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
284		8 books about Leather Technique and Directory. Good copies. Including 1) Leather Manufacturers Directory 1965-66.			AUD 120.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
285		7 books about Leather Technology. 1) Water Treatment and Purification 1937.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
286		12 books about Leather Industry. Hardback and Paperback. Condition various. Including 1) Modern Practice in Leather Manufacture.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
287		9 books about Leather Manufacture. Hardback and Paperback. Condition various. Including 1) Leather Manufacture.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
288		6 books about Leather Dressing. All original cloth. Mostly in good condition. Including 1) Leather Dyeing 1949.		1925	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
289		9 books about Leather Dressing. Hardback and Paperback. Condition various. Including 1) Leather Dyeing 1949.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
290		9 books about Tanning and Synthetic Tannins. Mostly hardback. Condition various. Including 1) The Chemistry of Tanning Processes.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
291		The Leather Manufacturer Journal. New York. 1895 January to December.		1895	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
292	R. Reed.	1) Ancient Skins parchments and Leathers		1972	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
293	W. Hale White.	Materia Medica Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Therapeutics		1907	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
294	J.H. Wigner.	Soap Manufacture - The Chemical Processes - A Handbook For Students and Those Engaged In The Manufacture of Hard Soap		1940	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
295		Selby's Scientific Ltd Catalogue of Scientific Instruments, Laboratory and Science Teaching Equipment.		1979	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
296	Edited by Howchin	Royal Society of South Australia XLVII 1923.		1923	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 177.80
297		The Geology of South Australia in Two Divisions. 1) An introduction to geology, physiographical and structural, from an Australian standpoint.	Adelaide	1918	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
298	Edited by Walter Howchin.	Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia Volume 29 with Thirty-Six Plates and Eighteen Figures in the Text		1905	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 317.50
299	JH Maiden.	Wattles and Wattle-barks: being hints on the conservation and cultivation of wattles, together with particulars of their value	Sydney	1891	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
300		Cassell's Books of Knowledge. Very attractive cloth bindings in very good condition.		circa1930s	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
301		8 Blank Journals. 2 x 29x21cm and six 21x9cm. Blank in very good condition			AUD 60.00 - 80.00	AUD 38.10
302		Eight Volumes of Cassell's Grand Tour of Architecture. All Hardcovers in dustwrappers in excellent condition.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
303		1) Souvenir of Cardiff.		No date	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 88.90
304		1) Fine Art Views of London with Descriptive Notes.		No date	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
305		4 books about Kangaroos. All hardback and in very good condition. Including 1) Kangaroos by John Gould.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
306		A lot of more than 100 Postcards. Mostly European Views. Including London, Somerset, Geneve, Zurich, Paris, Germany, Rogers Pass, Hampton Court, Ontario and a lot more.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
307		A few sets of colour slides. Mostly European Views, Including Exeter Cathedral, Bild Nr., Osterley Park House - Middlesex, York, London, Banff Canada, Exeter, etc.			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
308		4 books about Bookbinding and Leather Binding. Including 1) The Restoration of Leather Bindings by Bernard C. Middleton 1972.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 177.80

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
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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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Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

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Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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