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
104	E.J. Lowe.	Our native Ferns; Or A History of The British Species and Their Varieties. 2 Volumes.		1874	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
105	R.J. Tillyard.	The Insects of Australia and New Zealand		1926	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 127.00
106	Thomas Forster,	Researches About Atmospheric Phaenomena		1823	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
107	Fa. Manson Bailey.	The Queensland Flora		1899 to 1902	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
108	Gregory M. Mathews.	5 Birds Books. 1) Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa Vol. I Ostrich to Ducks.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
109		A small lot of Plants and Flora. Including 1) A Horticultural Guide to Australian Plants Set 5,6 and 7;			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
110	The Hon. Mrs Ward.	Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Various Objects of Especial Interest and Beauty Adapted For Microscopic Observation. Illustrated		1864	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
111	Jabez Hogg.	The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Application: Being A Familiar Introduction To the Use of The Instrument, and the study of Microscopical Science.		c1893	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
112	The Hon. Mrs. Mrs Ward.	1) The Microscope, Or Descriptions of Various Objects of Especial Interest and Beauty, Adapted For Microscopic Observation.		1869	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
113	Jonann Nave.	1) The Collator's Handy-Book of Algae, Desmids, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses, and C.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
114		16 Sydney University Medical Journals 1933-1944.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
115	F.J. Camm;	6 Mechanics and Handyman Annuals. Condition various. Including 1) Working Models and How to Make Them			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
116	Johann Rudolf Wyss.	Le Robinson Suisse Ou Histoire D'une Famille suisse Naufragee.		1892	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
117	Christopher Tadgell.	Merric Boyd Drawings. Introduction and Catalogue	London	1975	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 76.20
118	Italian painter Nicola De Maria.	Trionfo Della Carita. Artist book		1988	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
119	Murray Bail.	Ian Fairweather.	Sydney	1981	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
120	John Mulvaney.	The Aboriginal Photographs of Baldwin Spencer.		1987	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	AUD 114.30
121	Arthur Waugh, managing director.	4 hardcover books on publishing, 2 with dust wrappers. In very good to good condition. 1) A Hundred Years of Publishing. Being the Story of Chapman and Hall.		Undated but circa late 19th century and early 20th century	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
122		4 books of stories for 'school boys', attractive cloth bindings decorated with gilt and illustrations.			AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
123	John Arthur Barry.	Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories.	Sydney	1905	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
124	Judy Cassab	4 books of Judy Cassab, including one signed by the Australian artist.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
125	Robert Hughes	4 hardcover books by Robert Hughes, notable Australian art critic.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 114.30
126	William Osler	5 Classic Medicine Library Fine Binding. A little bit foxed and mostly in good condition. Including 1) The Principles and Practice of Medicine			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
127	Stephen Bann and Anthony Bond.	John Beard. Definitive monograph of the Australian Artist from 1978-2011	Melbourne	2011	AUD 100.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
128	Andrew Grimwade.	5 books of Australian Art and Artists. Mix of soft and hard covers, in very good to good condition. 1) Involvement: The Portraits of Clifton Pugh and Mark Strizic		1968	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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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