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
155 Dr. Bernhard Grzimek.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopaedia. Volume 7-9, Birds (3 Volumes) .

1968 AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
156

Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa.

1980 and 1985. AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
157

3 books about Mammals.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
158

8 books Australian Natural History.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
159 William Kirand William Spence.

An Introduction To Entomology; Or Elements of The Natural History of Insect: Comprising and Account of Noxious and useful Insects, ...

 1863 AUD 80.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
160

1) The Pocket Anatomy by C.H.

1928 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
161

12 books about Birds.

AUD 240.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
162

12 Australiana books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
163 Charles Knight.

The Works of Shakspere with Notes

 no date. date. AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
164

The Worlds Great Books by Arthur Mee.

 c1910. AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
165

10 books about Hal Poeter.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
166

The Glint of Gold: A History And Tourist Guide of The Gold Fields of The Central West of New South Wales by Kerrin Cook and Daniel Garvey.

 1999 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
167

Bound volume of serval UK History in 1835

 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
168 Thomas Hardy.

9 Title by Thomas Hardy.

 1920s. AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
169 Sir Water Scott.

15 Titles by Sir Water Scott.

 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
170 Rudyard Kipling.

30 Titles by Rudyard Kipling.

 1920s. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
171 Alexandre Dumas.

18 titles by Alexandre Dumas.

 AUD 180.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
172 Alexander Pope.

The Iliad of Homer translated by Alexander Pope.

1771 AUD 800.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 508.00
173

Chinese Silk Painting scroll.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
174

6 Literature books.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
175

6 Biography.

AUD 180.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
176

Cultural Revolution Poster "Long live the victory of Chairman Mao's proletarian revolutionary line"

AUD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
177

The Girdle of Chastity; A Medico-Historical Study by Eric John Dingwall

 London 1931 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
178

A box of books in good condition including : The Hite Report, The Hite Report on Male Sexuality, The Olympia Reader, The Confessions of William Charles Chidley, My Life and Loves by Frank Harris and more.

AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
179

The Indicator Series of Booklets On Gold Mining.

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 215.90
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    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
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