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
180	FA Coombs and AH Dettmann.	Notes on Australian Pine Barks	London	1914	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
181	MB Welch and Coombs	The Principal Tanning Materials of Australia and their Leather Forming Properties	Sydney	1926	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
182	FA Coombs.	Some Notes on the Tanning of Sheep Skins			AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
183		Notes of Wattle Barks. Three parts.			AUD 220.00 - 320.00	Not Sold
184	D Coghill.	A Survey of the Tanning Materials in Australia			AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
185	D Coghill.	A Survey of the Tanning Materials in Australia			AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
186	TW Edgeworth David.	Geology of the Commonwealth	Melbourne	c1914	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
187	MB Welch and Coombs	The Principal Tanning Materials of Australia and their Leather Forming Properties	Sydney	1926	AUD 160.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
188	FG Lennox, Margaret E Maxwell and WJ Ellis.	Fellmongering investigations. Papers I to XII.	Melbourne	1945	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
189	Henry Phillips	A Survey of Fellmongering calf skin and hide production and leather manufacture in New Zealand and Australia	Surry	1957	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
190	Edric Chaffer,	Leather why is It So. From the Journal and Proceedings. royal Society of New South Wales Vol 110 49-59		1977	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
191	FA Coombs.	Two publications 1) Some Notes on the Tanning of Sheep Skins	Sydney	No date circa 1920s	AUD 120.00 - 140.00	AUD 76.20
192	FA Coombs, W McGlynn and MB Welch.	The Tannins of the Black Cypress Pine (Callitris Calcarata) and their distribution in the bark	London	1926	AUD 180.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
193	JH Maiden.	A Contribution to a history of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Reprinted for the Journal of the Royal Society of NSW.		1919	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
194		Commemoration of the Centenary of the Foundation in 18201 of the Philosophical Society of Australasia. Reprint from the Journal and proceeding of the Royal Society of New South Wales.			AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
195	M Edgeworth David.	Two books on the life of Sir Tannant William Edgeworth David. 1) Sir Tannant William Edgeworth David. 1858-1934 With Portrait.			AUD 160.00 - 220.00	AUD 101.60
196	James Jervis.	Three publications on Clarke. 1) Rev WB Clarke The Father of Geology			AUD 120.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
197		Australian Leather Research Association: Laboratory Reports 1949. Volume 1 number 1.			AUD 160.00 - 180.00	AUD 101.60
198		A bundle of geology publications, mostly Australian. See image for more details.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
199		Incunabula of Tannin Chemistry. A Collection of some early papers on the chemistry of the tannins reproduced in facsimile			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
200	Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury	The Mechanical Eye In Australia: Photography 1841-1900	Melbourne	1985	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 203.20
201		Album of Ballarat views.	Melbourne	1890s	AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 444.50
202	Edited by Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens with W. Hardy Wilson.	Domestic Architecture in Australia: Special Number of Art in Australia -	Sydney	1919	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
203	Herman	A bundle of six Australian Architecture books. 1) Victorian Sydney		1956	AUD 140.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
204		The Sydney Gazette volumes 1-9 in 7 tomes.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50

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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”.

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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 .

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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.

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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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