Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History, 102624, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024

Page Size: 508 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
479		The Lady's Magazine or Entertaining Companion For the Fair Sex. Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement. Volume 9.		1773	AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 127.00
480		Stewart's Handbook of the Pacific Islands 1923.	Sydney	1923	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 190.50
481		A photo book for Cambridge University in the early 1930s.		early 1930s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
482	Oto Bihalji-Merin.	About 10 Art Books. Mostly in good condition. Including Ljuba Ivanovic - Drawings and Graphics. Preface		1952	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
483		City Of Sydney 1920, Information Book			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 114.30
484		Life of General Gordon,	London	1885	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
485	Robert Gray.	2 Books on travel and cultural experiences. 1) Reminiscences of India and North Queensland (1857-1912)	London	1913	AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 190.50
486		2 Israel Zangwell books, both in good condition. 1) Without Prejudice,	London	1902	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
487		General Census of New South Wales November 1828 in 4 foolscap size volumes.			AUD 400.00 - 800.00	AUD 254.00
488	O. Rietman W. Kelly.	De Wereldbol. The Latest Journeys Over Sea and Land. Following D.W Harnisch and F. Heinzelmann and others. Narrated for the Dutch by J.B. Rietstap. A translation of Journeys in New Holland and Polynesia n, and Life in Victoria, or, Victoria in 1853 and V		c1870.	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 101.60
489	Samuel Watson	The gentleman's and citizen's almanack, compiled	in Dublin	1785	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
490	Macaulay.	Fine binding. Full leather with raised bands, gilt filigree decoration on the spine. Red and Green title plates, dentelle edges, marbles endpapers and gilt top edge of pages. Odd volume of the History of England		1861	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
491	William Edward Hearn	Plutology or The Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants.	Melbourne	1869	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
492	Henry Lawson .	The Skyline Riders and Other Verses	Sydney	1910	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
493		Art in Australia Number 2 and 3, June July August and September October November 1941.		1941	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 165.10
494	editedPeter J Ucko	Form in Indigenous Art Schematisation in the art of Aboriginal Australia and prehistoric Europe		1977	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
495		A lot of Melanie Klein books.			AUD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
496	Malcolm R Sainty and Keith A Johnson	Index to Birth, Marriage, Death and Funeral Notices in the Sydney Herald 18th April to 30th September 1853 In Four Volumes. Compiled	Sydney	1972 to 1975	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 76.20
497	Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton	True Patriots All or News From Early Australia		1952	AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 139.70
498		1) Royal Commission of Sydney improvement, . 2) A large folder containing Plans number 1 to 56 for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and Its Suburbs.			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
499	Jennifer Isaacs 1984;	5 books of Australia's Living Heritage - Aboriginal History. Including 1) Arts of the Dreaming Australia's Living Heritage			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
500		7 Aboriginal History. Including 1) The Road to Mowanjum by Maisie McKenzie 1969 1st Ed; 2) Quest Under Capricorn by David Attenborough 1963			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
501	Cassell, Petter and Gaplin.	The National Portrait Gallery, 2 books, 4 volumes			AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 101.60
502	Louis Antoine Godey:	3 volumes of the Godey's Lady's Book 1846 January to June, 1846. January 1850. July 1850.		1846	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
503	Janet Hawley.	Encounter with Australian Artists, signed and inscribed		1993	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 285.75

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