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
355

A collection of books on Gold Jewellery in History.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
356

Four books on Contemporary jewellery.

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
357

A collection of books about materials used in architecture and interiors.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
358

A collection of architecture books discussing and describing different types of buildings, their use and design with a few books on town planning.

AUD 120.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
359

A collection of Contemporary Jewellery monographs and exhibition catalogues.

early 2000s AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
360 Peter Blake.

Harry Seidler, Australian Embassy

1979 AUD 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
361

A little bundle of modernism, Includes: 1) Robert Klippel Collages signed on front cover.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
362

Two books on collecting and making toys.

2019 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
363

Two books on Beatrix Potter 1) The Art of Beatrix Potter by Anne Carroll Moore.

1964 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
364

A collection of books on Design.

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 AUD 50.80
365

Three Fashion Books.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
366

A bundle of books on Jewellery including Tiffany Enamel and the Illustrated Dictionary.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
367

A bundle of books on books.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
368

A little bundle of books on Craft in Australia.

AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
369

Two books on Australian War Memorials.

Melbourne; 1990, 1998 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
370 Geoffrey C Ingleton.

Matthew Flinders Navigator and Chartmaker

the UK 1986 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
371 J. W. Norie, revisedS. J. Hobbs - 1856.

Chart of the Black Sea with the Seas of Marma and Azov drawn with the French, Russian and English Surveys

AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,270.00
372

The North Shore Historical Society Journal 1 -14.

1959-1974 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
373 Peter J. Ucko.

Form in indigenous art edited

1977 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 50.80
374 Kerrin Cook and Daniel Garvey.

The Glint of Gold: A History and Tourist Guide of the Gold Fields of the Central West of New South Wales

reprinted in 2006. AUD 100.00 - 130.00 AUD 76.20
375

Two handbooks.

1970 and 1969 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
376

Bradfield Scheme for "Watering The Inland" Meteorological Aspects (a) Possibilities of Climatic Amelioration; and (b) Rainfall Characteristics of river basins proposed to be harnessed.

1945 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
377 Boswell, Spencer, Longfellow, Goldsmith and Scott.

6 Oxford Classics comprising of the works of Boswell, Spencer, Longfellow, Goldsmith and Scott.

AUD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
378

The Mountaineer: Illustrated Tourists' Guide, To the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves,

1921 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
379 A.A. Milne.

The House at Pooh Corner

1978 AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
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