Handwrought Jewelry and Metalwork

2007 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
297

Two books on the history of gold jewellery in society.

1996 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
298

Two Jewelry books.

2010 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
299

Karl Blossfeldt Art Forms In Nature The Complete Edition.

Munich, Paris, and London 1999 AUD 60.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
300 edited by Read and Kelly.

Four books on the artist, Giovanni Giacometti: 1) Giacometti: Critical Essays

2009 AUD 120.00 - 160.00 AUD 76.20
301 Illustration by Richard Barnett.

The Sick Rose, or Disease and the Art of Medical

2014 AUD 70.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
302 Walter H Lack.

Meisterwerke Der Bozaniches Illustration / Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration / Un Jardin d'Eden: Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Illustration botanique

Koln 2001 AUD 70.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
303

Two books on illustrating birds.

2008 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
304 Jim Specht and John Fields,

Frank Hurley in Papua: Photographs of the 1920 to 1923 Expeditions

1984 AUD 150.00 - 170.00 AUD 88.90
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