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

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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
380 A.A. Milne.

Now We Are Six

1977 AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
381

1) Exhibition of Australian Art in London 1923

1923 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 101.60
382

A box of books that list catalogues of various book sellers and items that were up for auction.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
383

9 books containing Joseph Conrad stories, all

1940s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
384

Mirror of the Australian Navigation by Le Maire A facsimile of the Speghel der Australische Navigatie...

Sydney 1999 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
385

Complete Walter Stone Collection in 5 Volumes + a 6th book being the Index.

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
386

Petits voyages pittoresques dans l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amerique, la Polynesie et les terres australes; contenant la description des principaux pays de ces parties du monde, et celle de leurs habitans.

Paris 1813 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
387

The Story of an Athlete.

Melbourne No date but 1923. AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
388

Biggles In The Terai

1966 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
389

1) The Possessed

1960 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 AUD 63.50
390

The Lord of Labour

London 1911 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
391

Curiosities of literature: Consisting of anecdotes, characters, sketches, and observations, literary, critical, and historical.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
392

Felices Riestas y Ano Nuevo. Colour of the Olympic Rings.

1998 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
393

Three typed letters (carbon copies), two on the letterhead of the Australian Olympic Federation.

1948 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
394

Ephemera relating to Australia's participation in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

1972 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
395

Ephemera relating to Australia's participation in the XXI Olympiad in Montreal,

1976 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
396

Loose leaf folder, divided into 12 sections, profusely illustrated in colour.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
397

Ephemera relating to the visit of Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch to Australia in

1983 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
398

An album of prints

1996 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
399

Boxed set of 3 folio files, text in both French and English.

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
400

8 folio hardback books plus 4to in slip case.

Melbourne (1990, 1988). AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 412.75
401

A shelf of large hardcover books relating to the masters in Western art.

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
402

The Bastard From The Bush: Obscene Songs and Ballads of Australian Origin by Brad Tate.

1982 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
403

Compilation of maps, poems, history and newspaper clippings about the town of Woolloomooloo.

c.1970's. AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
404 H. G. Wells.

14 volumes consisting of 2 books per volume

London No date however c. 1960. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
  • Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. $100,000 - $150,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: EARLIEST MAP DEVOTED TO NORTH AMERICA. FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: HAMILTON DEFENDS THE CONSTITUTION. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 24: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. $5,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATIONS OF A SURGICAL PROCEDURE. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: RICHARD FEYNMAN'S ANNOTATED COPY, WITH TWO EARLY FEYNMAN AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN COMPUTING. TURING, ALAN MATHISON. 1912-1954. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: FINE OIL PORTRAIT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN BY EUGEN SPIRO. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: PENICILLIN MOLD MEDALLION INSCRIBED BY ALEXANDER FLEMING. FLEMING, ALEXANDER. 1881-1955. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, now to Oct. 23: APPLE "TWIGGY" MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMONSTRATION SOFTWARE. $80,000 - $120,000
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    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Herodianus Syrus, Herodiani Historiarum, Venice, Heirs of Aldo & Torresano, 1524, Parisian binding for Jean Grolier by Jean Picard, ca. 1540
    Sotheby’s, Oct. 18: Musaeus, Opusculum de Herone et Leandro, Venice, Aldo, 1495 (Greek text), interleaved with 1497–1498 (Latin text), English olive morocco by Charles Lewis, the Botfield copy
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