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
180 Edward Lear, Ogden Nash.

Edward Lear's The Scroobious Pip. Completed by Ogden Nash.

1968 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
181 Otto Nordenskjold.

1) Antarctica Or Two Years Amongst The Ice of The South Pole

1977 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
182 henry B. Smith.

1) The Sheep and Woold Industry of Australia and New Zealand - A Practical Handbook For Sheep-Farmers and Woold-Classers with chapters on Wool-buying and Selling Sheep-Skins and Kindred Products

1910 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
183 Henry Otis Dwight.

The Encyclopedia of Missions - Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Statistical.

1904 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
184

9 books of Australian History.

AUD 180.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
185 Nino Culotta, the pen name of John Patrick O'Grady.

3 books by Nino Culotta, the pen name of John Patrick O'Grady.

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
186 Charles Mountford and Ainslie Roberts.

12 books by Charles Mountford and Ainslie Roberts.

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
187 Jock Marshall and Russel Drysdale.

Journey Among Men by Jock Marshall and Russel Drysdale.

1962 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
188 Hetti Perkins.

1) One Sun One Moon: Aboriginal Art in Australia.

2007 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
189

Over 35 books mostly on Indigenous Australians, many written by journalist Douglas Lockwood.

1944 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 203.20
190 some P.G. Wodehouse and Mary Grant Bruce

27 books of mostly Australiana, gold rush,

1967 AUD 120.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
191

6 books of Australian Pottery, some scarce titles

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 152.40
192 Ken Arnold.

4 softcover books, mostly by Ken Arnold.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
193

6 books, great references for Australian collecting.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
194 Douglas Cooper.

Picasso: Theatre by Douglas Cooper.

printed before 1967 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
195

2 art books.

AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
196 Charles H Bertie IllustratedSydney Ure Smith.

Stories Of Old Sydney

No date but 1912. AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 114.30
197 Rosemary Crumlin Aboriginal Art TextJudith Ryan

1) Images of Religion in Australian Art

No date 1990? AUD 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
198

Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1880 and 1881 Volume 14 and 15.

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
199

Three books on Aboriginal Australia 1) Waterloo Creek : The Australia Day Massacre of 1838, George Gipps and the British Conquest of New South Wales

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 139.70
200

Accurata e Succinta Descrizione Topografica delle Antichita di Roma dell` Abate Ridolfino Venuti Cortonese Presidente all Antichita` Romane...

Roma 1763 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 952.50
201 Ken Duncan

1) The Last Frontier Australia Wide Photography

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
202

Five books, All good copies in dustwrapper.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
203 T O'Dea

1) The Australian Horse Doctor by T O'Dea no date

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
204 H F Brinsmead and Nan Chauncy.

Five books by Annette Macarthur-Onslow, one by H F Brinsmead and one by Nan Chauncy.

AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 63.50
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