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
458		A History of the Chinese Dynasties from Prehistoric Times until Mongolian Times (Rough translation by SRBA Staff) Mongolian times equals 14th Century.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
459		A History of the Chinese Dynasties. Text in Japanese and Kanji.		1880s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
460		Text in Chinese. Yuan Ming and Ching Dynasty History. Text all Chinese		1870s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
461	Keiichiro Yamazaki at Taisho Photography Craftsmanship Institute.	In the Branch of Wangzhan. Printed in Showa 13 1938			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
462	Allan Gamble.	1) Sydney - Drawings		1979	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
463		The History of the Soudan Expedition: An Historical Record of The Events relating to the Levy, Despatch, and Return of the New South Wales Contingent. Raised For Service in Egypt. March-June 1885.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
464		A collection of albums holding images and descriptions from the Bank of New South Wales Calendars. In very good condition.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 152.40
465	Jules Verne.	A shelf of 18 books			AUD 180.00 - 280.00	AUD 114.30
466	Enid Blyton.	A lot of 18 Children's books			AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
467	Johnny Gruelle.	6 x board books			AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 63.50
468	Fujio Koyama 1949.	A box of books and catalogue about Chinese Ceramics. Condition various. Including The Story of Old Chinese Ceramics			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 152.40
469	Nancy Keesing.	Imminent Summer	Sydney	1951	AUD 40.00 - 60.00	AUD 25.40
470	Carl N. Taylor.	Odyssey of The Islands.		1936	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 285.75
471	Theodor Mommsen.	R"mische Geschichte		1886-1989.	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
472	Beatrix Potter.	16 children pocket sized books			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
473	John James Audubon	Birds of America. John James Audubon Woodpecker No.84 Plate CCCCXVI Birds of America.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
474		Mechanical World Pocket Diary and Year Book for 1904. Containing a collection of useful engineering notes, rules, tables and data.	London and Brisbane		AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 12.70
475	JM Barkie.	2 shelves of about 45 books. A mixed lot of mostly hard back books. Includes 1) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
476	Bettina Hurlimann.	3 books on Children's books. 1) Three Centuries of Children's Books in Europe.	Oxford	1967	AUD 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
477	Captain Charles Wilkes, of the US Navy. In 1838-1842.	Voyage of The U.S. Exploring Squadron, Commanded	Auburn	1850	AUD 80.00 - 100.00	AUD 50.80
478	Clara Andrews Williams and drawings George Alfred Williams.	Children's ephemeral booklets. 1) 18 total issues of The Adventures of Jack and Betty.			AUD 50.00 - 80.00	AUD 88.90
479	Eveque De Clermont.	3 distressed fine bindings of Christian Texts in French. 1) Petit Careme De Massillon,	Paris	1802	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
481	J Ros Garnet and illustrated with paintings Betty Camabere.	Wildflowers of South Eastern Australia.		1974	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 88.90
482	Frank Morris.	Finches of Australia A Folio		1976	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
483	Frank T Morris.	Birds of Prey of Australia		1973	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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September 25-27
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75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
September 25-27
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75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
September 25-27
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75th Anniversary Virtual Book Fair
September 25-27
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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.
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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