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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
101 Michel Frizot.

A New History of Photography

1998 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
102 Roger Taylor and Edward Wakeling

Lewis Carroll, Photographer The Princeton University Library Albums

2002 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
103 The Rev. Gilbert White.

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton

1875 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
104 Edgar Wallace

10 Crime Fiction with attractive covers.. 1) Sander

AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
105 Christine France.

Two books on Margaret Olley. Hardcovers in dustwrappers in good condition. 1) Margaret Olley

1990 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 101.60
106 Ian Fleming.

9 James Bond books. Hardback and Paperback. Condition various. Including 4 by Ian Fleming. 1) You Only Live Twice 1964; 2) For Your Eyes Only 1960; 3) Dr No 1958; ...

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
107 Barry Pearce

Two books on Brett Whiteley. Quarto hardcovers in dustwrappers. 1) Brett Whiteley: Art and Life 1939 to 1992

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
108 Francis Lymburner.

Two books about Francis Lymburner. Both quarto hardcovers in dustwrappers. In good condition. 1) Fifty drawings

1970 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
109

Godfrey Miller.

Sydney 1965 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
110 Von Bertouch.

Two books on the art of Guy and Arthur Boyd. 1) Guy Boyd

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
111 S.T. Gill, Michael Cannon

The Victorian Gold Fields 1852-3 - An Original Album

1992 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
112

Art in a Classless Society & Vice versa.

1985 AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 88.90
113

A collection of Australian Art books. Includes: Rupert Bunny, Tom Roberts, Coburn and more.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
114

Graff: House Of Graff. Creating Diamond History.

2015 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
115

Kronika', Large Artists Notebook with Art Nouveau style pressed copper design on the front and rear cover, blank pages, size is 34.5x25cm, made in Poland. In very good condition.

AUD 50.00 - 80.00 AUD 38.10
116

Oscar Heyman: The Jewelers' Jeweler.

Boston 2017 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
117

6 fine jewellery catalogues from the late 1990s early 2000s.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
118

Three Australian Art books. 1) Not Quite Straight by Jeffrey Smart 2) Alun Leach-Jones. Craftsman House. 3) Searching for Gaia Art of Guy Warren.

AUD 80.00 - 120.00 AUD 50.80
119

Three cooking books. 1) Bel Mondo Stefano Manfredi 2) Longgrain Modern Thai Food by Martin Boetz 3) Luke Mangan Food.

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
120

A fold filled with nice plates. Some colour, sepia tone and black and white. Some children book palates other landscapes. Good and interesting.

AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 38.10
121

Program Dinner given to Elioth Gruner on the even of his departure for England by the Members of the Cavalier Club. Cavalier Restaurant. Sydney Feb, 6th 1923.

Sydney 1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
122 J. Russell.

A Chart of the Straights of Magellan, in which are Inserted the Observations and Discoveries of Captain Byron, Captain Wallis, and Captain Carteret. Engraved

in London in 1773 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
123 Engraved W. Whitchurch, Bartholomew Lane, Royal Exchange.

A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New-Holland. Discovered and Explored by Lieutenant J: Cook, Commander of his Majesty's Bark Endeavor in the Year MDCCLXX.

C 1770 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 254.00
124

An Act for continuing, until the Twenty-fifth Day of March 1802, several laws relating to the transportation f Felons and other offenders, and the authorising the removal of offenders to temporary places of confinement in England and Scotland.

in London in 1799 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
125

1872 New South Wales Kidnapping Act. The Pacific Islanders had been kidnapped and forced to work on the sugar plantations in Australian. One folded sheet half torn down fold.

1872 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Discover Upcoming Auctions
    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
  • 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.
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