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

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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
76

GILES, Ernest. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876.

London 1889 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
77 William Henry Wells.

A Geographical Dictionary; or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies: Their Physical and Political Geography together with a brief notice of all the Capitals Principal Towns and Villages; Also of Rivers, Bays, Gulfs, Mountains, Population and General Statis

 1848 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
78

The Hobart Town Gazette. Vol. XXVIII. Friday March 11, 1842. No. 1345. Page 225-240.

1842 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
79 Edgar Allan Poe

The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with Original Memoir.

 1886 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 444.50
80

Cyaniding for Gold: A Complete, Simple, and Detailed Account of the Process Written Especially For the Working Miner and the Small Syndicate.

1939 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 889.00
81 Thomas Keneally.

A shelf of 18 books

 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
82

A shelf of 16 signed Thomas Keneally books.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
83 Thomas Keneally.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

 Sydney 1972 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
84 Thomas Keneally.

The Place At Whitton

 London 1964 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
85 Thomas Keneally.

Schindler's Ark

 London 1982 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 349.25
86 John Hawkesworth, LL.D.

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and

 in London 1773 AUD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 AUD 6,350.00
87 John White Esqre.

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals Birds Lizards Serpents curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions

 London 1790 AUD 5,500.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
88

Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services; 1914-1918. 3 Volumes.

 Melbourne 1930 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 444.50
89 King Charles III and the late Princess Diana.

1981 Royal Wedding Letter of Gratitude. Inscribed and signed 'Yours most sincerely, Charles and Diana'

 1981 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 889.00
90 Princess Diana and King Charles III.

1986 Royal Family Christmas Card signed

 1986 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 1,016.00
91 A.A. Milne.

The House at Pooh Corner

 1978 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 635.00
92 Stephen King.

Cycle of the Werewolf

 Michigan 1983 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 825.50
93

Full set (22 Volumes) of Australia in the War of 1939-1945, all hard cover in dust jackets. Good condition, some dust wrappers have chipping but otherwise good.

 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 412.75
94

Official History of Australia in the War 1914-1918. Includes all 12 volumes in good condition. Most have some markings and fading to spine/ cover but are otherwise very good. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. All

 Sydney various years AUD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
95

The 12 volume set of the National Edition - with a twist ...."This special quarter blue leather binding of the National Edition of my works is limited to twenty-five sets of which this is number 3. Signed Ion Idriess. " Octavo. Blue leather spine and blue

 1939 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
96 Ron Vickress. Illustrated Ensi Payne.

Heads and Tails - A Little Chronicle of Australia Told in Fables.

 1992 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
97

Animadversions written by the right reverend father in God John, Lord Bishop of Sarisbury, upon a treatise intituled Gods love to mankind.

 Cambridge 1641 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
98 John Turnbull

A Voyage Round The World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804; in Which the Author Visited the Principal Islands of the Pacific Ocean, and the English Settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk island

 Philadelphia 1810 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
99 Edward Gibbon.

The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

 1813 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
100

Art in Australia. First Series no. 10, 1921 The Macquarie Book.

 Sydney 1921 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 1,397.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Discover Upcoming Auctions</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 9:</b> Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 9:</b> Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 10:</b> [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD
  • <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Yeats (W.B.) <i>The Poems of W.B. Yeats,</i> 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Fishing: <i>Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing,</i> Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Fishing: Blacker's - <i>Art of Fly Making, etc.,</i> Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Finnegans Wake,</i>, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. <i>The Aran Islands,</i>, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Meyer (Dr. A.B.) <i>Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten,</i> Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Carve (Thomas). <i>Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,</i>, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Grose (Francis). <i>The Antiquities of Ireland,</i> 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. <i>Ugolino,</i> D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Inscribed by William Morris to Rudyard Kipling. The Book of Wisdom and Lies. $10,000 - $15,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000 <b>Bonhams, Dec. 17:</b> Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Rudyard Kipling. The Book of Wisdom and Lies. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000
  • <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera<br>Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick<br>12 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Gell (William). <i>The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity,</i> 1804. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Low (David). <i>The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands,</i> 1842. £1,500 to £2,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> North America. Moll (Herman)..., <i>This Map of North America...,</i> circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera<br>Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick<br>12 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed,</i> 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Cuffee (Paul). <i>Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color,</i> Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games<br>13 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Milne (A. A.) <i>The House at Pooh Corner,</i> signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Huxley (Aldous). <i>Brave New World,</i> limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Orwell (George). <i>Animal Farm,</i> 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games<br>13 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Rowling (J. K.). <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Tolkien (J. R. R.) <i>The Lord of the Rings,</i> 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Wells (H. G.) <i>The War of the Worlds,</i> 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
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