Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books: Beautiful, Unusual and Inspiring, 82524, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 25, 2024 - August 25, 2024

Page Size: 496 items in 20 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
307	Katherine Briggs.	A four volume set of a Dictionary of British Folk-Tales.		1970	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
308	Robert Musil.	The Man Without Qualities		1995	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 317.50
309	Guerber	Three books on Ancient Greece and Rome. 1) The Myths of Greece and Roma			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
310		Two framed photographs about postcard size.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 889.00
311	Patricia Mullins.	Three books on the Rocking Horse. 1) The Rocking Horse: A History of Moving Toy Horses		1992	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
312	W. P. Barrett.	LV. Book Plates Engraved on Copper from Designs		1900	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
313		Front cover reads: Help Australia Help to Help You. Kangaroo Kookery Book. First Page reads: The Kangaroo Kook Book: A Book Containing simple, inexpensive recipes ....		circa 1930s	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
314	Dr. J.J. C. Bradfield.	The Sydney Harbour Bridge: A Story of the early days of the Port of Sydney and its phenomenal growth to one of the leading ports of the British Empire. ...		1932	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 285.75
315	Mr John Gay.	Poems on Several Occasions		1762	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
316	Torquato Tasso; John Hoole.	Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem. Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso		1807	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
317	Edward Young.	The Complaints; or Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality		1812	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 215.90
318		Two books on Italy. 1) Remarks on Several Parts of Italy etc. I the Years 1701, 1702, 1703.		1726	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
319		Classic Short Stories. 1) English Short Stories 2) American Short Stories 3) Russian Short Stories.		1997	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
320		A little bundle of Australian Cookery Books. 1) CWA Coronation 2) Cookery Book of Good and Tried Recipes AnR 3) Commonsense Cookery Book Teachers Association 4) Mrs Futters Australian Home Cookery 5) WMU Cookery Book Brisbane 6) The Practical Australian C			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 152.40
321		17th Century printing of The Saints Legacies.		1648	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 349.25
322		A little bundle of old fine bindings from the 18th and 19th centuries. 1) Poetical Works of Robert Burns 1819. 2) Flavell's Saint Indeed 1803 3)Satyre de Petrone 1742 4) Literary Souvenir 1826 ...			AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
323	Charles Kingsford Smith.	The Old Bus		1932	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00	AUD 635.00
324		Two Charles Kingsford Smith black and white photographs which have been signed by Kingsford Smith on the front under his bust.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
325	W Allan Wood	Dawn In The Valley. The Early History of the Hunter Valley Settlement		1972	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
326	Henry H Neary	Ghosts of the Goldfields Pioneer Diggers and Settlers on the Turon A Book of Reminiscences		1940	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
327		Regulations and Directions to be attended to in making application to the Commissioners of National Education for aid towards the Building of School Houses or for the Support of Schools.		1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
328		Harry Truman - Signed photograph. Truman is on the podium with 25 other people including the Italian-American opera singer Ezio Pinza at the microphone.		Likely taken 1950.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
329		Sydney and Surroundings. Circa 1930s.		Circa 1930s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
330	Thomas Babington Macaulay.	The History of England from the accession of James the Second	London	1861	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
331	Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens.	The Art of JJ Hilder edited		1918	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 1,397.00

Gonnelli
Auction 54
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
October 8th-10th 2024

Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €

Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €

Gonnelli
Futurism

Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €

Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €

Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €

Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €

Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €

Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th September 2024

Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.

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