Sydney Rare Book Auctions: A Leather Obsession: Manufacturing, Tanning and Fine Bindings, 113024, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 30, 2024 - November 30, 2024

Page Size: 294 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	Richard T. Baker and Henry G. Smith.	A Research on the Eucalypts: especially in regard to their essential oils	Sydney	1920	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
153	Henry Richardson Procter.	Deluxe binding of comprehensive work on Leather Manufacturing The Principles of Leather Manufacture	London	1922	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
154	Morris Charles Lamb.	Includes leather samples Leather Dressing : including dyeing staining and finishing	London	no date circa1900-1910	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
156	Robert Bunsen.	Gasometry, Comprising the Leading Physical and Chemical Properties of Gases		1857	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
158		Buyers Register of British Footwear, Leather and Allied Products.	London	n.d 1930s	AUD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
159	Cecil Sharp	Nr 22. Country Gardens. English Morris Dance Tune collected	Melbourne	1919	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
160	Edited by Louis E Wise. Contributing authors HP Brown, Kurth, Forsaith et al.	Wood Chemistry		1946	AUD 120.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
161		A collection three Australian Music books. 1) ABC Community Music Book Number 2) Five Australian Christmas Carols 3) Centenary piano Folio			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
162	GW Douglas.	Survey of the production of hides, skins, and rough-tanned leathers in India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Africa.	Surrey:	1956	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
163	John W. Waterer. Edited by Lysbeth Merrifield	Leather and The Warrior - An account of the importance of leather to the fighting man from the time of the ancient Greeks to World War II		1981	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
164	FA Coombs, E Swinbourne and GW Gabb.	Reprint from the journal of the Society of Chemistry. Sydney Section. February 29, 1916. Fellmongering and Tanning Sheepskins in New South Wales	London:	1916	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
166		Three publications on shoes and shoe making in the leather industry and art. 1) The Shoemaker in Art Northampton Museum.			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
167		A box of ephemera of leather industry and related items. Mostly paperbacks and pamphlet			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
168	Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki.	Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections, and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic Remains		1845	AUD 800.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 571.50
169		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 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 139.70
170	George Alexander Cooke.	Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography, ...	London	no date circa 1800	AUD 120.00 - 260.00	Not Sold
171	Thomas Moore.	Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance	London	1856	AUD 100.00 - 160.00	AUD 76.20
172	Isaak Walton & Charles Cotton.	The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation	London	1883	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 50.80
173	[Tytler Alexander Fraser].	Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern, to Which are Added a Table of Chronology, and a Comparative View of Ancient and Modern Geography.	Edinburgh	1821	AUD 160.00 - 220.00	AUD 101.60
174	George Cropper of Eastwood New South Wales.	Band Knife Splitting Machine. Directions for adjusting and operating the leather band knife splitting machine		No Date circa 1920s.	AUD 160.00 - 220.00	AUD 101.60
175	FA Coombs and W McGlynn	Tanning in Acid Liquors with comparative Tests	London	1918	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
176	FA Coombs and AH Dettmann.	Notes on Australian Pine Barks	London	1914	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
177	FA Coombs and G Harrison Russell.	Mangrove Bark of North Queensland and manufacture of Mangrove Crutch	London	1912	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
178	FA Coombs, E Swinbourne and GW Gabb.	Fellmongering & Tanning Sheepskins New South Wales	London	1916	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
179	FA Coombs, F Alcock and A Stelling.	Comparative Tests with Mangrove and Wattle Barks	London	1917	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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